Remember the Navy commander who went viral for his backwards rifle scope?

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Did the internet just get the commander of a guided-missile destroyer fired??

Navy Commander Cameron Yast was in charge of the USS John McCain — a guided-missile destroyer that is protecting USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Middle East — but was just relieved of duty “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.”

That’s code for months ago, he went viral after someone snapped a photo of him firing a rifle with the scope mounted … backward. 👇

(Maybe that explains why he sucked at parallel parking the destroyer…)

The internet had a field day with all this, because nothing says “military prowess” like being the butt of every Reddit meme for a month.

Even the Marine Corps piled on, posting a picture of a Marine with a properly mounted scope with the caption “Clear Sight Picture.”

Ouch.

Yaste has been replaced by Capt. Allison Christy, whose first move was probably to mount a scope in public…

At least the Navy had a sense of humor about it. They posted the picture, realized the screw-up, and said, “Thanks for pointing out our rifle scope error… Picture has been removed until extra military instruction is completed.”