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U.S. Navy Mocked for Photo of Commander With Rifle Scope Mounted Backwards
Breitbart ^
| 04/10/2024
| AWR HAWKINS
Posted on 04/10/2024 7:51:23 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A U.S. Navy photo posted to X is being mocked for showing a commander shooting an AR-platform rifle with the scope mounted backwards.
The photo shows a commander, identified as Commander Cameron Yaste by the Defense Blog, shooting an AR-platform rifle with what appears to be a Trijicon VCOG scope atop it. Problem: the scope is mounted backwards. This means the commander had no sight picture whatsoever as he fired the gun.
This was shared today by the official US Navy Instagram.
When you see it try not to break your phone. pic.twitter.com/udV0hyvdmJ
— Zachary Bell (@zacharyebell) April 9, 2024
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KEYWORDS: banglist; mounted; navy; photo; rifle; usn
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Mistake or bad training?
To: ChicagoConservative27
Commander of the USS McCain. Somehow that is entirely fitting.
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posted on
04/10/2024 7:54:04 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: ChicagoConservative27
Maybe he was being introspective as he shot.
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posted on
04/10/2024 7:55:33 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
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posted on
04/10/2024 7:57:10 AM PDT
by
Macho MAGA Man
(The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
To: ChicagoConservative27
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posted on
04/10/2024 7:57:15 AM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: ChicagoConservative27
This your rifle and this is your gun.......................
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posted on
04/10/2024 7:58:36 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: ChicagoConservative27
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posted on
04/10/2024 7:59:23 AM PDT
by
nesnah
(Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
To: ChicagoConservative27
It’s for shooting behind you
To: Bonemaker
Don’t forget the nice looking police woman leaned over the hood of a squad car aiming an AR15. With the magazine in backwards.
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:00:47 AM PDT
by
JVahey
To: ChicagoConservative27
He was demonstrating what a good shot he was - by looking through the scope backwards the target appeared farther away, and with the cap on, it was simulating night-time.
Forward!
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:02:24 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: ChicagoConservative27
Probably a set-up. Like Brandon wearing the hard hat incorrectly.
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:03:04 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward SnowdenA)
To: Bonemaker
Had to be photo shopped.
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One would hope. Unfortunately, I’m not so confident that it was.
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:08:03 AM PDT
by
Bishop_Malachi
(Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Sailors are horrible with firearms. I used to watch quals on the fantail for the hilarity.
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:12:24 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91. )
To: ChicagoConservative27
Some dope in the armory mounted it that way. If the photo is legit, there’s more than one problem.
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:16:48 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: ChicagoConservative27
What an idiot, he knows how to pose with a rifle but doesn’t even know how to hold it right, so it’s no surprise that he’s clueless about the sights too.
Happy to see that the guys and girls in the armorer’s shop got a laugh at his expense though. OR maybe he installed the scope his own self.
BWAHAHAHA!
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:19:00 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
To: nesnah
That photo cracks me up. Everyone else looks gaunt, slim, hard and minimal. And there is Gore, puffy, pasty, new uniforms and gear, and festooned with every piece of gear in the US inventory, complete with boonie hat.
There’s just a different feel in that photo than any other Vietnam photos out there.
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:19:41 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
To: Obadiah
WEPS, ORDO the GMC and all those Gunner’s Mates are friggin’ toast!!!
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:21:28 AM PDT
by
Mathews
(I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
To: ChicagoConservative27
It is very disturbing that anyone with military experience did not instantly realize that the scope was mounted backwards or would mount it backwards. How far our once admired military has fallen now that it has been taken over by the Left.
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:22:13 AM PDT
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
To: Thrownatbirth
Once I was at the qual firing range; had finished shooting and a couple of us were helping a squad member assigned to loading magazines out of boredom.
The group noticed that when some people passed I was turning and facing in various directions so they asked what I was doing.
\/\/ayne: "Well, some people in our battery I don't trust with a loaded weapon so I won't turn my back to them when they have one."
"Why?" they asked.
\/\/ayne: "Some because of stupidity, others I suspect of being evil."
This led to the group guessing why I avoided having my back to particular unit members, shouting "Evil!" or "Stupid!" in unison when I would turn as someone passed.
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:24:49 AM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: All
30-Year Naval Academy Teacher Details Depth
Of DEI Rot In America’s Military Institutions
Everybody respects each other’s pronouns, but they cant
defend American families if their life depended on it.
.....the NAVY’s obsession is creating “resentment within the ranks,”students who speak out against
DEI-focused promotion system are punished, the ONLY way they can enforce this atrocity........
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posted on
04/10/2024 8:26:19 AM PDT
by
Liz
(This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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