Navy captain insists controversial videos were approved by higher-ups

Dan82 · Feb 2, 2011

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/01/navy.videos.captain/index.html

The Navy captain whose high-flying career was clipped over his raunchy videos shown aboard the USS Enterprise now says his superior officers knew what he was doing and repeatedly praised him.

Capt. Owen Honors defiantly defends himself in a 15-page written statement to investigators, saying the videos prompted not a single complaint and had the "affirmative and tacit approval" of senior Navy leadership.

"Their consistent encouraging feedback constituted approval and affirmation that my conduct was within acceptable Navy standards as the ship's Executive Office," Honors writes in his declaration, first made public by the Navy Times. Its legitimacy has been confirmed by CNN...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/01/navy.videos.captain/index.html
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Zontar · Feb 2, 2011

The media coverage afforded to this rather insignificant incident is well over the top. The video itself sounds like a typical comedy guys would make if they were goofing around with a camera...nothing I'm about ready to blow my stack over. I'm sure if I had actually seen it, I'd laugh my ass off...

maverick · Feb 2, 2011

Honestly, I know Navy humor pretty well and I think this thing is getting blown WAY out of proportion.

But Owen said in his statement that his "PG-13 adult level humor" of his amateur video skits was less offensive than the R-rated commercial movies they preceded.
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^ I believe him.

Nat3 · Feb 2, 2011

Is there any manner for the public to aid in putting him back in command?

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