Social media customers have ridiculed a photograph of a ship commander firing a rifle with the scope mounted backwards
A US Navy social media submit has gone awry, drawing on-line mockery over a photograph exhibiting a senior officer capturing an assault rifle with a backwards-mounted scope and the lens cap nonetheless connected.
The since-deleted photograph, which was posted earlier this week on the Navy’s official social media accounts, confirmed Commander Camerone Yaste firing an M4 carbine from the deck of the USS John S. McCain guided-missile destroyer. The scope is mounted backwards, with the lens cap nonetheless on, and Yaste is holding the rifle incorrectly.
The image was captioned: “From engaging in practice gun shoots, conducting maintenance, testing fuel purity and participating in sea and anchor details, the US Navy is always ready to serve and protect.”
Online critics ridiculed the gaffe. “We’re going to lose a major war,” one X (previously Twitter) consumer mentioned. “We probably should start learning Chinese,” one other observer replied.
“we’re going to lose a major war”
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Users additionally mockingly shared what seemed to be now-deleted posts from different US army branches.
US Representative Mike Collins (R-Georgia) posted an image of a semi-automatic pistol with the slide and barrel turned backwards. “Navy’s newly issued sidearm,” he mentioned within the caption for his X submit.
After the photograph of Yaste was taken down, an up to date US Navy message on Facebook mentioned, “Thank you for pointing out our rifle scope error in the previous post. Picture has been removed until EMI (extra military instruction) is completed.”
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