Posted on 04/12/2024 11:27:20 AM PDT by Twotone
The US Navy has been mocked for posting a photo online of a sailor shooting a rifle with a back-to-front scope, in what social media users said showed America was “going to lose a major war”.
The Navy’s official Instagram page issued a photo of Commander Cameron Yaste, the captain of the guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain, shooting a rifle with a backwards-mounted scope.
The image, also sent as an official press release, was captioned: “From engaging in practice gun shoots, conducting maintenance, testing fuel purity and participating in sea and anchor details, the #USNavy is always ready to serve and protect.”
Social media users and other branches of the US military quickly mocked the image, in which Commander Yaste was also using a scope with the lens cap still attached.
The US Marines posted a separate image of a marine holding and firing a rifle correctly.
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Maybe it swivels around for say low power 2x like he shows and then maybe to high power 25x when you swivel it around? /s
Trijicon advertises the VCOG as not needing rings. Always take into consideration that FR is mostly geezers who don’t keep up (such as me who’s tragically unhip).
Uh, you’re wrong about USMC OCS.
0302s can operate, clean and disassemble/assemble the weapons under their command or they end up a POG.
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