The US Navy posted a photograph on Instagram of one of their commanding officers supposedly firing a weapon that brought ridicule from so many that they deleted it. Why? Because the weapon was obviously wrong.
“The Navy scrambled to delete the photo of Cmdr. Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of an Arleigh-burke class destroyer, after official social media posted the image of him shooting at targets with an M4 carbine with its Trijicon VCOG optic mounted backwards, cap still on, while improperly positioning the firearm on his body, an archived version of the photo available on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service website shows. Official U.S. government social media accounts, military influencers, news outlets, sailors and ordinary social media users mocked the now-deleted photo.” Daily Caller
If you compare the configuration of the real weapon in the Marine Corps photo with the messed up one in the Navy photo, you can see what’s wrong: 1) the scope is on backwards with the cap still on and 2) the grip is mounted too close to the center of the gun instead of nearer to the barrel.
The Marine Corps poked fun at the Navy with their post labelled “Clear Sight Picture.”
Clear Sight Picture#Marines assigned to the @15thMEUOfficial conduct a live-fire deck shoot aboard the @usnavy amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, April 6.
The 15th MEU is currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting routine operations.#BlueGreenTeam pic.twitter.com/NJqe4mLdmh
— U.S. Marines (@USMC) April 10, 2024
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“Thank you for pointing out our rifle scope error in the previous post,” the Navy later wrote on various social media accounts. “Picture has been removed until EMI [extra military instruction] is completed.”
The Navy defines EMI as “instruction in a phase of military duty in which an individual is deficient, and is intended for and directed towards the correction of that deficiency.”
The John S. McCain was operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet’s operations area when the photo was taken. The command referred questions to the Navy’s Chief Information Officer, who did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment early Thursday. Stripes
“This is why there are Marines on Naval Ships.” @RGProtato
It’s concerning at the very least.
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