{"id":28986,"date":"2026-07-10T13:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/?p=28986"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:20:34","slug":"they-oughta-get-a-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/they-oughta-get-a-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"They oughta get a medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How the 4th is DONE.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8WHAT ON EARTH??!!!!<\/p>\n<p>The National Guard has just SUSPENDED all 8 pilots of the Apache helicopters that flew on the &#8220;Salute to the Shore&#8221; flyover across the South Carolina coast.<\/p>\n<p>No reason has been given for their suspension.<\/p>\n<p>A source says as soon as the pilots landed, they\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rNaigiVQol\">pic.twitter.com\/rNaigiVQol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattvanswol\/status\/2075285718666985507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Enter the best SecWar the USA has ever had.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecWar<\/a> has confirmed he is personally stepping in to fix this.<\/p>\n<p>LET&#8217;S GO!!!!!!!!!! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FeZw5W6px2\">pic.twitter.com\/FeZw5W6px2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattvanswol\/status\/2075543749359218912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>One more time: <em>good on ya<\/em>, Secretary Hegseth, sir. This SC Congresscritter has the right of it: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC) responded to the suspensions by demanding that the eight helicopter pilots\u2019 flying privileges be restored immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [South Carolina National Guard] needs to drop this review and restore these pilots immediately,\u201d Fry wrote on X. \u201cMillions of Americans applauded the incredible display during Salute to the Shore flyover while expressing complete admiration for them &amp; appreciation for our country and military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese pilots should be celebrated, not sanctioned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate post, Fry announced that he has written to Guard, formally urging the outfit \u201cto drop this meaningless, bogus investigation and swiftly allow these pilots to return to their flight status as soon as possible.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hells muhfuggin&#8217; <strong><em>YEAH!!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"remoji_bar\"><div class=\"remoji_add_container\" data-remoji-id=\"28986\" data-remoji-type=\"post\"><div class=\"remoji_add_icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"remoji_error_bar\" data-remoji-id=\"28986\" data-remoji-type=\"post\" style=\"display: none;\">Error happened.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How the 4th is DONE. \ud83d\udea8WHAT ON EARTH??!!!! The National Guard has just SUSPENDED all 8 pilots of the Apache helicopters that flew on the &#8220;Salute to the Shore&#8221; flyover across the South Carolina coast. No reason has been given for their suspension. A source&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easywp-readmore\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/they-oughta-get-a-medal\/\">Would you like to know more?<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  They oughta get a medal<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,20,45,57,124,125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alt-american","category-believe-it-or-else","category-brilliant","category-domestic-disputes","category-the-protectors","category-wings","category-or-losing","wpcat-5-id","wpcat-16-id","wpcat-20-id","wpcat-45-id","wpcat-57-id","wpcat-124-id","wpcat-125-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28987,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28986\/revisions\/28987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}