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News & Current Events Mar 31, 2026 at 11:19 PM

Defense secretary lifts suspension of 2 pilots of helicopter that flew near Kid Rock's home

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Suspension lifted for helicopter pilots who hovered near Kid Rock's home
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Suspension lifted for helicopter pilots who hovered near Kid Rock's home
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says 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 suspensions lifted.
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dmtjiminarnnotatrdr Mar 31, 2026 +13048
What's the point of having a disciplinary process if it can just be completely undermined on a whim?
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JohnnyFire Mar 31, 2026 +8182
Because there's no f****** consequences. They weaponized cancel culture as some kind of mob coming to destroy innocent people for no reason, when in reality it was asking for the absolute bare amount of accountability for shitty behavior. But now? F****** nothing. Brazenly just saying rules, regulations, standards, good taste, none of it f****** matters, unless it's against them then it's a personal attack.
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eeyore134 Apr 1, 2026 +292
Exactly. Cancel Culture wouldn't have had to exist if there was any accountability for these people. The public had to take it in their own hands, and did so without violence or doing anything illegal, just by spreading the word that someone is awful and shouldn't be supported... and they could not stand that. Pretty telling that they think it targeted them when all it did was target awful people who never saw consequences. That Venn diagram is nearly a circle.
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highbrowalcoholic Apr 1, 2026 +84
What they called "cancel culture" was the closest thing we've seen in a long time to the free market at work. They _hate_ markets actually being "free".
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ropahektic Apr 1, 2026 +15
Cancel culture is a step before revolution. Of course it scared them and of course they had to put a stop to it. It reminded them we could eat them at any time, if we somehow managed to agree to it.
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HerRoyalRedness Apr 1, 2026 +328
Trump is punishing the country because he knows he lost in 2020. And he’s furious about it.
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JohnnyFire Apr 1, 2026 +191
The only time in his life he faced actual tangible public consequences for his actions and he proceeded to whine and b**** and moan for 4 years, and he is STILL whining and moaning about it now. All he had to do was not f*** up everything and relatively decently navigate out of COVID and he could've probably won because we live in the stupidest timeline possible, and he somehow couldn't even clear that bar.
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OlderThanMyParents Apr 1, 2026 +72
I said at the time, if he'd had the sense of my kid's hamster, he'd have sold MAGA masks, made millions of bucks, and been reelected as decisively as Nixon in 1972.
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pinksockenthusiast Apr 1, 2026 +20
You're absolutely right. Instead, he had less sense than said varmint (and somehow lower morals), and only managed to scrounge up a handful of BILLIONS instead. He stands as a lesson to our youth; if you wanna be truly rich, you've gotta steal.
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LupusRex09 Apr 1, 2026 +48
Not only that but also the fact its to intentionally weaken us as whole, the moment we erupt into a civil war over the class inequality and lack of access to what should be basic necessities for every human being as promised by the constitution we were founded on, is the moment we will be targeted globally and our allies are going to have a really tough decision to make because we allowed this administration to sour our relationships with them.
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PlethoraOfPinatass Apr 1, 2026 +14
Let's not forget that this incident went down mere hours after reports emerged that Hegseth invested his personal fortunes in defense companies right before starting a war which he has sweeping powers over the contractors. 30 years ago, a cabinet member pulling that kind of corruption would have brought down the entire executive to a Nixon-level implosion. No Potus would have made it without resigning, it's that serious of a lapse in judgement
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King_Chochacho Apr 1, 2026 +8
>Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. It all makes sense in this context
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Boonstar Apr 1, 2026 +194
We have an entire government and justice system that is being undermined at the moment.
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tots4scott Apr 1, 2026 +45
Yep. But that doesnt mean we cant continuously remind republican legislators and voters that everything they do and say is either vitriolic, undemocratic, hypocrisy, or an outright lie.
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WillArrr Apr 1, 2026 +35
To demonstrate that loyalty to the family is rewarded.
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Xylorgos Apr 1, 2026 +23
It completely undermines discipline and makes the Secretary think he's a minor god. It's terrible for morale and terrible for the country, so of course that's what this fool wants to do. Trump Administration = Amateur Time (except when it comes to robbing the American public.)
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Wheres_my_wank_sock Mar 31, 2026 +607
It's the military. You're constantly at risk of being screwed over by the whims of your superiors.
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War_machine77 Mar 31, 2026 +397
And that's the reason these dumbasses were better off with the suspension. I'm sure their superiors that were just shit on won't be out to make their lives a living hell or anything.
