The US Marine commander was taken out after firing a sniper rifle back

• Cmdr. Cameron Yaste was ridiculed when he was photographed shooting his rifle with a rear sight.
• Yaste was released from bond 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 commander of a U.S. Navy warship who was ridiculed online for firing a rifle with a scope mounted on his back has been relieved of duty, the U.S. Navy announced Friday.

Cmdr. Cameron Yaste was the captain of the USS John S. McCain, a US Navy destroyer that has been stationed in the Middle East since April.

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