The U.S. Navy has relieved the destroyer commander, who was pictured firing a rifle with the scope mounted backward, of his duty because of the incident and the resulting backlash.

According to a report in the San Diego Union-Tribune , Cmdr. Cameron Yaste was removed Friday, more than four months after the incident.

The Navy said Yaste was relieved of duty “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command the guided-missile destroyer” that is currently deployed in the Gulf of Oman.

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