USS Enterprise Captain In Hot Water Over Videos

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The Navy captain accused of making raunchy videos -- in an apparent effort to entertain his sailors -- will lose his post, defense officials said Tuesday.

Captain Owen Honors will be relieved of command and replaced on the USS Enterprise, which is currently in Norfolk, Va., before the nuclear-powered ship deploys to the Middle East later this month.

The videos, which used homophobic slurs, mimicked masturbation and featured scenes of women showering together, were made and broadcast between 2006 and 2007 when Honors was the second in command of the USS Enterprise.

When the videos were created, the naval vessel was operating in support of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

The video was leaked to the Virginian-Pilot newspaper on Saturday. It contains several skits, including one where two female sailors stand in a shipboard shower stall pretending to watch each other before Honors joins them.

In another, Honors pretends he's masturbating and uses a slur to refer to homosexuals. A later skit shows sailors simulating a rectal exam.

But not everyone is outraged. On the Enterprise's Facebook page, several sailors and their families came rushing to Honors' defense.

"This situation with the Captain Honors really pisses me off!," wrote one, Shawn Sullivan. "The Captain was only trying to keep up the spirits of the crew. This was NOT meant to disrespect anyone."

"My husband served under him while he was CO of the Big E, and I know that those were some of our happier days in the Navy," wrote Lauren Dodgin.

"I think that was in no small part due to his ability to lift morale, and more importantly due to the RESPECT he afforded his crew."

Navy officials have called the skits "clearly inappropriate." An official announcement about the replacement is expected Tuesday afternoon.

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[ApertureScience27]

Vote up if you clicked on this because you thought it was about Star Trek.

[ThirdRAILKink]

Kirk was never such a douche.

[KyaniDave]

The guy said "Fag Squirrel boy"...that is taken from a viral video about the kid who is part of "World's greatest freakout"......leave these guys alone......I am gay and I am not offended by this.....unless they are full on hating on gay people.....

[weejockpoopongmcplop]

I'd have to know more about the actual rules of the Navy relating to this kind of thing. If this is an ad hoc punishment based on a negative public reaction then I think it's harsh.

[Vyna80]

Picard>Kirk

[thirtyoneuniforms]

haha, the commander kept using the word "FAGS," which is a funny thing to do. FAGS!!  hahaha, lol...

[thirtyoneuniforms]

@underdescribed yes, you god-damned ignorant shit, there's been a real enterprise since long before you were born. holy shit i hope you fucking die soon because you're breathing the air that smart people need.

[Maguel83]

Boobies!

[ThePowerV3]

the "fag" remarks are just in-character jokes, I doubt these guys are homophobic lol..I mean..come on... what an over-reaction

[underdescribed]

WTF?? The USS Enterprise is real?!?!?!?!?!?!

[SnowWalkerOne]

@ApertureScience27 lol

[corsikaa]

He should be fired for approving a video with such horrible editing. What's with the whole double-take thing? Is he in 10th grade video production class or something?