The US Navy got roasted for their Independence Day celebratory post.
Tuesday’s message was tweeted by the US Pacific Fleet's official account. And it consisted of a graphic image of a service member rendering a salute, the words “Happy 4th Of July”, and silhouettes of a Kashin-class destroyer and five Sukhoi-27s in a V-formation above a sea lit by the sun at the horizon.
Twitter users commented about the ship and jet silhouettes. "Looks like Donbas Devushka still works for you", one USER joked, referencing a social-media account that was found to have been run by a pro-Russian US Navy veteran.
The gaffe got even more attention when Blake Herzinger, a defense researcher at the University of Sydney and a Navy Reserve officer, tweeted the fleet’s graphics with a message of his own on the very same day.
“US Pacific Fleet Don’t Post Russian Ships and Aircraft on Independence Day Challenge 2023: Failed”, he wrote to his 22,500 followers.
He credited the Reuters editor Gerry Doyle with identifying the fighter jets and the retired Indian Navy Commodore Venugopal Vengalil for identifying the Russian destroyer. India's navy operate Kashin-class destroyers.
The US Pacific Fleet later quietly deleted their tweet and on Wednesday, posted a new photo that featured a US aircraft carrier and submarine and the caption: "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave".
And they wrote: "Happy Independence Day! Celebrating life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for 247 years, and those who stand to protect".
Some Twitter users responded to the new post by posting GIFs of Russian dancing and Russian President Vladimir Putin laughing.
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