“Protecting the public trust is paramount to the Montana National Guard and we take any misuse of government resources seriously,” Brigadier General Trent Gibson said in a statement shared with Outdoor Life. “Yet, this matter involves two distinct issues. One concerns alleged trespassing, which falls under the jurisdiction of civilian courts. The other is the appropriate use of government resources"
The Montana National Guard acknowledged the incident at the time, and public affairs officer Major Ryan Finnegan seemed to imply in a statement that the three men knowingly landed the Black Hawk helicopter on the ranch to collect elk sheds.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-helicopter-antlers-guilty-plea/
He was fined 500 dollars in court, the article did not state what the military levied as a punishment (the pilot is a CWO)
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