Here are some social-media failures and misfires the US military had to walk back in shame

In May 2018, the internet was debating whether the word heard on a short audio recording was "Yanny" or "Laurel." Then the US Air Force joined the debate, referring to a recent strike on Taliban.

"The Taliban Forces in Farah city #Afghanistan would much rather have heard #Yanny or #Laurel than the deafening #BRRRT they got courtesy of our #A10," the official US Air Force Twitter account said.

The A-10 gunship carries a fearsome 30mm cannon used to destroy buildings, shred ground vehicles, and kill insurgents. It can fire so rapidly — nearly 3,900 rounds a minute — that the sound of each bullet is indistinguishable from the previous one, blending into a thundering "BRRRT."

The US Air Force apologized for the tweet and deleted it, acknowledging it was in "poor taste."

Read more: Air Force apologizes for tweet comparing A-10 strikes to viral 'Yanny vs. Laurel' clip, saying it was in 'poor taste'

In January 2018, President Donald Trump fired off a flurry a tweets defending himself in response to the headline-grabbing details in Michael Wolff's book, "Fire and Fury."

Trump said he was "like, really smart" and "a very stable genius."

That prompted a tweet from comedian Mindy Kaling from her character in the office, with the caption: "You guys, I'm like really smart now, you don't even know."

The US Army's official Twitter account liked Kaling's tweet, to which she replied: "#armystrong"

By the following day, the US Army had unliked the tweet.

Read more: The US Army's Twitter account 'inadvertently' liked Mindy Kaling's tweet mocking Trump's intelligence

In 2016, the US Navy celebrated the 241th year since the date of its creation with a tweet that combined three images into one: a warship, a fighter jet, and a painting of a historic battle.

But the birthday message didn't go over well with one audience on Twitter: Turks.

The flag in that battle scene closely resembles that of Turkey, a NATO member and US ally, as Muira McCammon detailed in Slate.

The Turkish community on Twitter sharply criticized the US Navy, and the Navy deleted it.