I am sure you all saw it already but I am going to post it anyway. The Navy posted a picture of the commander of the USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) showing off his rifle skillz….
Granted he is in the Navy, and not an infantryman, on the other hand I have never served in any branch of the military but I know which way to mount a Trijicon LPVO scope. The lens covers also appear to be closed although they might be clear? Not sure on that model. I guess accuracy isn’t a concern when you are looking through a scope mounted backwards and mag dumping into the ocean.
I believe the fella pictured is the commanding officers of the USS John S. McCain, one Commander Cameron Yates. Here he is looking like a Navy goober (full disclosure, my father served as a Navy doc for a stint during Vietnam but spent his time stationed in D.C.):
According to his Navy bio, Cmdr. Yates graduated from The Citadel with a B.A. in History and from the Naval Post Graduate School with a M.S. in Astronautics. Apparently they didn’t cover “How to mount a scope on a rifle” in either school. I assume some enlisted sailor mounted that scope and handed it to the commander for a photo op and that said swabbie is now doing some awful punishment detail because Cmdr Yates was embarrassed.
Remember kids, this is the same military that Pedo Joe warned us we would need F-15s and nukes to take on….
Again, Cmdr Yates fights by launching cruise missiles, not with a rifle, but anyone commanding a Naval vessel that doesn’t know when a scope is on backwards is an embarrassment. I am sure the Russians and ChiComs had a good laugh at that photo.
Of course the worst part of all is that the Navy named a ship after a piece of shit like John McCain and his pappy and grandpappy. The only vessels that should bear the McCain name should be a garbage scow that is promptly scuttled.
You have to wonder if that scope was a deliberate act of defiance by the seaman who attached it, he certainly got the point across.
Then again it could just be DEI.