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HalJordan2424 Apr 1, 2026 +91
“Suspensions over boys! Now get your toothbrushes and let’s see a shine on all the toilets in the enlisted barracks!”
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redonrust Apr 1, 2026 +20
Then pack your bags for Iran
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rand0m_task Mar 31, 2026 +138
Acting like their superiors weren’t already in on it.. It’s all a dog and pony show at this point.
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RogueAOV Apr 1, 2026 +71
If their superiors were not in on it to start with they went off mission/flight plan with military equipment, so they would be screwed. I suspect they were suspended until that was confirmed and now of course the superiors will face whatever lack of consequences deemed most annoying.
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TheInevitableLuigi Apr 1, 2026 +7
RUMINT says it was the unit commander in the bird.
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shucksme Mar 31, 2026 +27
Hardest true lesson Plus their jackets like always have this discipline marked. Good luck trying to get a promotion now
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IceTech59 Mar 31, 2026 +29
Or, a little asterisk in a normally blank field which means "watch out. Political"
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Brikpilot Apr 1, 2026 +32
Political Commissar Kegsbreath is drunk again. Political ideologies are greater than the military institution it seems.
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YeetedApple Mar 31, 2026 +102
So you can "discipline" people you don't like on a whim
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Moontoya Apr 1, 2026 +110
You mean like reactivating a commission to attack the pension and reputation of an Astronaut Senator who politely reminded the military not to follow illegal orders ?
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GrippingHand Apr 1, 2026 +30
In the military, you may be able to. But more importantly, this isn't about not liking them. They should not be flying military helicopters to random people's houses. That's not a personal vehicle to go joyriding in. That's a dangerous piece of military hardware paid for by the US public, to be used responsibly in service to that public.
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thisvideoiswrong Apr 1, 2026 +16
Best case scenario they wasted a couple thousand dollars worth of fuel that definitely wasn't theirs, which could qualify as grand theft. Then you start the list of things that could have gone wrong, which ends with another military helicopter crashing into an airliner with hundreds of lives lost. You're absolutely right, this was a grossly irresponsible use of taxpayer resources.
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MikeNoble91 Mar 31, 2026 +33
To punish minorities, of course!
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didsomebodysaymyname Mar 31, 2026 +9
It exists for some people but not others.
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drinkduffdry Mar 31, 2026 +4518
Deeply unserious people
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campelm Mar 31, 2026 +744
Discipline? Never heard of her? Was she one of his topless dancers?
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starrpamph Mar 31, 2026 +97
She was getting older though, yes. That’s why they got rid of her
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mokutou Mar 31, 2026 +35
She reached the age of majority and that’s a hard pass for these guys.
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CatsAreMajorAssholes Apr 1, 2026 +36
We're in the middle of a war that is going disastrously, there's videos of Americans getting shelled inside their bases hundreds of miles away, precious irreplaceable aircraft that are the jewels of the USAF are getting blown to pieces on the tarmacs.... ...and THIS is what his top priority was today.
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Aazadan Apr 1, 2026 +12
It makes complete sense, an orginization rots from the top down. Kegger isn't a serious person, he got rid of the serious generals, he's putting valuable resources in harms way due to an inability to plan, or in general be disciplined about anything, and now flight plans for aircraft in the US goto shit.
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Raspberries-Are-Evil Mar 31, 2026 +119
"Unserious people with serious consequences." We were warned.
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Working-Glass6136 Apr 1, 2026 +17
Serious consequences for us. Not for them.
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NotThatHandsomePete Mar 31, 2026 +45
Skid Rock just happened to be ready for this, ready to pose and record? Not likely.
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DemandredG Mar 31, 2026 +2468
Waste, fraud, and abuse all in one place. GOP’s reaction? Cheering.
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quarter_cask Mar 31, 2026 +295
Well... those are basically the GOP's guiding principles.
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TimothyMimeslayer Mar 31, 2026 +229
Remember, Republicans will support anything if it means upsetting non republicans. They will eat shit so you have to smell it on their breath.
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drinkduffdry Mar 31, 2026 +25
So, there's figures on this, what did this stunt cost?
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Kolbin8tor Mar 31, 2026 +4270
>“The Army has confirmed that on March 28, two Apache helicopters from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort Campbell conducted a flight in the Nashville area that has attracted public and media attention,” according to a statement from the Army on Tuesday. The Army is reviewing “the circumstances surrounding the mission, including compliance with relevant FAA regulations, aviation safety protocol, and approval requirements.” >Hegseth said in a social media post that there was “No punishment. No Investigation. Carry on, patriots.” We are not a serious country.
