Originally Posted by
island_airphoto
When I was working as a CFI out of VKK, literally right outside the DCA Class B, we did training flights at DCA. It was not unusual, how were the students supposed to learn to deal with it if we never went there? One lesson was the "Big 3", going to DCA, IAD, BWI, and back home. ATC was happy enough, they surely didn't want n00bs blundering around there on their own with a fresh license and no clue.
In the military, there’s training and training. This is a high profile unit assigned the most experienced US Army pilots. More likely training a newly assigned H-60 pilot who has thousands of hours— call it, local qualification. Additionally, Army pilots are pilots, not officers with other tasks or politics.