Owen Honors, Navy Captain, Relieved Of Command Over Lewd Videos

[MaDalton]

WASHINGTON ? The Navy brusquely fired the captain of the USS Enterprise on Tuesday, more than three years after he made lewd videos to boost morale for his crew, timing that put the military under pressure to explain why it acted only after the videos became public.

Senior military officials said they were trying to determine who among Navy leaders knew about the videos when they were shown repeatedly in 2006 and 2007 to thousands of crew members aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_804122.html

with a captain like that it's no wonder when some idiot crew member feel they do nothing wrong when they harass gay colleagues

[uno]

The military aren't supposed to express opinions on a whole range of issues. This doesn't surprise me in the fact that a) it was made in the first place and b) that he was relieved because of it.

It also doesn't surprise me that it wasn't acted upon till after it became public. See: Abu Ghraib.

[Rochard]

Yeah, I saw this on the news. Don't care. This is the same kind of humor we see on TV. This guy tried to make a funny video to get a message across. It's okay if it's network TV or cable TV, but not if it's made by the Navy. Whatever.

People need to get a sense of humor. If you don't think half the people on an air craft carrier aren't stroking it off every other day, your wrong.

[marketsmart]

I'd like to get Vendzilla's opinion on this..

I know he loves seamen.....






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[Anthony]

I was in during the Tailhook scandal. 2 days of fucking training on sexual harassment. As enlisted, we were wondering why we had to go since it was only Officers who were the actual idiots who got us into it.

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Yeah, I saw this on the news. Don't care. This is the same kind of humor we see on TV. This guy tried to make a funny video to get a message across. It's okay if it's network TV or cable TV, but not if it's made by the Navy. Whatever.

People need to get a sense of humor. If you don't think half the people on an air craft carrier aren't stroking it off every other day, your wrong.

so if the captain of an aircraft carrier with the responsibility for 5000 men and women makes fun of gay people it's ok?

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by marketsmart

I'd like to get Vendzilla's opinion on this..

I know he loves seamen.....






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Only when it shoots across your face

Originally Posted by MaDalton

so if the captain of an aircraft carrier with the responsibility for 5000 men and women makes fun of gay people it's ok?

Next you're going to tell me that the show Modern Family doesn't portray a positive role model for young gays?

Happened 3 years ago, so fucking what!

Political Correctness can kiss my ass and anybody that thinks this is hurtful to the sailors on that ship, try growing a pair will yah?

[Phoenix]

do they show the video?

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Next you're going to tell me that the show Modern Family doesn't portray a positive role model for young gays?

Happened 3 years ago, so fucking what!

Political Correctness can kiss my ass and anybody that thinks this is hurtful to the sailors on that ship, try growing a pair will yah?

you were the one saying that with a few thousand people on a carrier something is bound to happen - meaning that if gay people get harrassed, molested, beaten etc. it's normal.

won't you agree that the captain is responsible for the atmosphere among the people and that he should lead by example instead of pouring oil into the fire?

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

you were the one saying that with a few thousand people on a carrier something is bound to happen - meaning that if gay people get harrassed, molested, beaten etc. it's normal.

won't you agree that the captain is responsible for the atmosphere among the people and that he should lead by example instead of pouring oil into the fire?

So in your mind, if you mention anything about being gay, that's harassing gays? Are you that fucking ignorant?

Please show me where there was harassment? What you want is censorship!



In 1980, I went across the equator and went thru ShellBack, this is a tradition that dates back centuries. Many such crossings of the time had a beauty contest and dressed up guys in each department. I was too ugly to dress up. Were we harassing cross dresser's?

They are still doing ShellBack, but it has been scaled back a lot due to whiny little bitches that consider it harassment, fuck them, you don't have to go thru it!

[Bex]

What is shellback?

[_Richard_]

interesting that he was set to deploy the same month the videos were released publically

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Bex

What is shellback?

It's a ceremony that dates back centuries to test sailors when they crossed the equator, until you've been thru it, your a polywog, I'm a ShellBack

Originally Posted by _Richard_

interesting that he was set to deploy the same month the videos were released publically

Political Correctness Bull Shit. The captain of my submarine was pulling pranks all the time, I helped on some of them, it was always out of fun. Pisses me off that that happened to him. Having a more HUMAN captain is a good thing.