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Navy Commander Under Fire for Raunchy Videos Shown to Crew

CNN:

The Navy has opened an investigation into how a series of raunchy videos, full of sexual innuendo and anti-gay remarks, were produced and shown to the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise while on deployment supporting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Navy Commander Under Fire for Raunchy Videos Shown to CrewNavy spokesman Cmdr. Chris Sims said the videos, which were shown to the crew in 2006 and 2007, are “inappropriate.”

Excerpts from the videos and descriptions of their content were first published Saturday by The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk, Virginia.

The videos on the paper’s website, reviewed by CNN, feature a man identified by two Navy officials and The Virginian-Pilot as Capt. Owen Honors, who at the time was the executive officer, or second-in-command, of the Enterprise.

He recently took command of the carrier, winning one of the most coveted assignments in the U.S. Navy, which has only 11 aircraft carriers.

Honors is shown cursing along with other members of his staff in an attempt to demonstrate humor, according to videos.

There are also anti-gay slurs, simulated sex acts, and what appear to be two female sailors in a shower together.

Here are excerpts from the videos (content warning applies):

The Virginian-Pilot:

The videos were part of what Honors, 49, called “XO Movie Night.”

“They were the XO’s project,” said one former Enterprise sailor, a ship video-grapher who on one occasion was asked to help in the filming. “He was the one coming up with scripts and the jokes. He was the one planning it.”

The Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is set to deploy overseas this month. The videos raise serious questions about Honors’ judgment, especially while the carrier is under way, said another sailor, an officer aboard the Enterprise who was also there when the videos were being shown.

“When the ship pulls away from that pier, he’s it,” the officer said. “To me, that’s scary.”

It’s unclear why the videos recently resurfaced, although one sailor who spoke to the newspaper said they remain on at least one shipboard computer.

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  • gzs3grls
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:29am

    This is what IS wrong with us today people, we need to remember to laugh, at life and each other, I am half Italian, and half German, I have heard it all, and I still laugh at the jokes, so lighten up, this pc BS is what is hurting our country, I have gay friends who tell some of the raunchiest gay jokes around, and they LTAO, life is serious enough, so learn, or better yet, remember how to laugh, don’t take yourselves too seriously, I promise no one else is!

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  • hamrs_62
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:25am

    if I was in charge of the military, not hussein, I would have the military stand down until these political correct people get lost or die, great job capt. bravo

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  • flaghugger
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:06am

    This is ‘newsworthy’ because the left is looking for any and all reason to marginalize the military…to say we’re bullies, insensitive, mean, gay bashing, etc. This begins the justification for special treatment of homosexuals in the military. It’s never about equality with special interest…it’s always about power grabbing. Really who gives a rip if you’re gay? Just pick up your gun and do your job…oh and don’t touch my junk.

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  • jose wasabi
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:05am

    He’s a hero. Those complaining have an agenda. And I guarantee they have never been in the military. War is ugly, dirty, hard and your friends die. To introduct some humor to lighten things up a little is exatly the right thing to do.

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  • GEDouglas
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:03am

    Uh, why exact is this news worthy? I’m I missing something here! An XO with a sense of humor…that’s great…rare but great. But news worthy???? Even better, now he is a Cdr with a sense of humor. Are we suppose to be offended or outraged? What’s the big deal…have you listened to a rap song recently, talk abut degrading and offensive. This was actually funny in spots. I’d say the crew is fortunate.

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  • randy
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:03am

    Now that was funny. If those guys and girls have to blow off a little stream before they blow someones head off, well, that’s fine with me.

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  • diablosho
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:03am

    Really guys, come on! I applaud Capt. Honors for attempting to do SOMETHING to raise morale while deployed. Some may not like the content of the video, but I’m pretty sure it was also VERY WELL KNOWN what kind of video this was going to be. I don’t think this was the first one. I wish on any of MY deployments, my supervision would have been as willing to have fun as this man, I’ll bet you his crew did VERY well out there. All I can say is this. We want people to be tolerant of our religions, political views, etc., and allow us to be the Christian Conservatives that (most) of us are. But yet, we are not willing to accept ANYTHING that WE don’t like! It’s time to accept that we ARE going to be offended sometimes. Just accept it, and move on. No one should be in Honor’s position for an attempt at humor.

