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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 3 days ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/noncredibledefense@piefed.social

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 days ago (10 children)

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

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (7 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.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 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.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I've seen speculation online that there could have been more to it, with the photo being a public tip off. Since the Captain didn't put the scope on himself, and there were surely people running the range there were many chances for people to intervene and they didn't. The speculation is that could be the sign of an unhealthy command culture where people were either so demotivated they didn't care or so actively against the Captain that they did this. Adding to the final buck stopping that the Captain himself didn't notice anything wrong with what should have been obvious.

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