The U.S. Navy sustained volleys of criticism and jabs on social media after a photo depicting a ship commander appearing to fire a rifle with its scope mounted backwards was posted on official social media accounts. The Navy scrambled to delete the photo of Cmdr. Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of an Arleigh-burke class destroyer, after official social media posted the image of him shooting at targets with an M4 carbine with its Trijicon VCOG optic mounted backwards, cap still on, while improperly positioning the firearm on his body, an archived version of the photo available on the Defense …
