Navy Commander Relieved of Duty

JMD999 said:
Lets see the 16 replacements, and their service backround
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Firing a ship's captain or other high-ranking officer used to be almost unheard of. Now it's more like a weekly "Wheel of Misfortune."
 
glowe said:
I am an iron sight guy, so need to know what type of scope would have the elevation and windage adjustments on the front half of the scope??
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That's a LPVO, Low Power Variable Optic. That's the way they are set up. Dude has the scope backwards.
 
Fishinfool said:
And it appears to be closed? That may explain why he didn't notice it was mounted backwards - He couldn't see anything....:)

Larry
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Just zoomed up on the pic, and both lense caps are definitely closed. Given there are shell casings in the air, it's clear the dolt was touching off rounds with no idea where the bullets may strike. Send this guy back to boot camp.
 
Most people in the military aren't what we would call gun people. They can be quite ignorant. I saw an Army major with his M9 in a thigh holster. The dummy cord was wrapped around the holster and the connected to his belt. When I asked him if he could draw his weapon, he tried (unsuccessfully) and then just smiled at me. On the same deployment I saw a young soldier who had his M9 strapped to his bare leg with a large rubber band while wearing his PT uniform. I could keep going, but no need.
 
Is it possible that he is looking “around” the scope at just the front sight? He does not look like he has much cheek weld and could appear to be looking around the scope at the iron sight in the front.
 
Muss Muggins said:
If he could hit anything like that, I'd promote him . . .
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A10 said:
Just zoomed up on the pic, and both lense caps are definitely closed. Given there are shell casings in the air, it's clear the dolt was touching off rounds with no idea where the bullets may strike.
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Come on guys, he was aiming at the water.

Give him a break... I'd bet dollars to donuts he hit it every time. :) ;)
 
I have read the Navy has a serious problem with sailors who don't know the first thing about seamanship. Perhaps they should concentrate on having them master that and leave marksmanship to the Marines.
 
Even if the general public had never found out about this, once this guy's chain of command saw that he shouldered that rifle and fired it with the scope mounted backwards and the lens caps closed, he was gone. Can you imagine how foolish he must have looked to his sailors? "Loss of confidence" indeed! Adios...
 
SweetMK said:
From an article earlier this year,,,

Feb 2024

Navy fires captain of a destroyer for ‘loss of confidence’

"The Navy relieved 16 commanders in 2023, eight of whom were the captains of a warship (two were pulled from command for medical reasons unrelated to performance, the Navy told Task & Purpose). So far this year, the captain of a nuclear submarine was relieved in January after he was arrested for driving under the influence."
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…instead of driving under the ocean?

Again, even an Airman can see this picture is photoshopped.
 
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S-W4EVER said:
There must be more to the story. Who mounted the scope backwards and who took and published the pic? The Captain didn’t notice the lack of magnification when he looked through the scope? Strangest reason I’ve ever heard of for being relieved of command...
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Strange? ... Yes.
But if he could be pranked in such a way, AND still fire that weapon, can you really trust his judgement?
I'm sure there's volumes more than this to support the case, but focus is on this since it was public
 
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