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KuritanCenturion Mar 31, 2026 +1746
Regardless of the politics this is such a serious undercutting of command responsibility and accountability. You can't even investigate, let alone discipline, service members under your command for policy violations if its trending on social media? 
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virrk Mar 31, 2026 +576
It will continue until someone dies or there is a serious incident. Then they'll kick the service members out to make an example of them. Then go after the commander who they undercut like this.
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TopLingonberry4346 Apr 1, 2026 +378
People have died and they investigated the victims and destroyed evidence against the murderers.
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virrk Apr 1, 2026 +35
True, that's the other option which they have already used.
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bigtice Apr 1, 2026 +83
Are we sure? ICE has literally done this and there's still been no repercussions.
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elykl12 Apr 1, 2026 +74
You guys remember when they fired live artillery rounds over a highway in California last summer? Pepperidge farms remembers
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MiniTab Apr 1, 2026 +30
But that already did happen. Just last year, an army helicopter was involved in a mid-air collision with an airliner. It is one of the deadliest U.S. airline accidents in decades.
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Dependent_Star3998 Apr 1, 2026 +46
They won't kick anyone out. They'll just scream "Biden! Afghanistan!", and turn the page.
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CinnamonDolceLatte Apr 1, 2026 +39
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision
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HSBillyMays Apr 1, 2026 +11
I was gonna say... to be fair, a Kid Rock flyover has much safer conditions than that training exercise; why that part of the Potomac was even used for training when sections closer to West Virginia have *barely any* air traffic is beyond me.
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833psz Apr 1, 2026 +9
There is a source stating the commanding officer was one of the pilots. The unit is being disbanded or moved or something and this was a bit of a joyride.
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Sabatorius Mar 31, 2026 +31
*if its partisan in favor of republicans.
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hypercosm_dot_net Apr 1, 2026 +94
This is real Russian corruption type shit. It leads to degradation of force power and lack of unity. All that shit they talk about women and lgbtq being a distraction or whatever, and they pull this. They were never qualified for these commands.
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mr_birkenblatt Mar 31, 2026 +26
This will invite others to disrespect their orders or procedures...
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bck1999 Apr 1, 2026 +21
What it tells people in the military is you can get away with anything as long as you own the libs along the way
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toastmannn Apr 1, 2026 +18
Not even a "We've investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing". Zero fucks given.
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KodaiClub Mar 31, 2026 +11
Hadn’t thought of it from this perspective actually, thanks 
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HobbesNJ Mar 31, 2026 +584
The corruption is all-encompassing.
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Ragnarawr Mar 31, 2026 +131
If you’re not corrupt at this point, you don’t support the administration.
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hoppertn Mar 31, 2026 +66
It’s corruption all the way down. Seriously if any political candidate ran on fighting the corruption in our political system and actually putting people in jail they would win with a landslide.
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schnurble Apr 1, 2026 +13
Did you enjoy your nap from Fall 2023 to January 2025?
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hoppertn Apr 1, 2026 +13
I’ll say this, I never was a huge Biden fan but it was nice to not wake up every morning wondering what batshit crazy thing the president said or government agency was destroyed overnight. I slept a lot better knowing professionals were in charge even if we didn’t agree 100%.
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Dull_Bird3340 Mar 31, 2026 +50
Oh really?! The last election was between continuing making progress or electing an idiot so he didn't have to go to prison. It was literally continue the Trump prosecutions or let him shut them down.
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Mustardo123 Apr 1, 2026 +27
Yeah people seriously act like they didn’t just get to choose between a person with a career in law enforcement and a career criminal.
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Hashhola Mar 31, 2026 +30
Too bad their billionaire patrons would never let that happen
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beadzy Mar 31, 2026 +19
not with citizens united running the show and allowing astronomically higher financial support for MAGA/pro-billionaire candidates
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Mustardo123 Apr 1, 2026 +12
Kamala would have prevented the Trump corruption from continuing, just saying.
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Spamgrenade Mar 31, 2026 +129
He's going to do a photo op with the pilots.
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iceColdCocaCola Mar 31, 2026 +102
Tax payers paid for the heli pilots training, the helicopter itself, the engineers and maintenance for the helicopter, and probably dozens of other things for the total upkeep of the heli. Meanwhile, yeah go fly it to some dumbass private citizens home for a joyride. This is definitely where we want tax money to go to.