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  • AzDebi
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:02am

    “Launched an INVESTIGATION”…you’ve got to be kidding me! But no investigation into Farney Brank…Chris Dudd…Nancy Bellagossi? We’re doomed!

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  • Ialmostforgot
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:01am

    Bring this video to PRIME TIME!!! Its a riot!!

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:00am

    These people for the most part are stuck on a ship that is out to sea, serving our country. While I don’t agree with the content of the movie. I can certainly understand that cutting loose once in a while is acceptable.
    As long as it didn’t interfere with normal operations of the ship and no one was hurt in the making of this movie.
    People go to watch this kind of crap all day and night. I don’t blame them for wanting to let off steam. I think they could have found a better way, but I am not on the ship.
    They serve and protect our country without question, they risk their lives from what I hear everyday. So again while I don’t condone or agree with it. It is their right to watch or not.
    To all the fine men and women serving in our military in all the branches. I salute you and wish nothing but the best.

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  • DMD
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:56am

    The wussification of our millitary has started in 2011.
    BFD!!!! if they were watching porn. Take 1500 men and box them up without ***** for 90 days and see how you would act. What next are the libs going to ban *********** on a ship next.
    I can just see Hillary and Michelle standing on the Pier collecting all the Sailors and Marines Happy socks. Like it or not a GI will find some ***** in any country he visits. Its called capitolism there is a DEMAND for ***** SUPPLIED buy our GI’s. Now thats stimulating a third world econamy.

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  • orionreplay6607
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:54am

    Seen and heard worse on television these days, never mind PG-13 movies my kids watch. SNL broaches these topics on a weekly basis and gets applause and praise.

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  • rightwingheroes
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:54am

    That’s what happens when you repal DADT, also it said the US has ONLY 11 carriers LOL when the next superpower has only 1

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  • CALIDUDE
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:48am

    Dude they have been at WAR defending us! Does this really offend anyone more than women, children, and men being blown to smithereens by some IED? or our personnel/some reportet being decapitated?

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  • BrotherWill
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:44am

    Awesome video! I would actually of given him a Golden Globe or an Emmy for that. (No, I’m not joking.)

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  • Chris
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:38am

    The man is guilty of having a really good sense of humor in an otherwise humorless environment. Sailors are notoriously “Salty” in their brand of humor, and the content here is no more offensive than any PG-13 movie in the theaters today. We should remember that this is a warship where warriors risk their lives and sometimes give their lives on our behalf. The stress of his job warrents a special dispensation from the PC-Police.

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    • SCPO USN RETIRED
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:49am

      Nice job Chris, could not have said it better! If you have never been in the situation of being in the military and dealing with the everyday stress involved, you could never understand. You have NO RIGHT to judge them! Walk a mile in a man shoes…..

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  • JMFREEDOMBIRD
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:37am

    Spent six months on a ship while in the Marines and would have loved to see this type of humor from or XO. Not very PC, but who cares. Keep up the fight XO.

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    • DMD
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:08am

      1 year 11 months and 26 days seatime myself as a jug head.
      USS Okinowa and USS Tripolie2x
      I agree this is very mild compared to what I saw. Porn was on in the flightline office about 15-20 hours a day.

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  • N37BU6
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:35am

    Do you think gays are more offended by a stupid video, or being treated like subhumans at policy level?

    Don’t feign outrage. I’ve read enough comments on this site to know most of the people here are bigots.

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    • GEW
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:55am

      ‘most of the people here are bigots’ that’s kind of a board statement, or as my mama used to say, a sweeping assumption. I ordinarily like reading your comments, but this certainly has me puzzled, too bad, I didn’t take you for a name caller.

