Cameron Yaste, the commander of a Navy destroyer in the Middle East, has been relieved of duty about four months after he was seen in a photo firing a rifle with a scope mounted backward.

A US Navy warship commander who was ridiculed online for firing a rifle with the scope mounted backward has been relieved of duty, the Navy said Friday. Cmdr. Cameron Yaste was the captain of the ...

The commander of the destroyer USS John S. McCain was fired last week, ... Yaste has been temporarily replaced by Capt. Allison Christy, deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron 21, ...

The commander of a destroyer that’s helping protect the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS ... The Navy said Yaste was relieved of duty “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to ...

A commander of a deployed United States warship has been relieved of all duties due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command the vessel. Cmdr. Cameron Yaste was relieved of command Friday ...

The commander of a Navy destroyer that’s helping protect the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Middle East has been relieved of duty about four months after he was ...

The commander of U.S. Navy destroyer USS John McCain has been relieved of his duties months after the service branch faced ridicule on social media for posting a photo of him firing a rifle with ...

The commander of a Navy destroyer who was photographed firing a rifle that had a scope pointing backward was relieved of duty last week, the service has confirmed. Cameron Yaste, commanding ...

The Navy said that Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of the destroyer USS John McCain, was removed on Friday by Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander, commander of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike ...

The U.S. Navy announced it had relieved the commanding officer of the USS John S. McCain, citing a “loss of confidence” in his ability to lead the guided-missile destroyer. Cmdr. Cameron Yaste ...

Navy warship commander relieved of duty after viral photo gaffe. A photo posted on the Navy’s social media showed Cameron Yaste in a firing stance gripping a rifle – with one problem..