During a training exercise, an American naval officer fired at a target with a telescopic sight mounted backwards.

Photos and videos posted on the official websites and profiles of the armed forces of any state usually undergo thorough verification. Washington, of course, also pays considerable attention to this. Or at least they should, because - as one photograph of the commander of a US guided-missile destroyer shows - they don't always project the image of the military the way politicians and PR people would like.

The Navy service, which is supposed to filter materials from American military structures for publication in online publications, has, to put it mildly, made a fool of itself. An unusual photo appeared on the website of the US Department of Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS), where official materials of the US Department of Defense are published. It shows Cameron Yaste, commander of the guided missile destroyer USS John McCain, during a gunnery exercise.

The caption under the photo indicates that the ship's commander was practicing shooting at a "killer tomato" - an unsinkable, multi-meter, brightly colored target that is dropped from the deck of the ship into the water and is used for shooting training.

At first glance, there is nothing unusual, except for the funny name of the shooting simulator. However, the problem was that the ship's commander, who fired the M4 carbine, had an optical sight mounted backwards.

According to experts who analyzed the photo, the M4 was equipped with a Trijicon VCOG 1-8x28 optical sight, which was adopted by the Marine Corps several years ago in place of ACOG constant magnification sights.

The advantage of this scope is its variable magnification in the range of 1-8. A high magnification value allows for accurate shooting at long distances, while a lower magnification value provides a wider field of view and makes it easier to find a target.

Only the commander of the American ship was not able to see these advantages due to the installation of the optics in an inverted position.

The photo, which compromised the professionalism of the US Navy ship's commander, was eventually removed.

Comments

[Everevil]

The next exercise is shooting with the barrel pointed back. I believe in them. They will succeed!

[Nexcom]

This is normal for Americans. They are exceptional as always.

PS How did he manage to aim if the sight was mounted backwards???
Probably also hit the target.....

[Mwg]

“How did he manage to aim if the sight was mounted backwards???”
- no way, this is a staged photo for correspondents who must write an article with the photograph and surname of this particular officer. This is needed as a personal file for the next career step))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[Cat Alexandrovich]

This was clearly something his senior mate did to him. He wants to sit.

[NIKN]

The captain's entry in the logbook: "The chief mate came to duty drunk today"
The next day, the first mate's note: "The captain came up to the bridge sober today"
So they live.

[nik-mazur]

Quote: MVG

this is a staged photo for correspondents

But the cartridges are flying, so the destroyer commander is actually shooting somewhere...

[Mavrikiy]

Quote: Nexcom

Probably also hit the target.....

Without options. Sight with adjustment from 1 x 8. When set to 1, the inverted sight will not “reduce” anything
I didn’t shoot, I didn’t hold it in my hands, but how is it possible to install such a sight, where the system is “fool proof”?

[Good Evil]

A true master doesn’t care about such trifles! Extra-class professional.

[Ilya22558]

It's immediately obvious: professionalAnal

[Mwg]

"The next exercise is shooting with the barrel pointed backwards"
no no! With the barrel resting on the shoulder instead of the butt)))))))))))))))))))

[BecmepH]

Quote from Everevil

They will succeed!

Well, yes! Did you manage to place the sight backwards?)) It turns out that in addition to the officer, he’s also a sheep designer?
Or maybe a child's machine gun?

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

“An American naval officer was shooting at a target with a telescopic sight mounted backwards” -

— He has “farsightedness” (+8)...

[aszzz888]

Cameron Yaste, commander of the guided missile destroyer USS John McCain,

He's the commander!

[Electrical]

What difference does it make to him how the sight is positioned? He still can't see anything with these glasses. Their captains are probably all given these. Because why look somewhere when everyone should give way to them. Even if they are lighthouses.

[taiga2018]

Dumb is dumber than dumb when Cameron Yaste first picked up an M4 carbine.

[antiaircrafter]

Well, at least he took the gun from the other side. This is a success!

[Argon]

But there is a suspicion that the sight is new and there is still an arrow there. Maybe in the new optics it’s the other way around?

[KukuRuzvelt]

he's just shortsighted

[Mwg]

During a training exercise, an American naval officer fired at a target with a telescopic sight mounted backwards.

I laughed for a long time at the title))))
A hundred pounds, someone's thieves' son from a "dynasty", who graduated from a military school and received a position under the patronage of his father. Who annoyed everyone with his arrogant stupidity, so much so that no one even told him that he had a crosshair on him. What for? he knows everything himself)))))
Laugh... By the way, when I served, we had those too. Morons in uniform who couldn’t be trusted to patrol the park, let alone nachkara.

