U.S. Navy sharpshooter.

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

Luckily they have Marines.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Navy doesn't do well with guns that have a smaller than 3" bore....and a crew of three or more.

[ORNERY OAF]

Hope he at least hit the water.....maybe

[PowderRiverCowboy]

yep posted in the Meme thread .

[El Chapo]

I have to admit that I have a bit of sympathy for this poor Captain who just wanted to crank off a few rounds into the ocean.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

After the Cole disaster, the navy sent a lot of sailors private firearms schools such as Blackwater and Sigarms.

[Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372]

I'm just glad someone is holding him up so the massive recoil doesn't kill him.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

Backwards scope with lens covers still on 

[Subdeacon Joe]

1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

Navy doesn't do well with guns that have a smaller than 3" bore....and a crew of three or more.

 

In WWII the Navy seems to have done well with 20mm and 40mm guns.

[Sedalia Dave]

Photo is obviously photo shopped. Notice there are no scope rings among other obvious inconsistencies. 

 

The part that makes me sad is that it was not caught before being released via official channels. Yes this photo was released via official channels just as it shown by the OP

 

Wonder how long it will take before Cmdr Yaste tracks down the idiot that thought it would be funny to do this. Ship COs are not known for their sense of humor. Especially at their expense.

[Cypress Sun]

46 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:

Photo is obviously photo shopped. Notice there are no scope rings among other obvious inconsistencies. .

 

Even the Navy has uses for JB Weld

[Texas Jack Black]

 It is a joke . Wake up Pilgrims.

[John Barleycorn, SASS #76982]

Full semi automatic 

[PowderRiverCowboy]

2 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:

Photo is obviously photo shopped. Notice there are no scope rings among other obvious inconsistencies. 

 

The part that makes me sad is that it was not caught before being released via official channels. Yes this photo was released via official channels just as it shown by the OP

 

Wonder how long it will take before Cmdr Yaste tracks down the idiot that thought it would be funny to do this. Ship COs are not known for their sense of humor. Especially at their expense.

Actually no it’s not came from an official Navy social media post . And let’s just say even the Marines are roasting them for it .

 

[Texas Jack Black]

 I thought the Marines were part of the Navy.

[Sedalia Dave]

37 minutes ago, PowderRiverCowboy said:

Actually no it’s not came from an official Navy social media post . And let’s just say even the Marines are roasting them for it .

 

 

I'm saying that it was photoshopped by someone before it was officially posted via social media not after the fact.

 

I have never seen anything other than an ACOG that had an integral mount.  That scope doesn't look like any ACOG I have ever seen. Found a picture of the scope it is a Trijicon VCOG. Still when you blow up the picture the scope appears to be attached to the receiver and it appears to also be mounted to the handguard rail as well.

 

That is what makes me so sad that someone within the Navy thought it was a good idea to photo shop the picture and then allow it to be posted it to the Navy's social media page.

I guarantee that somebodies derriere  is going to end up explaining this to the old man and they are going to regret doing this.

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

21 minutes ago, Texas Jack Black said:

 I thought the Marines were part of the Navy.

The Marines are a department of the Navy

The Mens department.

[Pat Riot]

11 minutes ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

The Marines are a department of the Navy

The Mens department.

Yes, judging by the female Marines I have seen you are absolutely correct. 

[Pat Riot]

I can tell that on my ship we had quite a few “expert marksmen” aboard using small arms - M14s. Not poodle shooters. 

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

30 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

I can tell that on my ship we had quite a few “expert marksmen” aboard using small arms - M14s. Not poodle shooters. 

My first cruise the sailors gave us a "demo" of what the Old Chiefs could do with M14s. They hit the water every time.

[Pat Riot]

4 minutes ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

My first cruise the sailors gave us a "demo" of what the Old Chiefs could do with M14s. They hit the water every time.

They gave a Chief a weapon? That’s Nuts! Their trigger fingers will not work properly. They have coffee cup hooks, not trigger fingers. 

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

7 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

They gave a Chief a weapon? That’s Nuts! Their trigger fingers will not work properly. They have coffee cup hooks, not trigger fingers. 

The other hand has two fingers sticking out to hold a cigarette.

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L]

1 hour ago, Pat Riot said:

I can tell that on my ship we had quite a few “expert marksmen” aboard using small arms - M14s. Not poodle shooters. 

 

Hey, Custer is offended by that! 

 

 

[Texas Jack Black]

2 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

The Marines are a department of the Navy

The Mens department.

 Tell that to a Navy Seal

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

Just now, Texas Jack Black said:

 Tell that to a Navy Seal

Well there ARE exceptions.

[Pat Riot]

1 hour ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said:

 

Hey, Custer is offended by that! 

 

 

Please tell Custer that I apologize. 

[Dilli GaHoot Galoot]

You can tell which branch the prankster that did it was in because they used Photoshop and not crayons 

 

 

 

 

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L]

45 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

Please tell Custer that I apologize. 

 

Done.

[Texas Jack Black]

9 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

Well there ARE exceptions.

 Thank You

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

43 minutes ago, Texas Jack Black said:

 Thank You

Yeah.  I ran into a LtJG once who could shoot anything he could lift...and produce reeeeeealy small groups.  He worked for the base engineers when I was at Marine Baracks Seal Beach.   That was almost 50 years ago and we are still friends.

[Texas Jack Black]

1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

Yeah.  I ran into a LtJG once who could shoot anything he could lift...and produce reeeeeealy small groups.  He worked for the base engineers when I was at Marine Baracks Seal Beach.   That was almost 50 years ago and we are still friends.

 During my two tours I worked with ALL branches of the military