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If I had a nickel for every time the Navy did this with a scope I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice. (lemmy.world)

submitted 14 hours ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/noncredibledefense@piefed.social

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 21 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Is it mounted backwards?

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 23 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It is.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 19 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The first guy also seems to be holding the gun in a super awkward way, what is up with that?

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 23 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

He has a vertical grip mounted, but it is very far to the rear. It is a strange place for it. The photo caused such a stir that the Captain in it was relieved for a loss of confidence.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

The grip needs to be really close, otherwise you cant aim properly to hit those tiny little targets that are super far away!

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

The Navy said Yaste was relieved of duty “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command the guided-missile destroyer” that's currently deployed in the Gulf of Oman. The statement didn't elaborate about why Yaste was replaced.

I wonder if he truly deserved it. It would be really lame if the justification was purely the bad PR from this photo. I imagine knowing your way around a rifle has nothing to do with running a boat, and vice versa.

[–] mech@feddit.org 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Not directly, but firing a rifle without being able to see shit is not a good look when you're responsible for as much firepower as a boat has. And in military doctrine, every soldier is expected to be a competent rifleman first and foremost, all other duties come on top.
On the other hand I doubt it was the Captain's idea to do this photoshoot, and if he mounted the scope.
Might just be a case of "OK, got 2 minutes in between important tasks, let's do the photo real quick" and a normal human fuck-up by whoever prepared the rifle.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I am not a gun nut, I have never even fired anything but an air rifle, but I can absolutely see how bad his form is.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

Someone's patting him on the shoulder.

"Sir. Sir. There's something you should be aware of, sir."