The Army pilots who hovered two helicopters near Kid Rock’s Tennessee home during a training run while he clapped and saluted have had their suspension lifted, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday.

“No punishment. No Investigation. Carry on, patriots,” Hegseth said in a social media post.

Earlier, a U.S. Army spokesperson said the crews of the two AH-64 Apache helicopters from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort Campbell were suspended from flying, pending an investigation into their actions. The suspension was a discretionary — but not unusual — step when an investigation is underway, Maj. Montrell Russell said in statement.

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[–] 74 points 7 months ago (2 children)

“No punishment. No Investigation. Carry on, patriots,” Hegseth said in a social media post.

Criminals all the way down.

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago

    I'm sure undermining your officers like this is great for morale and discipline of the troops under them. Great job Dumb McNamara.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago

    Great use of taxpayer money. No waste, fraud, or abuse to see here.

    (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    These guys must be sucking each others dicks with the greatest of expertise.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    That'll teach em

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (15 children)

    Could someone explain to me what’s the shit all about the two pilots overing above kid rock ? Why was it an offense ?

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Would you like to know how much it costs per minute to operate an Apache helicopter? Here’s a hint; it’s a lot. Now where the fuck do you think that money comes from?

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Can you explain why it is acceptable for some random chucklefucks to take a 50 million dollar piece of equipment out for a joyride to give a tik tok opportunity to Kid Fucking Rock?

    Or in this day and age why we want to normalize military aircraft flying wherever they want over US cities?

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I was in the impression that it was order by someone.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    No, you were under the impression that you could sow doubt where none is due.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    No. Fuck Kid Rock and Hegset. I really didn’t understand how two Apache could fly by Kid Rock’s house without being authorized by someone. There’s radar cover everywhere, how could the civil and military could not call them back is beyond stupid and incompetent.

    Anyway

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Do you think that enlisted personnel that are in charge of expensive equipment are micromanaged to that level? Aircraft are given a zone they should be operating in and I doubt they went "awol." The only reason this incident matters is because they flew next to a person with somewhat popular social media. Hell a friend of mine did basically the same thing when he was doing some O-rides back in the day. Though he was in a V-22 osprey instead of an Apache.

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