He Was Fired Over His Videos, But Capt. Owen Honors Did The Right Thing -- Bruce Fleming, Washington Post
The military's mission is to exert force and possibly kill people. It cannot work within the rules of civilian office culture.
The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise spent six months deployed in 2006, loading ordnance and flying sorties for two bloody wars. During that period and in 2007, the ship's second-in-command made and showed to his troops a series of goof videos about the challenges of carrying out the mission in a confined, deprived, inescapable space. Capt. Owen Honors made jokes about masturbation, sex in the showers and over-reliance on the f-bomb. He used coarse words for gay people. The videos came to light last weekend, and on Tuesday, amid escalating news coverage and outcry, the Navy removed Honors from his command.
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My Comment: Greg Jaffe .... also of the Washington Post .... makes an analysis on the big picture.
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