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    • heavyduty
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:13am

      If I am a bigot because I don’t care for gays. Then I must be a bigot because I don’t like rapists, murderers, thieves, people who sell drugs. Is this what your saying. Then I am a bigot then. I can live with it. While I don’t condone the movie, I can see that the person that made the movie was trying to boost morale. Morale in the service can keep you alive or get you killed. From what I understand people on the ship were free to watch it or not. Just like going to a movie in civilian life. If you don‘t like the movie then don’t watch it or walk out. But don’t sit through the whole movie then gripe about it. That’s being a bigot in my book.

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    • HippoNips
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:11am

      There is no such thing as anti-gay. The thought of feces on your penis grosses out all human males. If it doesn’t than you are abnormal.
      It’s a repulsion that will not go away, it 100 percent natural and has nothing to do with hate
      What the non-sense liberals are attempting to do is make abnormal the new norm.

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    • Lesterp
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:28am

      Says the closet bigot

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    • Dustoff
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 11:02am

      I bet you’ve never watched what our RAP singers ( if you can call it that) say on TV have you.

      Their given millions to say that stuff.
      Really get a grip.

      You can’t PC the whole world.

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  • loveoursoldiers
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:35am

    Seemed liked this hit upon topics they deal with all the time on a ship at sea.and they made it humerous I’m not sure how I feel about it except the toilet humor was disgusting to watch. Comedians on TV say/imply worse.

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  • Fletch
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:35am

    all I really care about is their mission, that they can kill our enemies and blow things up when asked

    the military is not a place for social engineering and if you’re in the service, I’m more concerned about giving you the tools to enhance your ability to perform that mission

    there is no reason to hamstring the mission with misplaced concerned over hurting anyone’s sensibilities

    shut up and kill our enemies and blow stuff up

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    • eddvoss
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:56am

      Can you imagine what they would do to Patton if he was on active duty today?

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    • Fletch
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 12:34pm

      Patton wouldn’t slap with a limp wrist

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    • Flagwaver
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 6:04pm

      Imagine if General ****** was alive today. And yes, there is a reason prostitutes are called Hookers… though, they were originally called ******’s women.

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  • burnteye86
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:33am

    FUNNY! miss di, you must have misplaced your sence of humor. That’s all I got to say about that.

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  • gibberish
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:28am

    The skit about the shower was funnier than anything on SNL these days.

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  • Bronco II
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:22am

    Maybe he was put there for this purpose alone I wouldn’t put it past this Regieme how else can they stir up trouble but to put a kown trouble maker in there to stir the pot.Think about it.

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  • BoilitDown
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:17am

    What is his record as a commander? What is the record of his command? What other strikes has he got against him? Little else matters to me.

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    • shorthanded12
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:48am

      Well said, no further action required. Wanna bet some gay activist group or some pissed off gay that was thrown out is behind this “BS” This was better than anything SNL, Letterman or Leno could have ever dreamed up.

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    • Flagwaver
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 6:02pm

      I’ve served in the Army for nine years, currently going to school to become a Chaplain. All I gotta say is that if people think this is bad, they should see some of the videos that I and the officers of my infantry company made while we were in Iraq.

      The reputation of an officer is not just how P.C. he is, but how he leads. Sure, some ***** with a rules book shoved up his fourth point of contact will be the pride of the P.C. patrol, but let’s see him lead his men. If the guy can keep up morale, and run a tight ship (the Enterprise is the cream of the crop in the Navy), then I see no problem with a little humor like this.

      Oh, and anyone who thinks that the military should be prissy can kiss my purple heart tattoo… it’s right over my bullet wound… one responsible for quite a few jokes from my fellow soldiers.

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 4:52pm

      Boilitdown: Yes, reminds me of Patton who offended lots of people but was indispensable on the battlefield nonetheless.

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  • MissDiane1966
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:03am

    Regardless of his personal opinion about gays, his actions are disgusting, and more than just inappropriate. That’s all I am willing to say about it for now.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:37am

      Are they the girl scouts or military? Was anyone forced to watch this crap, that would be a crime

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    • Mettag
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:37am

      I don’t know. He was making jokes and such that 99% of the males in the US would enjoy and use oto blow steam. If he is off duty and isn’t illegal then there should be no problem.