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Punman_5 Mar 31, 2026 +43
This just completely undermines discipline. Now everyone knows they have free rein to misuse assets and disobey officers because SecDef personally approves.
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CDSEChris Apr 1, 2026 +15
Let's be honest. Not everyone. This standard will not be evenly applied.
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hammer_it_out Mar 31, 2026 +65
I didn't realize f****** with protesters and liking Kid Rock is all it took to be a patriot.
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PatchyWhiskers Apr 1, 2026 +32
I didn’t realize anyone young enough to be a pilot knew who Kid Rock was.
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Eggonioni Mar 31, 2026 +46
Hegseth is going to fly drunk and crash himself into Mar-a-Lago
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Fight_those_bastards Mar 31, 2026 +73
We should all be so lucky.
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WeOutHereInSmallbany Apr 1, 2026 +16
We’d be so lucky
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Shopworn_Soul Apr 1, 2026 +22
Don't threaten me with a good time.
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jazzhandler Apr 1, 2026 +5
This is a crazy timeline, and we’ve seen a fair amount of lazy writing thus far. So I wouldn’t rule out a friendly fire incident of breathtaking stupidity.
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allanon1105 Mar 31, 2026 +24
That’s what happens when our reality TV President surrounds himself with TV personalities in jobs that require actual skill.
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mlorusso4 Apr 1, 2026 +21
>>including compliance with relevant FAA regulations And now we know why there’s been so many close calls (and actual crashes) between civilian and military aircraft this past year
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Unique-Egg-461 Mar 31, 2026 +40
The "rule of cool" isn't real pete.....
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sgtpepperslaststand Mar 31, 2026 +27
It also actually requires something to be cool
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didsomebodysaymyname Mar 31, 2026 +13
Remember when these people complained that if r*** investigations went outside of the chain of command it would be some huge problem? This is fine though /s
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Einsteinbomb Mar 31, 2026 +942
This is definitely setting up a dangerous precedent for the next Secretary of Defense. 
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Upstairs-Radish1816 Mar 31, 2026 +614
This whole administration is sitting up a dangerous precedent for all future administrations.
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Fickle-Art-7125 Mar 31, 2026 +115
A mop could run on fixing all this shit
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LeftRestaurant4576 Apr 1, 2026 +26
I'm voting for the mop
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chocolatedesire Apr 1, 2026 +69
Thanks garland you p****
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nacho_night Mar 31, 2026 +16
This whole administration is setting up a dangerous precedent for the world.
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Lucas_Steinwalker Apr 1, 2026 +26
Guess what? Precedent never mattered. There’s been precedent to *not* do things like this the whole time. Without comprehensive rules and consequences for breaking them the first administration with the will to enact whatever they want simply can.
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Scaryclouds Apr 1, 2026 +94
The only way we can possibly hope to get back to normal is we have like four successive terms of democratic administrations were a core part of the platform and appeal is a return to rule of law and acceptance of core democratic principles. And the only reason a Republican is elected is because they have become equally “boring”.  Alas I don’t have much hope of that happening.  I fear the best we can hope for is; GOP gets trounced in 26, 28, and makes gains in 30, and we narrowly beat out some new psycho in 2032, before some other psycho wins in 2036 because the Democrats didn’t fix everything Trump/MAGA have fucked up. 
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Crismus Apr 1, 2026 +55
It only goes back to normal when everyone from this administration ends up in jail for corruption and all their illegal gains get taken away.
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MarsupialMadness Apr 1, 2026 +24
**This.** People gotta go to f****** prison. There can be no normal, no healing, no "moving on", no unity, Nothing. Absolutely no way forward is possible without the Republican party being taken to the cleaners. If we don't do that, we're just repeating Obama and Biden's biggest blunders.
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SYLOH Apr 1, 2026 +34
You're being overly optimistic. Putting the entire administration on trial like its the Nuremberg, and then amending the constitution to reinforce the failed guardrails would be the START of a generations long process of rebuilding trust. Nobody is going to be satisfied with a mere 16 year streak of not f****** it up royally.
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RealCrusader Apr 1, 2026 +38
As a foreigner who lived in the usa for five years. It will take longer than that for any "allied"  country to have your back again. Trump fucked all your soft power
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stumonji Mar 31, 2026 +23
It's also undermining the chain of command, which the military famously doesn't take seriously.  /s
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matjoeman Mar 31, 2026 +9
They don't care about precedent.
