The U.S. Navy relieved an officer who was once photographed firing a weapon with an attached scope facing the wrong direction from the command of a missile destroyer ship on Friday.
Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander, commander of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, relieved Cmdr. Cameron Yaste of his duties as the commanding officer of the USS John McCain, citing a “loss of confidence” in his ability to command the ship. Yaste and the Navy were ridiculed in April after he was pictured in a since-deleted Navy social media post firing a rifle with a scope that was attached to the weapon facing the wrong way.
Hey guys, did ya see that long assed shot!
ReplyDeleteWell, that took long enough.
ReplyDeleteRelieving officer is probably just as incompetent
ReplyDeleteJD
Installing a scope incorrectly is intentional or gross negligence on the part of the gunnersmate who installed it, the chief gunnersmate or leading petty officer who checked it, all should receive nonjudicial punishment and see how that affects their careers.
DeleteIf he was a good occifer the above-mentioned wouldn't have hung him out to dry.
DeleteLike when the asshole Ensign got the blame for a destroyer's boiler melting down as my dad and his shipmates threw their hands in the air during the week-long inquisition...
Probably??
DeleteYou hafta see his replacement to believe it: turbo-dyke.
DeleteThe Navy found out the missles were pointing backwards as well.
ReplyDeleteProving in the Navy it's not merit for promotions, just incompetence. Also soon look for him to tell everyone that AR's are weapons of war and should only be fired by people with proper training.
ReplyDeleteWell, he is an expert, ya know.
DeleteSetting your skipper up for embarrassment always results in backfire. Nonjudicial punishment down the chain of command will adversely impact their future.
DeleteFigures they'd put a retard in charge of the McStain.
ReplyDeleteWow, I did not see that coming. I figured the Marine who handed the Skipper a rifle with the scope backwards as a joke would get the axe.
ReplyDeleteNo word about the idiot that actually mounted it that way and all the others in the armory........
ReplyDeleteA Sure Shot Swabbie
ReplyDeleteNot that it parallels, but this reminds me of The Caine Mutiny. Great movie.
ReplyDeleteWell, at least his eye relief doesn’t look too bad ;-p
ReplyDeleteI used to go onto military.com before they banned comments. They reported on officers being relieved for 'lack of confidence' all the time. The military never goes into detail over the real reason.
ReplyDeleteHe was replaced by what is an obvious tranny.
ReplyDeleteSo glad I'm out. Couldn't do it in these kind of conditions.
fairplayjeepguy
I would kind of like to know what the back story is (which we will never get). Was Yaste in on the prank? If not, was it handed to him last minute and he didn't have time to react (and his actual experience with such things was at least 5 years ago)?
ReplyDeleteI'm not objecting to him being relieved of command. Juet curious on the back story.