TheNewTopical.com - current events, politics, culture, ethics, economics discussion forum  

Go Back   TheNewTopical.com - current events, politics, culture, ethics, economics discussion forum » Main Forum » General & Current Events

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 25-08-11, 04:06 PM
LiberalNation's Avatar
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: KY, USA
Posts: 1,199
Default Captain allowed to stay in Navy despite bawdy videos

Lucky, lucky, a captain in the army isn't a high officer rank but in the navy it's a lot different I guess. He can kiss more promotions goodbye tho I'm guessin.

Captain allowed to stay in Navy despite bawdy videos - Yahoo! News

CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Reuters) - A Navy panel ruled on Wednesday that the captain of an aircraft carrier who was penalized for producing bawdy videos with slurs against gays can remain in the service, officials said.

Captain Owen Honors was relieved of his command of the USS Enterprise in January and reassigned to administrative duties soon after the videos were made public.

Honors several years ago produced and starred in the videos, when he was second-in-command of the ship, and they were shown as on-board entertainment for the crew and pilots.

The videos, among other things, contained simulated masturbation and inane toilet humor.

They also had suggestive scenes of sailors in drag and a mock anal exam. As a result, they were an embarrassment for the Navy at a time the Pentagon sought to implement a new policy allowing gays to serve openly in the military.

A panel of three admirals on Wednesday unanimously ruled that Honors committed misconduct by making the videos and demonstrated substandard performance of his duty by leadership failure and lack of proper deportment, Beth Baker, a spokeswoman for Navy Region Mid Atlantic, said in a statement.

But he was allowed to stay in the service, she said.

The proceeding were held at a naval station in Norfolk, Virginia, where Honors continues to work for the Navy, his civilian attorney Charles Gittins said.

"He's the kind of guy who wants action and who gets stuff done," Gittins said. "He's relieved and I think he's ready to move on to his next job."

The videos first surfaced in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper that serves the city of Norfolk.

Gittins said that Honors' superiors were aware of the videos and only chose to relieve him of his command once they were made public.

"The fact is that the Navy was embarrassed by the publicity surrounding pieces of the videos taken out of context. They were labeled raunchy videos," Gittins said.
__________________
Give unto Caesar that what is Caesar's, and lie like hell to keep as much of the rest of your shit as you can.

"If you want something said ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman" Margaret Thatcher
Reply With Quote
Reply


(View-All Members who have read this thread : 3
contracycle, Gilles de Rais, LiberalNation
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:01 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0