Two planes, what's the plan?

November 23, 2015, two U.S. Army pilots stationed in South Korea were killed in a helicopter crash while performing a routine training mission. November 24, 2015, four U.S. Army crew members stationed at Fort Hood, Texas were killed in a helicopter crash while performing a routine training mission. Six lives lost during these routine training missions within two days, both with unknown causes and left under investigation. If these missions are routine then what happened with both helicopters that cost the lives of six trained people? How does our government plan on preventing further losses from situations like these?
It begins with appointed military commanders and leaders who pave the way for soldiers to follow. These leaders hold a direct impact towards preventing injuries and casualties. Therefore, it is of the upmost importance for the government to appoint their best and most highly trained men and women. During routine missions, leaders are put into positions where they are managing risk as well as being in charge of preventing accidental hazards. Furthermore, to avert these mishaps, the government should ensure leaders are instilled with good tactical procedures in these places that increase safety risks. Although, it should be noted that knowing tactical procedures and execution of these procedures are two separate things. Commanders and leaders should be experienced in the field in order to train soldiers sufficiently. When dealing with military conflicts or even during routine missions, simply knowing what you should do is ineffective if you are unable act them out.
If the government and our Commander in Chief don't appoint leaders with experience and the right knowledge then there goes one major source in protecting those who serve for us.

Responding to Election Day Tuesday

As believed by my fellow classmate, Vicktoria Nino, if Election Day were not held on a Tuesday or if votes could be submitted online, then voter turnout would be substantially higher. As stated in her blog post, in 2006 one in four people did not vote due to conflicting work/school schedules. She makes the argument of how our society in the U.S. doesn't like the hassle and time it takes to vote, and that it should be considered having Election Day fall on the weekend to accommodate voters schedules. While Ms. Nino made a decent argument, I personally hold different ideas regarding the day of voting and the idea of online voting.
On the topic of Election Day being on a Tuesday, while it is a random day now, back in 1845 it was not. Tuesday was chosen as the official day because back in the good 'ol days farmers traveled by horse and buggy and often needed a full day to travel the county seat, a day to cast their vote, and a day to travel home. Tuesday did not interfere with the Biblical Sabbath (Sunday) or market days (typically Wednesday) and thus leaving us years later with the same date. I believe if my classmate understood the reasoning behind this date, she could have made a stronger argument regarding her disagreement with it. I feel that Congress should claim another day to be election day because this is not 1845, we do not live the same way as we did back then and yet we are still complying with extremely outdated ideas from the 20th century on how to run today's 21st century America.
Regarding the idea of online voting, I do not agree with this method for voters. Yes, online voting would be much more convenient for people, but is convenience really the type of thing we want when it comes to voting for leaders and lawmakers of this country? If it takes little to no effort to vote then any mindless person can participate without any idea of who or what their voting for, which can cause big affects to the rest of the people around them. I believe that if the issue is of importance to you then you will find a way to make it happen. Meaning that if a voter honestly cares about who represents them and wants to put forth their vote, then they will do so no matter the inconvenience.
With that, I enjoyed the topic my classmate chose to express her thoughts on but I feel that her arguments could have been stronger if maybe she explored the ideas some more.