U.S. Navy Mocked for Photo of Commander With Rifle Scope Mounted Backwards

[mystery-ak]

U.S. Navy Mocked for Photo of Commander With Rifle Scope Mounted Backwards

AWR Hawkins 10 Apr 2024

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.

https://twitter.com/zacharyebell/status/1777818281971216574

Text accompanying the photo reads, “From engaging in practice gun shoots, conducting maintenance, testing fuel purity, and participating in sea and anchor details, the U.S. Navy is always ready to serve and protect.”

The U.S. Navy pulled the photo after realizing the rifle scope was mounted backward, posting to X: “Thank you for pointing out our rifle scope error in the previous post. Picture has been removed until EMI is completed!”

Users of X also commented how the photo did not make sense because someone appeared to be steadying the commander from behind as he fired a rifle typically chambered for a .22 caliber round.

https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/04/10/u-s-navy-mocked-photo-commander-rifle-scope-mounted-backwards/

[mountaineer]

a rifle typically chambered for a .22 caliber round.

Clearly not .22 brass flying out of the rifle, though. 

[DB]

Clearly not .22 brass flying out of the rifle, though. 

The whole thing is probably photoshopped. There's no evidence the gun is being fired at all. Nothing out of the muzzle while spent casing flying...