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SharksForArms Apr 1, 2026 +411
"No punishment. No investigation." The most powerful military in the world has no accountability.
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DifficultyWithMyLife Apr 1, 2026 +69
If they can do anything to anyone, they can do anything to everyone. No matter who you are, this should be both terrifying and rage-inducing. Should be.
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elykl12 Apr 1, 2026 +12
That started the moment 50 Senate Republicans cowered in voting for this man at 2 in the morning and begged JD Vance to come break the tie
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1_ofthesedays Mar 31, 2026 +389
This is how armies lose morality.
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TabsAZ Apr 1, 2026 +297
People don’t understand how serious stuff like this is - this is telling soldiers there will be no consequences for illegal acts. These guys harassed/menaced a No Kings protest prior to this stunt at Kid Rock’s house. Is it much of a stretch going from doing that to obeying an order to fire on a crowd, say during an attempt to stop people from voting in November? I don’t think it’s as big a stretch as people might think.
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CelestialFury Apr 1, 2026 +99
Now that right-wing military members see that there's no punishment for doing stupid MAGA shit, mark my words, it's going to increase and hurt disciple across the entire forces. Hegseth intervening is literally the worst action he could've taken.
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Unknowledge99 Apr 1, 2026 +34
or the best: it entirely depends on his reason. A public declaration of protecting MAGA aligned activity (like this) is exactly the reassurance that military personnel need for the upcoming illegal orders they're about to receive. None of this is accidental...
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PM_ME_BEEF_CURTAINS Apr 1, 2026 +8
> None of this is accidental... I beg to differ It is not design, it is simply a complete lack of care so long as their side is doing it.
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Neat_Egg_2474 Apr 1, 2026 +108
Yup, as a vet this is a f****** terrible precedent for any of the people joining. I mean, don’t forget that Trump literally pardoned that navy seal war criminal. This is the same he did for the January 6th fucks, “as long as you do things I like, I will protect you”
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InadequateUsername Apr 1, 2026 +12
If they were black they'd have the book thrown at them. [Capt. Chavius G. Lewis (Feb 2026):](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/02/13/uss-mason-commander-relieved-hidden-cost-of-loss-of-confidence.html) The Navy relieved Capt. Chavius G. Lewis of command of the destroyer USS Mason due to a "loss of confidence" in his ability to command. [Cmdr. James Koffi (Feb 2026)](https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2026/02/23/navy-fires-commanding-officer-of-uss-truxtun-following-collision-with-supply-ship/): fired by Rear Adm. Carlos Sardiello, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, nearly two weeks after the Truxtun collided with the USNS Supply in the Caribbean during a Feb. 11 replenishment-at-sea. [Black and Women Officers Promotion Blocked March 2026. ](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/hegseth-promotion-list.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XlA.Fygl.aR1DG3IebHt1&smid=nytcore-android-share): Senior military officials reported that Secretary Hegseth blocked the promotions of two Black officers and two female officers. The promotion list consists of about three dozen officers, most of whom are white men, senior military officials said.
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Unknowledge99 Apr 1, 2026 +31
or: this is how a regime signals its priority of maga aligned activity over legality. Hegseth has been very clear: "This administration is not worried about legality" With this action he has signalled: "if you break the law doing a MAGA aligned activity we will protect you" A clear reassurance to military personnel that the illegal orders they are about to receive will not be punished. Boiling the frog...
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Eskimomonk Apr 1, 2026 +97
Imagine being the CO of that squadron and getting completely undermined by some fuckin jackoff with a $500 haircut. This is sending a bad and dangerous message to the military that people can get away with what they want if they make a big enough spectacle and coincides with the administration’s moronic ideals
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833psz Apr 1, 2026 +14
Actually, there is a source saying the CO was flying one of the aircraft. Apparently the unit is being split up or something and this was a bit of a joyride.
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dronesitter Apr 1, 2026 +19
SQ/CCs have CCs too. If I were a Group CC and was undermined THAT hard by SecDef I'd just drop my paperwork and call it a day. No reason to stay in a leadership position with that much responsibility when you aren't allowed to uphold standards.
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GetsBetterAfterAFew Mar 31, 2026 +388
This was because Trump was surprised today in an Oval Office press conference and he was asked about it. Trump said initially it was cool, then when presses said maybe they were just protecting him, and it was fine. He was embarrassed.
