US Navy commander loses submit after embarrassing photograph — RT World Information
The commanding officer of the usJohn McCain was beforehand seen in a photograph holding a rifle with a scope mounted backwards
The captain of the destroyer USS John McCain, Cmdr. Cameron Yaste, has been relieved of his submit a number of months after he was featured in a viral photograph holding a rifle with a backwards-mounted scope, in accordance with a Navy press launch.
The embarrassing picture was shared on the Navy’s social media again in April and confirmed Yaste in a firing stance gripping the rifle with the optics mounted in reverse. The image was ridiculed on-line, together with by the US Marine Corps which posted in response its personal image of a Marine firing a weapon with the caption “Clear Sight Image.”
Whereas the Navy didn’t explicitly cite the photograph as the explanation for relieving Yaste of his duties, it acknowledged that it holds its officers “to the very best requirements and holds them accountable when these requirements usually are not met.”
“The commanding officer of USS John S. McCain was relieved Aug. 30 on account of a lack of confidence in his capability to command the guided-missile destroyer,” the Navy defined in a press release, noting that Yates’ elimination has not impacted the ship’s mission or schedule.
Commander of the usJohn McCain firing his rifle with the optic on backwards.The scope can be lined. The submit was later deleted by the U.S. Navy on all social media platforms. pic.twitter.com/AN8xxeSqbr
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Within the meantime, the US has deployed two of its plane service strike teams to the Center East amid rising tensions within the area, notably between Israel and Iran. Washington has repeatedly stated it might defend Israel towards any potential assaults.
The usJohn McCain is a part of the usTheodore Roosevelt plane service strike group. Final month it was additionally joined by the usAbraham Lincoln strike group following the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and high-ranking Hezbollah operative Fuad Shukr in Beirut.
Israel has claimed accountability for the killing of Shukr and has threatened to hold out extra assaults towards Hezbollah in Lebanon. West Jerusalem has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement within the Hamas chief’s demise.
Iran has vowed to inflict a “harsh punishment” on the Jewish state for Haniyeh’s assassination, sparking considerations in Washington that Tehran might perform a joint assault on Israel along with numerous pro-Palestinian teams akin to Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis.
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