[tralflot1832]

In the USA, only the lazy did not make fun of the US Navy, in the person of Cameron Yaste (by the way, while studying at the Naval Postgraduate School, he received a master’s degree in astronautics, I’m not hinting at anything )

[Radical]

If we are talking about a person with a rifle in the photo, then the sight on it is installed correctly - the front part (lens), as it should be, is larger in diameter, and the eyepiece is located towards the shooter’s eye, and it is correspondingly smaller. The lateral and elevation adjustment handwheels are shifted toward the eyepiece, as on most optical sights. It’s not clear to anyone who thought it was there.

[Dirty Liar]

And the men didn’t know!

You would first take an interest in the subject of discussion, and then express your authoritative opinion.

[bars042]

the sight on it is installed “correctly”

Correct position of the Trijicon VCOG 1-8×28 riflescope:

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Radikal

the sight on it is installed correctly - the front part (lens), as expected, is larger in diameter, and the eyepiece is located towards the shooter's eye, and it is correspondingly smaller

So the destroyer commander thought the same thing when he installed the sight.

[Mavrikiy]

I wonder who put his fatherly hand on the shoulder of the ship's commander? Mexican or Colombian? Then it will be clear what kind of bamboo was smoked.

[YanniKounnar]

C'est celui qui a eu peur que la crosse mal épaulée ne lui saute dessus!?
This is the one who was afraid that the butt with the wrong shoulder would jump on him!? :-)

[Sergey Koltakov]

If only I could put the barrel to my ear, it would be absolutely wonderful, here are the warriors))) ❗

[Trapp1st]

Maybe he has 8x farsightedness in his right eye)

[bars042]

So he aims with his left eye. And even wearing sunglasses.
And so, the man has a strong shoulder. The lower edge of the butt, oh, how it strives to “pull” it out of the joint. ))

According to the photo. Apparently they are “clearing” a place for “favorites”, according to the wording for “loss of trust”.

Do you really think that the ship’s commander is “that much” stupid?

[Vasyan1971]

“The lower edge of the butt, oh, how it strives to “pull” it out of the joint. )»©
The caliber of this “fart” allows this position of the butt.

[cpls22]

Everything is simply explained - the visor with braid prevented him from shooting with the normal position of the sight. The commander demanded that this be corrected. They adjusted his sight. Everyone is happy, everyone is laughing..

[Radical]

Quote from: DirtyLiar

And the men didn’t know!

You would first take an interest in the subject of discussion, and then express your authoritative opinion.

I commented on the title and photo of the article accordingly, and what is your “subject” of discussion in this article - this is a great mystery!

[sdivt]

What's the name of the sight?
Read something about him
And then, I see, everyone knows, I’m the only one who’s not in the know...)

[Vasyan1971]

The photo, which compromised the professionalism of the US Navy ship's commander, was eventually removed.

But the Internet remembers everything!

[solar]

Judging by the position of the butt on his shoulder, the presence of glasses and his hand on his shoulder, the photo is staged, and he did not shoot at any target (however, if the magnification is set to 1, and the scope allows this, then you can safely shoot at the target). Probably someone not very familiar with the atypical appearance of the new sight (for sailors it’s not the main weapon after all), when the input lens is larger than the output lens, it usually happens the other way around, preparing a “gun” for the commander. I can imagine him scrubbing the latrines there now:((.

[kaa]

Quote from solar

the photo is staged, and he did not shoot at any target

There are also shell casings, above in the photo...

[solar]

“Shot” and “at a target” are not exactly the same thing.
He should have seen, even with his glasses, that there was something wrong with the sight.
That is, either he simply shot into the sea, without aiming, for a photo, or the scope was set to a magnification of 1.
Judging by the position of the butt and his glasses, he was clearly not interested in the result of his shooting.

[SEVERIN]

During a training exercise, an American naval officer fired at a target with a telescopic sight mounted backwards.

- but that’s not the question, the question is, did he hit the target?

[ALCA056000]

Well... everything is in the spirit of transgenderism... through the ass

[Hitriy Zhuk]

But there is an elastic band on the butt of the sight (so as not to pull the eye onto the butt).
But in front it’s not there.
The recoil is such that it could end in disaster.

[tabex]

Alternatively, they bet that he would hit the target with the sights upside down.

[geor.tcherniaev]

The main thing is not to let him shoot from the Stinger.

[ln_ln]

Isn't that a bimetallic sleeve in the photo?