He was relieved from duty over an image on social media showing him firing a rifle with a scope mounted backwards.
has been relieved of duty about four months after he was seen in a photo firing a rifle with a scope mounted backward.reported that Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of the destroyer USSThe 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.
This undated photo, provided by US military publicatin Stars and Stripes, shows Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of the destroyer USS John McCain, firing a rifle with a backwards scope. In April, a photo posted on the Navy's social media account showed Yaste in a firing stance gripping the rifle with a backward scope.
The US military news outlet Stars and Stripes reported that the US Marine Corps took a dig at the Navy, sharing a photo on its social media of a Marine firing a weapon aboard the amphibious assault ship USSThe staggering sums countries spend on defending themselves Yaste has been temporarily replaced by Captain Allison Christy, deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron 21, which is part of the USSThe Pentagon sent the carriers to the Middle East to be in position should Israel need help repelling an attack by Iran or other countries, if such a thing happens, military officials said.
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