U.S. Navy crosses legs and laughs at Liaoning” Chinese netizens crumble at photo

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Muscatine and the Chinese aircraft carrier USS Liaoning are seen in close parallel, and the relaxed image of the captain of the USS Muscatine crossing his feet to monitor the ship has sparked discussion. (Photo taken from the official website of the U.S. Navy)

The U.S. Navy recently published a photo on its official website of two U.S. destroyer officers looking leisurely at the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning not far away, a relaxed picture that sparked dissatisfaction among Chinese netizens, who said that the U.S. military discipline? Some people also said how the ship would be close to the other warship.

The U.S. Navy recently released a photo of Commander Robert Briggs and Commander Richard Slye of the destroyer USS Mustin, monitoring the water contact in the navigation room. The ship, clearly visible at 16, is the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning.

Former Navy Captain Lv Lixi said on his Facebook page that the only person who can sit with his feet up on the bridge is the captain, and the one next to him is the vice captain. He pointed out that the USS Mastin passed through the East China Sea off the mouth of the Yangtze River in the early morning of the 3rd and sailed southward.

The U.S. ship’s officers crossed their feet to leisurely monitor the Liaoning also sparked discussion, Chinese netizens exclaimed: “Rice officers stretched their legs to ‘admire’ the Liaoning, is not to convey two messages, one is not care, the second is that everything is under control. “The other faction broke down and angrily criticized the U.S. military discipline: “Reclining on a chair, legs crossed on the edge of the ship, this posture is not working on a warship, it is enjoying on a yacht. The U.S. military discipline is consistent”, “Look at this leg crossed, loose, disorderly, which has a little military temperament”.

Others saw the close proximity of the Liaoning to the U.S. ship as a warning: “An aircraft carrier should not be so close to a warship of a hostile country, there should be at least a buffer between them. Why were the U.S. ships allowed to get so close to the carrier, which put the carrier in danger?