Owen Honors

Navy Blocks Retirement Of Admiral Over Video Flap

Rachel Slajda | January 13, 2011, 1:22PM

A still from one of Capt. Owen Honors' videos.

As the Navy continues its investigation into who knew what (and when) about the crude videos made by a ship captain, it has delayed the pending retirement of one of the captain's superiors.

The Navy earlier this month fired Capt. Owen Honors from his position as commander of the U.S.S. Enterprise, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, after videos he had made in 2006 and 2007 surfaced. The videos, which he made when he was the executive officer, or second in command, of the Enterprise, include gay slurs, mock masturbation and other crude subject matter.

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Owen Honors

Navy Captain Officially Fired From Command Over Videos

Rachel Slajda | January 4, 2011, 4:38PM

A still from one of Capt. Owen Honors' videos.

The Navy announced this afternoon that it has fired Capt. Owen Honors from his post as commander of the USS Enterprise over crude videos he made in 2006 and 2007.

Honors has been re-assigned to administrative duties.

"The responsibility of the commanding officer for his or her command is absolute," Adm. John Harvey, commander of the Navy's Fleet Forces Command, said in a statement released this afternoon. "While Captain Honors' performance as commanding officer of U.S.S. Enterprise has been without incident, his profound lack of good judgment and professionalism while previously serving as executive officer on Enterprise calls into question his character and completely undermines his credibility to continue to serve effectively in command."

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Navy Captain Who Made Crude Videos Temporarily Relieved Of Command

Rachel Slajda | January 4, 2011, 9:34AM

A still from one of Capt. Owen Honors' videos.

Capt. Owen Honors, the Navy commander who made a series of videos rife with anti-gay slurs and mock masturbation, will be temporarily relieved of his command of the USS Enterprise, NBC News reports.

Honors made the videos a few years ago, when he was second in command of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. They were publicized this weekend by the Virginian-Pilot newspaper, prompting an investigation by the Navy.

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Nuke-Powered Ship Commander Under Navy Investigation For Raunchy Vids

Rachel Slajda | January 3, 2011, 10:12AM

A still from one of Capt. Owen Honors' videos.

In 2006 and 2007, Navy Capt. Owen Honors, now the commander of the USS Enterprise, made a series of videos using Navy equipment and showed them to the 6,000 sailors on his ship. In the videos, the then-executive officer of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier calls his "alternate personality" a "fag," shows two women showering and drops the F-bomb many, many times.

After a series of complaints from those who found the "XO Movie Nights" offensive, his higher-ups told him to cut it out. But he was apparently never officially disciplined.

Now, with selections from the weekly videos published by the Virginian-Pilot newspaper over the weekend, the Navy says it is investigating the videos.

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