U.S. Army officials have ordered an investigation into the activities of two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters that flew over Saturday’s “No Kings” protest in downtown Nashville, then engaged in low-altitude maneuvers near the home of Kid Rock just north of the city.

The initial investigation appears to be focused, for now, on the maneuvers at the entertainer’s so-called “Southern White House” in the Nashville suburb of Whites Creek.

“Fort Campbell leadership is aware of a video circulating on social media depicting AH-64 Apache helicopters operating in the vicinity of a private residence associated with Mr. Robert Ritchie (also known as ‘Kid Rock’),” said a statement by Maj. Jonathon Bless, public affairs officer for the 101st Airborne Division.

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      When all you accept or promote are Yes men all the competent people leave. Though I’m sure kegsbreth is gonna get to the bottom of it.

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      been doing it for decades: see also the “game day flyovers” - it’s not “propaganda” if we can frame it as “practice” right?

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        So all 'murikan movies with like military fighter planes don’t actually rent them out at fair running-cost price??

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          Lol top gun, battleship, the final countdown, etc get money or at the very least, free footage of incredible machines to make their movies seem like big productions for cheap. It’s easy money baby!

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            All for the cheap price of literally handing final & executive control to the military.

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      Oh definitely.

      There’s a reason Fort Bragg was famous in the 80s and 90s for literally thousands of high-powered weapons going missing.

      There’s little oversight, they just don’t care. The military never sends its best.

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    They are using Apache attack helicopters on protests domestically? When did this start? Who is operating these things? The feds? Who gave them permission to fuck around in state business?

    This story is fucked. The only good part is to know that kid rock does not live in Michigan anymore, stay out motherfucker.

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      Is any famous southerner actually from the South? Between Duck Dynasty larping as “backyonder folk” and Larry The Cable Guy doing what I can only call a whiteface minstrel show… I wonder if anybody wealthy besides the Baptist Church and their hired politicians are from the South

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        The first people to pop into my mind were Matthew Mccughnahey and this unfit mother.

        And that unfit mother’s brother.

        Oh and this guy. (I think he’s actually from Nashville?)

        To my knowledge they’ve never insisted on flying a confederate flag or working out in a sauna with RFK.

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    It was me.

    I just felt like he needed a reminder that the non-binary jokes can get VERY funny VERY fast.

    (Not even for legal reasons, this is a joke. But I wish I did!)