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    • boomersrents
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:47am

      I am currently in the Navy, with 20years of service, 16 at sea. I guess unless you spend that kind of time deployed you can’t appreciate what this XO was trying to do. Crew spirits can be hard to maintain away from family. Why does society continue to try and put a face on a fighting force that is inconsistent with the objective of having armed services.

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    • DVT
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:55am

      Thats some ******* funny s**t right thar…lighten up!

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:04am

      I wonder if anyone is going to get fired over this? http://maboulette.wordpress.com

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:06am

      People in the navy like dirty videos?? I never would have thought sailors liked such things….I always assumed they spent their free time drinking milk and reading the bible.

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    • captaincrunch
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:18am

      I served in the Navy during the Desert Storm and I can tell you from personal experience that you have no idea of the amount of stress that the crew undergoes during flight operations and other revolutions. It just takes one mistake for things to goe really, really bad. (Read up on the fire onboard the U.S.S. Forestall)
      We would spend lots of time, cracking “your momma” jokes. Pulling pranks, cussing and extreme liberal use of the “F word” It was a form of stress relief. One of the key roles of command is to keep your sons and daughters from cracking under stress, and if bathroom humor, works then so be it. I support the actions of the X.O. onboard the U.S.S, Enterprise in his efforts to maintain a high state of readiness and moral in his command.

       
    • hickoryrat
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:37am

      Wake Up America!
      We are at war for the very survival of this country.These sailors are on the front line of that war.These are professional warriors they are not your cream puffs,sitting around wailing because their welfare has been cut.
      Every sailor on that ship,from engine room to flight deck and every job in between,is there for only one reason.
      To put aircraft over enemy targets and to kill,yes I said kill,the people who would take your lives and your children’s lives in a heartbeat if they were given a chance.
      Their brand of humor may not be what some wussies think it ought to be but it works for them.
      Go pi$$ and moan into your hankies somewhere else and leave them alone.
      If the attitude of the wimps is allowed to continue,we will surely loose our country.

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    • eddvoss
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:47am

      Another consequence of repealing DADT. Now anything that could remotely be considered offensive to any Gay person on the planet will be enough to destroy the career of a professional warrior. Ridiculous.

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    • shorthanded12
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:54am

      @MISSDIANE1966 so MTV glamorizing teen pregancy is ok? Please if you have never served day one in the military regardless what branch than “SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP” XO has humor, Type of man that has BALLS and will get the mission completed.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:14am

      If he violated the military code of justice; then let him be dealt with. Otherwise the new PC garbage needs to be put at the bottom of the mariana’s trench once and for all.

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    • Anthony
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:14am

      As a military member, this is the kind of officer I would want to work for. People just need to chill out! I would like to meet the people pressing charges who were told not to watch it if offended. Faceless and spineless no doubt. Good on you XO!

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    • lewbrown
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:35am

      I spent several years on a Carrier and even had a little time off the coast of Vietnam in 66. What service did you serve with Missdiane1966? This guy would have been a hero in 66. I’d be proud to be on his ship. If you have never been part of a Carrier Family then you have no idea what you are talking about.

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:39am

      BOOMERSRENTS, CAPTAINCRUNCH, and ANTHONY…..Thank you for your service and God bless you and your families…..Go NAVY!!!

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    • TankUSN
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 11:36am

      There is absolutely no room for an overrun of political correctness when it comes to the profession of war. You people completely disgust me. What’s worse is the PC virus is all but incapacitated this great nation. Here’s the long and the short of it, having spent 5 years at sea while serving my beloved nation, I would have welcomed a moral boost an any attempt at humor. You have no idea, nor can you fathom the stress and turmoil one faces while serving in our great all voluntary military. Bathroom humor is not for everyone, but then again, just like in real life, if you don’t want to watch it or bear witness to it, leave or turn the channel. I commend this officer (which is sometime a hard pill to swallow, if you were ever enlisted you can relate) for his attempts and agree that the media and those not serving our nation should sit down and enjoy the freedom that these brave men and women so willfully defend.

