Kilo52,
I would have hoped that, within the context of this discussion, all military pilots are highly trained and skilled when it comes to avoiding CFIT. If they are not, those responsible for their selection and training should be seriously questioned. I accept that some are better than others and I also know that this does not make it impossible for it to have happened here.
My comment was more designed to highlight your difficulty in accepting poor discipline by a mobile phone user with no training compared to that of any pilot, and especially a professional pilot.
Enough of semantics. What is much more important is the strong possibility that any live mobile phone on that aircraft would have transmitted a signal in that area as it transferred between stations.
E.g. The tape player on every car I've ever had, with the exception of my present car, has made an awful noise every time I pass from one area to another if my phone is on. I do not have to be using it.