DManton300 said
One has to wonder if you'd have said the same thing re politics if the S-92 had won?
Of course. I had no dog in this fight. But that's the way things work. The presidential helicopter will be selected by the president's people, in any country and especially in the US. The folks in uniform might make the wrong political decision, and that can't be permitted. When you put on a uniform, you take an oath to follow orders, and as long as the order isn't illegal, then your choices are to obey or resign, so the Navy personnel can't be blamed for this, no matter which was picked. It's a straight political decision, no matter what anyone might believe.