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    • pantcor66
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 11:57am

      I’m a retied naval officer who spent 30 yrs with 1/3 of that time as an enlisted man. So don‘t tell me I don’t know the enlisted view or the officer view. I can’t believe it! I’ve NEVER seen such crap coming from senior naval officers. In my entire time (up until 1999) this type of stuff would NOT have been tolerated on any ship I served on and certainly NOT endorsed or tollerated by any Commanding Officer or XO that I served with. It wasn’t done then because it would never have ever been concieved of! ….Horrible – just horrible. Our precious navy is better than this.. For those who say, “oh well the rappers do it”…naval officers are NOT rappers and should conduct themselves by a higher standard… make that MUCH higher standard. I may not know the navy very well,only having served 30yrs, but I NEVER witnessed a fellow officer insulting/rediculing/offending a person who was believed to be gay, a female or a minority. And if an officer witnessed an enlisted man doing it they would have been reprimanded. Does that really seem so strange? Some of you are all hailing these idiots with, “good job”, “blowing off steam” and “sense of humor”..BS! They are acting “unbecoming”….
      PS: Before you accuse me of being an “ in CONUS desk jockey”…………I was FAR FROM IT!!

       
    • CaptGregg
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 12:07pm

      My career was in medicine, and nearly all emergency workers (medical, fire & police) I came into contact with had developed a sense of humor that would likely appall most “civilians.” It was a way to cope with the stress we faced on a daily basis. I have no doubt but what the same applies to the military.

      It upsets me when PC bleeding hearts try to judge actions of the military by civilian standards.

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    • TankUSN
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 12:27pm

      PantCor66,

      As a new arrival to the commenting portion of this fair website, I do not know your history and views nor how much weight and gravity they may hold. However, in respect of our service, I will gladly afford your opinions and favor a courtly conversation about this matter. Before we start slamming this officer with an Article 133 (of which I was concerned you were eluding to “They are acting “unbecoming”") I would ask to what platform you had served on and in what capacity. That being said, viewing the short clip provided on this website, I view very little that was in complete distaste. Expletives are used on a daily, if not hourly basis aboard ships as well as ashore. Finding humor in the diversity of the F word and depicting humorous situations involving shower scenes and a parrot are not that out of line for what they were intended. Humor. As for ridiculing a shipmate for his or her sexual preferences, race or gender, you have completely missed ships movement on this topic. In private or semi-private conversations everyone partakes in these comment to some degree. The primary argument I have is that no outsider (someone not currently serving aboard the ship or installation) should interrupt the stability of life aboard that vessel by interjecting his or her political correctness opinions over the whole crew. And yes I was concerned that you had spent your entire career as a TAR and/or completely in CONUS.

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    • FToth84
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 1:02pm

      I found the video to be hilarious. It was all in fun. Is anybody really that surprised? I guess when you’re out at sea for months. There is no fun allowed.

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    • westy98530
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 2:39pm

      I think it would have been more inappropriate and disgusting if the valiant and heroic Naval Aviators DIDN’T openly question the sexual orientation and general manliness of the filthy SWOs and other lesser forms of life found on a carrier. BZ, XO.

      OBTW, if that PG stuff was “inappropriate”, I damn sure hope none of my cruise videos ever get out.

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    • BelowAverageJoe
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 5:36pm

      This is not inappropriate because firstly, it was not meant for public consumption, secondly it is the Navy where up until recently, gays were banned and therefor there should have been none watching. If you are offended then you ought to head out to the front lines of the war and hear the language the real fighting men use while protecting you and your freedom to be offended every single day while you sit at home and complain about anything and everything you don’t agree with. Get a life and find something else to get offended over. It will be a real shame if this guy loses his command over something as harmless as this. You were not forced nor asked to watch the video by anyone who was supposed to be involved in an in house video meant to lighten the mood of hard working sailors who had likely been at sea for months at the time.

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    • hoodm85
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 6:50pm

      I see no problem with these movies. These are men at war, men away from their families. You people who have a problem with this need to grow up.

