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.
Military personnel taking time out of their taxpayer-funded training exercise to get some social media material.
As former enlisted, an argument could be made they were AWOL. They were not in their designated place at their designated time, and did not have permission to do the thing they did.
Do you know what their orders were? Are you sure they weren’t in their designated zone? Or are you just mad because it was Kid Rock?