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jpiro Mar 31, 2026 +301
He cannot be embarrassed.
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MTFBinyou Mar 31, 2026 +109
Nope. Skips embarrassed and goes straight to raging toddler, which coincidentally also probably made him pop his diaper.
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AALen Apr 1, 2026 +61
It takes a lot but he actually can. Remember when he cancelled the daily covid briefings after the whole injecting bleach embarrassment?
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Franks2000inchTV Apr 1, 2026 +22
Counterpoint he is constantly embarrassed and ashamed and his entire personality is a failed attempt to hide that. He is so focused on it that he can't see anything else and can't imagine that anyone else would feel anything else except a need to dominate people to get a moments peace from the shame at being anything other than superman.
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Shot-Possibility-399 Apr 1, 2026 +28
He's a narcissist. Being embarrassed is their worst f****** fear. Anything that makes them "lose face" for their perceived self image to themselves and especially to how others see him. 
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LengthinessAlone4743 Apr 1, 2026 +5
He demoted Kristi Noem didn’t he?
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Canis_Familiaris Mar 31, 2026 +242
The Kid Rock flyby is not the story. The army confirms the protest flyovers were intentional.
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No-Celebration3097 Mar 31, 2026 +241
This country is an embarrassment
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drainfrog_92 Mar 31, 2026 +73
So the message is: buzz a celebrity’s house for political clout, get a slap on the wrist, then even that gets reversed. Maybe, bare minimum, ban campaign-style joyrides in military hardware.
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o_MrBombastic_o Mar 31, 2026 +60
It's already against the rules along with campaigning in Arlington Cemetery and Campaigning in bases or in Uniform. Rules and laws don't matter to this administration 
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sandwichconnoisseurr Apr 1, 2026 +29
These are the same people who caused tons of people to lose their jobs because they weren’t sad enough about a podcasters passing.
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510Goodhands Mar 31, 2026 +214
It looks like the orange menace intervened. Hopefully the pilots’ superior officers will find a way to make it clear that the pilots were way out of line. No doubt, it pisses them off to have a talk show host interfere with their commands.
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jpop237 Apr 1, 2026 +21
"You screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong."
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_memory_palace_ Mar 31, 2026 +49
This guy thinks there’s people with integrity still left. Spineless facist d*** suckers all the way down. Tools.
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Key-Cardiologist4293 Apr 1, 2026 +33
The amount of bigots I encountered when I enlisted about 10 years ago was equal if not more than the good folks. Everyone I knew that was good left, after one 4/6 year term. You still had good people staying (mainly to care for their family) but a lot of them were not good. Don't even get me started on the high ranking Officers in the Air force that were DEVOUT religious followers. When Kegsbreath said that shit about a "holy mission" I was thinking "Buckle in folks you have no idea how zealous these people are".
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WackHeisenBauer Mar 31, 2026 +22
American soldiers are going livestream themselves doing war crimes after the soon-to-be-invasion of Iran and Trump will give them the Medal of Honor. And for some reason tens of millions of Americans will cheer it on. That country is sick.
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Big-Following5207 Apr 1, 2026 +8
It’s a business model, and coming to your shores soon enough.
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Michael_Gibb Apr 1, 2026 +56
So a retired pilot is investigated for citing the US military code of conduct. But two pilots who commit unsafe or unauthorised conduct during flight, get off scot-free. Clearly there's no discipline in the military anymore.
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steve_ample Mar 31, 2026 +122
So the suspension was as fake as Kid Rock's performance for the TPUSA superbowl halftime show.
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Shopworn_Soul Apr 1, 2026 +51
No, they probably really got suspended and probably had a really bad fuckin' day that should have been extended to "quite a while". But then the Secretary Of Manly Manliness And All That Is Manly And Also Tough showed up swinging his d*** and a bottle of whiskey around and now another raft of competent officers will probably be run out of the military.
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TabsAZ Apr 1, 2026 +12
This, guarantee the people who tried to discipline them are going to lose their jobs for doing the right thing.
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MrMichaelJames Mar 31, 2026 +51
Just like pardoning the insurrectionists. Commit illegal acts but say it was for the fascists in charge then you get off.
