Know Your Equipment

My daughter recently enlisted in the US Coast Guard so, now my news feed has many military stories.  I got a good laugh out of the story about the picture above.  

Apparently, the Navy posted the photo above to their social media accounts and many people quickly noticed that the rifle scope is mounted backwards.  Imagine looking backwards through binoculars - a little tiny image of his target is all that this guy is seeing as he's shooting.  This would definitely make accuracy a lot more challenging.  I also loved the social media responses posted by the Army and Marines.

To me, it is interesting that there is brass flying toward the camera.  Not only is he pointing the rifle, he's shooting it!  I'm was surprised to learn that this man was relieved of duty due to this incident; I wouldn't think he would be expected to know about small arms.    

Ensure you are trained properly with your equipment and you practice with it!