A US Navy warship commander was relieved of duty over a ‘loss of confidence’ 4 months after he was photographed firing a rifle with a backward scope

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A US Navy warship commander was relieved of duty over a ‘loss of confidence’ 4 months after he was photographed ******* a rifle with a backward scope

Cmdr. Cameron Yaste was ridiculed when he was photographed ******* his rifle with a backward scope.

Yaste was relieved of duty on Friday, just four months after the photo was published.

The US Navy said Yaste was removed “due to a loss of confidence in his ability.”

The US Navy warship commander who was

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has been relieved of duty, the US Navy said on Friday.

Cmdr. Cameron Yaste was the captain of the

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, a US Navy destroyer that has been stationed in the Middle East since April.

“The commanding officer of USS John S. McCain was relieved Aug. 30 due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command the guided-missile destroyer,” the US Navy said in a statement on the same day.

Yaste has been temporarily reassigned to Naval Surface Group Northwest, per the US Navy. The statement, however, didn’t say why Yaste was replaced.

In April, the US Navy posted a photo of Yaste ******* a rifle with its scope on backward on their

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account. Yaste was mocked online for the gaffe and the photo was removed shortly after.

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