It could be a problem that a U.S. three-star general can't tell the difference between American and British troops (not to mention the spelling error)

Lt. Gen. Maria Gervais deleted this tweet where she mistook British troops for Americans. Literally:

Lieutenant General Maria Gervais thinks these are American troops. They’re not. They’re British. pic.twitter.com/wgDB1mh90S

— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) September 4, 2021

You know, this could be a problem:

Yikes. A 3 star general at that. My Marines woulda' submitted my retirement papers for me if I did that.🤦‍♀️

Maybe that's why the military left so many Americans behind – the generals didn't recognize them.

— Jessie Jane Duff (@JessieJaneDuff) September 4, 2021

She didn’t notice the rifles?

These troops are British – they have the SA80 rifles

— Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) September 4, 2021

“Try getting out of the office now and then”:

Those weapons on the laps of the soldiers appear to be L85A2s (not my specialty but certainly in the family). News flash to @TradocDCG: U.S. soldiers don't carry those. Try getting out of the office now and then.

— Bill Roggio (@billroggio) September 4, 2021

The spelling error is bad, too:

Inexcusable error. Zero ways to spin this.

And it’s “heroes.”@TradocDCG’s tweeting staffer needs to be fired and the General reprimanded. https://t.co/vjAQYbggsg

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) September 4, 2021

Why are generals on Twitter anyway?

I hope she took some remedial spelling this weekend. And maybe a Social Media 101 class since our military’s failed leaders care more about optics than they do about actual war fighting. #AfghanistanDisaster

— SevenYearsInTibetley (@MatthewBetley) September 5, 2021

Yep, very bad:

This is an incredible own. This is your military brass, America: illiterate and unable to tell US from UK troops. https://t.co/Um5j23WoGK

— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) September 5, 2021

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