Navy Deletes Photo of Ship Captain Shooting Rifle with Scope on Backwards

2024-04-12 04:00:06

Just in the last two days we have reported on major issues with the U.S. military, ranging from delays in every major Navy shipbuilding program, U.S. Navy Facing Major Shipbuilding Delays While China’s Navy Expansion Accelerates, to problems with military recruiting: Army Invites Retirees as Old as 70 to Return to Active Duty in Attempt to Fix Recruiting Woes.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg, and all of you are likely well aware of the deteriorating state of our military under Joe Biden.

But through all this, and the other foibles of today’s DEI/CRT-centric military, we always sort of assumed a basic competence in, you know, the mission, i.e., shooting weapons.

Well, not any more.

From ZeroHedge: “We’re Going To Lose A Major War”: US Navy Deletes Photo Of Ship Commander Shooting Rifle With Backwards Scope:

Cmdr. Cameron Yaste, the Commanding Officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), was recently photographed shooting a 5.56×45mm M4 carbine with the optics installed backward.

The now-deleted image and press release on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service website featured Yaste shooting the M4 with the Trijicon VCOG scope installed backward while pointed at a giant target balloon.

Here’s what the press release said before it was deleted:

Cmdr. Cameron Yaste, the Commanding Officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), fires at the “killer tomato” [i.e. a sea-deployed practice target] during a gun shoot. The ship is in US 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the US Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific Region.

Here’s how to properly use the scope…

The website Internet Archive saved a snapshot of the press release:

Netizens mocked the Navy commander, and that’s probably why the service deleted the image and text.

Here’s what the internet had to say:

Yaste merely shows how the US Navy is unprepared to fight the next major conflict. Sigh…

A brief review of X shows even more scathing commentary directed at my former service:

The US Navy posts such bad-ass pics. Before the pic was deleted, the audience noted that:

– the scope is on backwards
– the lens caps are on
– the stock is half-butted
– his elbow should be down
– he has a weird foregrip

🤭🤭🤭 pic.twitter.com/hJR5cQFq7H

— Chebureki Man (@CheburekiMan) April 10, 2024

When the Space Force is clowning you, it’s time to drop permanent anchor.

RIP US Navy

October 13, 1775 – April 9, 2024 pic.twitter.com/u8nF2lhST5

— Beach City Cop (@VBStrong_67) April 10, 2024