{"id":200850,"date":"2024-04-10T15:16:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=200850"},"modified":"2024-04-10T15:18:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:18:55","slug":"navy-commanders-scope-slip-up-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/navy-commanders-scope-slip-up-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Commander’s Scope Slip-Up Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cmdr. Cameron Yaste \u201cobserves the live-fire exercise event,” says the US Navy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A commanding officer on the USS John S. McCain, Cmdr. Cameron Yaste<\/a>, became a subject of online ridicule after a photograph showed him holding a rifle with its scope mounted backward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The image was taken during a live-fire exercise and posted by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the photo, Yaste was aiming at a “killer tomato,” a large target balloon, with a scope installed incorrectly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite the 7th Fleet’s significant role in the Indo-Pacific Region, this oversight caught the attention of viewers, leading the Navy to remove the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you for pointing out our rifle scope error in the previous post. Picture has been removed until EMI is completed!\u201d the Navy said after removing the photo, as reported by The New York Post<\/a><\/em>. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yaste, who has been in the Navy since 2006 and holds a master’s degree in astronautics from the Naval Post Graduate School. He previously served on the USS Hopper as the ship’s combat systems and weapons officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your thoughts on the pic? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This US Navy IG post is making the rounds. It's truly something else, man. That man is the captain of this vessel & a graduate of the Citadel.

For non-gun ppl, obvious \ud83d\ude40 things happening here are:
1. That optic is backwards!
2. Lens caps are on
3. From his shoulder to his grip\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Br4JfIpEHt<\/a><\/p>— jonstokes.(eth|com) (@jonst0kes) April 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>