A U.S. Marine sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with symbols representing Adolph Hitler’s notorious SS unit, the Pentagon confirmed. Apparently it does not mean any disrespect but in fact mean “Scout Sniper.” I get it, I get it(FOH). Click below to read the rest of the story.
The photo was eventually circulated on the Internet.
According to a post on the Knight’s Armament Blog, where the photo appears to have been posted in May, the Marines adopted the blue “SS†flag in reference to “scout sniper.â€
Lt. Col. Stewart Upton told the AP the photo was taken in September 2010 in Sangin province, Afghanistan.
The Marines who appeared in the photo are no longer with the unit they were serving in at the time.
Upton said the appearance of the Nazi symbol wasn’t acceptable and that Marine officials addressed the issue.
It wasn’t clear if the Marines were punished.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation in Washington was outraged and called for an investigation of the incident.