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Jedi_Swimmer2 Apr 1, 2026 +14
Sounds like a free pass for service members to disobey and violate the rules and regulations they swore to abide by while serving…as long as it “looks cool and super patriotic”, the disgraceful and pathetic “Sec. of *Warmongering*” will save you… Imagine those Generals and Colonels being undercut by someone like “Kegsbreath” for simply following rules and holding their people accountable….pathetic…
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GRID_GHST Mar 31, 2026 +71
So… spending tax payers money to fly a military helicopter over the hills of a crack baby that smells like hot dog water and candy from a hot van is business as usual for a “patriot”, gotcha…
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brokefixfux Mar 31, 2026 +44
They also deliberately buzzed a No Kings protest. That alone should warrant serious disciplinary action.
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Daft00 Apr 1, 2026 +11
Hopefully we didn't all forget about this just a few months ago: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/epstein-files-trump-flyover-ghislaine-survivors-b2819592.html
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whitenoise2323 Mar 31, 2026 +18
It will be the best day of these dickcheese's entire lives. They'll regale their grandchildren with the tale of that time they wasted $18 million of taxpayer money to salute the guy who sang "I like em underage" on the Osmosis Jones soundtrack.
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Politicsboringagain Mar 31, 2026 +47
That's how you know it's two white men. If it was a woman or a non white person he probably would have fired them if they flow to Obama's house. 
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Scared-Hope-868 Apr 1, 2026 +61
They may never know it,others may hear rumors, but their days in the military are limited. This regime won't be in power forever, and this little power play move with an attack helicopter will be in their records forever. Their supervisors forever in the future will know of this little stunt. Unless they're the best of the best, and not some showoff, they're not going much further in the military. And as a veteran, I say good riddance to them. They're the ones who get combat troops killed.
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Captain_Mazhar Apr 1, 2026 +6
Yep. Never getting a definitely promote with that in one’s file even with the SecDef letter.
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Ragnarawr Mar 31, 2026 +27
This is your tax dollars at work. Rubbing it in your faces that you’re so fucked.
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scottymom2019 Apr 1, 2026 +10
This completely undermines the military structure from Plt Ldr to General
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What_a_fat_one Apr 1, 2026 +9
Americans did one of three things in 2024. 1. Voted for the country to be destroyed by criminals 2. Didn't vote at all because they didn't care about their country in the slightest (probably watching football instead) 3. Voted desperately to stop their country from being destroyed by criminals
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DoublePostedBroski Mar 31, 2026 +18
Party of law and order
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VectorVictorVector Apr 1, 2026 +8
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you The Idiocracy
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darodardar_Inc Apr 1, 2026 +9
“Imagine if this happened under the Biden administration”
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kmoonster Apr 1, 2026 +11
Nothing says military discipline like encouraging pilots to showboat against protocol/procedure. Especially not in massive vehicles capable of crashing or causing other issues even without their weapons firing. >“No punishment. No Investigation. Carry on, patriots,” Hegseth said in a social media post.
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Ok-disaster2022 Mar 31, 2026 +35
Yeah.  And depending on the base commander, next week the warrant officers will be cleaning out the toilets in the barracks. And the week after. Completely unrelated.  I dont care about the flight path, my issue is the altitude and pausing over private residence, which I'm pretty certain the FAA has rules about. These issues create danger for the public, the pilots and the aircraft. 
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Financial-Savings-91 Mar 31, 2026 +10
Considering the danger of one's actions to the public is dangerously close to empathy and is surely frowned upon by this administration.
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transcendental-ape Mar 31, 2026 +17
Trump may die getting away with it all. But Hegseth is gonna end up in a docket at the Hauge if he keeps this up.
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TheWolfbytez Apr 1, 2026 +8
What a f****** joke. As a pilot, their actions would have any civilian pilot grounded for life. The fact that these ass hats get away with this shit under this administration is a joke.
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browsef Mar 31, 2026 +16
Keep sucking that orange d*** Pete
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The_Oregon_Duck Apr 1, 2026 +7
So Kegsbreath was the man who let it happen. Not surprising.
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syddraf4188 Apr 1, 2026 +7
I knew this is exactly how it would play out cause that’s the kind of shit ole kegger is into. So we are under reporting that this mission seen them flying within extremely close distance to a busy Charlie air space with little to no comms to those controllers. Attack helos over flying organized and lawful peaceful protests. And gross misuse of government property for media fluff. And now sec def (I refuse to call him sec war.) is completely undermining any commanders ability to enforce discipline because if he likes the optics cowboy shit is just fine. Un serious people serious consequence.
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TabsAZ Apr 1, 2026 +6
Nashville is one of the busiest Class C airspaces in the country and there’s been calls to make it a Bravo for years. Absolutely not a stretch at all to think this could have caused real traffic conflicts. And they did this knowing full well what happened a year ago at DCA.
