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[gun sane]

 

A big part of the reason why they don't let warship skippers carry out commando raids.

US Navy warship commander mocked for holding rifle with scope mounted backward (nypost.com)

[Chucktshoes]

The memes about this have been phenomenal. I can’t imagine how many people no longer have asses after allowing this photo to be taken and disseminated. The gunners mates involved are probably dead.

[Spots]

21 minutes ago, Chucktshoes said:

The memes about this have been phenomenal. I can’t imagine how many people no longer have asses after allowing this photo to be taken and disseminated. The gunners mates involved are probably dead.

I cant even imagine the hell that was rained down from on high. Bravo Zulu shipmates!

[deerslayer]

I smell photoshop.  

[Chucktshoes]

24 minutes ago, deerslayer said:

I smell photoshop.  

Nope. It was posted by the official Navy social media accounts yesterday, was picked up and then they deleted the posts. They have even acknowledged the deleted image in the current reposts without that image. It’s 100% real. 

 

That was the skipper of the USS John S. McCain in the photo. The official USMC social media has trolled the Navy about it too. 

[deerslayer]

1 minute ago, Chucktshoes said:

Nope. It was posted by the official Navy social media accounts yesterday, was picked up and then they deleted the posts. They have even acknowledged the deleted image in the current reposts without that image. It’s 100% real. 

 

That was the skipper of the USS John S. McCain in the photo. The official USMC social media has trolled the Navy about it too. 

 

Somebody was clowning the skipper?

Edited April 11 by deerslayer

[Grayfox54]

First off: its the Navy. 

Secondly: Its an officer. 

Neither of which require much knowledge of small arms. 

[Johnny Rotten]

Lots of painting needed on a Navy ship 

[bigun]

I think I’ve had a skipper or two like that. Definitely had a few division officers like this. 

[Sleep profit]

Bet he was thinking. Those snipers have a hard job and excellent eyesight lol 

[Garufa]

He’s just farsighted, common among those in command of weapons that fire over the horizon.  

[gun sane]

I remember in the late '60s we had some downtime while conducting carrier sea trials aboard the USS Ranger before heading overseas for strike ops against the Viet commies.  The Marine detachment had a few Winchester pump shotguns and a good supply of ammo and clay targets, so the CO got the idea to entertain a group of off-duty sailors with some trap shooting.  The captain loaded up a hand thrower and took a position on one of the flight deck elevators while the Marines handed out the guns.

I was one of the lucky few who had the rare privilege of ordering the captain to "Pull", then blasted three out of three pigeons to bits. I didn't get a sharpshooter's medal, but I did earn admiring looks from the CO and a couple of jarheads that day.

[jeff43]

On 4/11/2024 at 2:25 PM, gun sane said:

 

A big part of the reason why they don't let warship skippers carry out commando raids.

US Navy warship commander mocked for holding rifle with scope mounted backward (nypost.com)

The magnification on the scope SUCKS!