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    • Puppy
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 7:39pm

      MissDiane1966: Unless you have served in the military, I do not think you have the proper perspective to judge or criticize. The good Captain was just taking part in the age old practice of crude banter that has taken place since the inception of our military. It is bad enough to be separated from loved ones and family for extended periods of time and often being shot at so this type of thing takes place in order to boost moral and lift spirits. Political correctness is a disease that is slowly working its way into a place where it does not belong. The military is a volunteer force, therefore, if one finds crude jokes and crass banter to be objectionable, get out but leave the military alone to deal with protecting our country and its interests as well as dealing with moral and welfare of its troops.

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    • click4cheapandeasyweb
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:20pm

      Excuse me people, but I don’t see a problem here. Sounds to me like a little XO fun on a long tour at sea, so what?

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:48am

      Hickoryrat
      The men and women of the navy serve hornorably, and I don’t want to in any way diminish their commitment or the importance of their work, but the plain fact is that since none of the people we are fighting have a navy of their own, they are not “on the front line of that war.”

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    • foobear
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:41am

      There‘s nothing in the video that’s especially bad.

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    • eleemosynary
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:26pm

      boomersrents
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:47am
      I am currently in the Navy, with 20years of service, 16 at sea. I guess unless you spend that kind of time deployed you can’t appreciate what this XO was trying to do. Crew spirits can be hard to maintain away from family. Why does society continue to try and put a face on a fighting force that is inconsistent with the objective of having armed services.

      boomersrents,
      You said it perfectly…

      Thank you for your service.

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    • oldoldtimer
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:41pm

      WHY DID THEY WAIT 5 YEARS TO SAY SOMETHING? Is this yet another distraction thrown at the people? Do any of these fools have any idea how man disiplin problems, suisides and other problems this stress relif prevented? No I guess not. You would have to live through the stress of combat or shipboard duty to understand. Most who are complaining have never experienced any thing but their own bowel movements. The main reason this was brought up now was the repeal of DADT. They want to punish any one that was opposed.

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    • DAJ
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 4:16pm

      MISSDIANE,
      Captain Honors was simply trying to ease tensions onboard a vessel with crew that is deployed for months on end. As a Marine who has served at sea I have no problem with what Honors has done. It was a morale booster. There used to be certain ceremonies at sea, such as sailors becoming Shellbacks, Blue Noses, Golden Dragons, Order of the Rock and such but others outside of the naval traditions have cried so much we cant have such ceremonies anymore because it is considered hazing or whatever they want to call it. We used to be able to jump off the deck but now have to swim from the welldeck because mambypambies/media cry and constantly show videos because they want nothing else but to demoralize the military. Welcome to the real world its not all fantasy, lovey dovey and perfect.

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    • AnAppeal2Heaven
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:32pm

      My oldest daughter is on the verge of making a six to eight year commitment with the US Navy. She will join a long line of Navy vets (on both sides of her family) that include KIAs, Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipients and Annapolis grads.

      You don’t get to skipper a bird farm without exhibiting a high level of competence. If Owens is the best man to complete missions while getting my kiddo home in the condition her mom and I sent her, then that’s the man I want at the helm. If he is less than PC in his deportment, then oh well. Her delicate sensibilities be d@mned. If she’s gets offended in the process, she’ll get over it. If he offends civilians, then that’s too d@mn bad too.

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    • mike278th
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:52pm

      Maybe an overly sensitive culture is what you get when gays and women are allowed to serve beside men who are expected to kill and could themselves be killed. How offensive would someone’s actions be if they were recorded bludgeoning the enemy to death in hand to hand combat? In the larger scheme of things this is nothing.I’m glad someone in the military still has a sense of humor, even if it offends some women and girly men.

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    • DrammyCoke
      Posted on January 4, 2011 at 3:12am

      Who cares??? Honestly!!!!

      Liberal pukes want everyone to be politically correct all of the time, I thought the video was funny as crap, he didn’t pick on anyone, just having fun.

      LEAVE OUR WARFIGHTERS ALONE!!!!

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