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Opening_Classroom_46 Apr 1, 2026 +8
Because they took military equipment to take part in a right wing propaganda mission, they will recieve no punishments.
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cors8 Apr 1, 2026 +7
Military discipline no longer matters if it's for Reich-wing purposes.
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ddiggler2469 Apr 1, 2026 +6
kegbreath ignores the law if it means they get to 'own the libs'
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Camwi Mar 31, 2026 +25
I hate this country so much.
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BAF_DaWg82 Mar 31, 2026 +12
Any update on the 170+ plus kids he killed in Iran?
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Bishopjones2112 Apr 1, 2026 +13
You corrupt f****** a******. There is policy and rules and these guys broke them. Just like Trump for Pete to intervene.
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MustardSperm Apr 1, 2026 +5
Stealing your taxes to f*** off. The very foundation of conservatism.
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Fu2-10 Apr 1, 2026 +6
Yeah, I need to leave this country.
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soldat7 Apr 1, 2026 +5
We want the best “warfighters” on the planet but we don’t want order, rules, or discipline. :(
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Fanticide Apr 1, 2026 +6
Nothing says military discipline like exempting soldiers for misconduct because you think it makes you look cool. What a f****** joke.
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lSleepster Apr 1, 2026 +6
So Kegsbreath just signaled to the Miliitary you can break the law so long as you bend the knee to trump.
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humdinger44 Apr 1, 2026 +5
Party of law and order
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willitblowup Apr 1, 2026 +6
Why care about good order and discipline?
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freedfg Apr 1, 2026 +10
I feel like I say this literally every day. I don't ever want to hear about Somalian daycare centers ever again.
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runthrough014 Mar 31, 2026 +5
It’s like that one fraternity took over the school 🙄
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Sedert1882 Mar 31, 2026 +6
Of course he did. What were we expecting; court martial proceedings? Joke secdef.
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Meb2x Apr 1, 2026 +4
Called this the minute they got suspended. Wouldn’t be surprised if Hegseth personally ordered the flyby
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slagwa Apr 1, 2026 +4
Dear Secretary Hegseth, I have a family member graduating from high school this year and he thought it would be cool to have apaches fly over the ceremony.  Let me know when you've ordered it.
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Yuri_Ligotme Apr 1, 2026 +6
As predicted by many here…..
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Sour_baboo Apr 1, 2026 +5
Governing by "social media post" is on the list of things no one needs. If anyone in the Army has any integrity, the investigation will still happen. Stunting around US airspace isn't what we need.
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RevolutionaryTax1604 Apr 1, 2026 +4
Gross. The blatant disregard for decorum over a C rate celebrity. What a fuckshow this is.
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RenoRiley1 Apr 1, 2026 +6
Having a semblance of military discipline was fun while it lasted. On a slippery slope note if hegseth is willing to pardon partisan d*** waving what’s to stop him pardoning soldiers that shoot democrats?
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KillDozer321 Apr 1, 2026 +5
So… Apache pilots can just, fly wherever they want whenever they want? Is that what’s going on now?
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KarmaCommando_ Apr 1, 2026 +6
I would describe that as "waste, fraud, and abuse" 
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HoneyBadgerLive Apr 1, 2026 +5
Hegseth is clearly in WAY over his head. No way those pilots are ever trusted again by their chain of command.
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problah Apr 1, 2026 +5
Can we stop paying for all this, please?
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Dusty_Negatives Apr 1, 2026 +5
Ya know I’m starting to think maybe they don’t care about waste, fraud and abuse………………..
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Legitimate-End-1346 Apr 1, 2026 +5
I’m 100% behind our armed forces, but also, this is the same Army whose disregard for FAA regulations and direct instruction from a flight controller resulted in the deaths of 67 people a year ago. So hoo rah and all that, but there are rules for good reasons.
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GeologistEmotional53 Apr 1, 2026 +6
KegBreath sinks to the occasion. Again. You just know he was picked on in 8th grade. This is his revenge.
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ThomasJNookJr Apr 1, 2026 +5
I swear to CHRIST, I CANNOT have my tax dollars go to this goddamn administration again.
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utti Apr 1, 2026 +5
Remember that brief moment after Signalgate when we thought **maybe** there'd be consequences for Hegseth? That was over a year ago already and then he does shit like this and again there will be no consequences.
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