Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Navy Captain To Lose Command Of The USS Enterprise



Aircraft Carrier Commander To Be Relieved Of Duty After Airing Explicit Videos -- FOX News

Capt. Owen Honors will be relieved of duty Tuesday as commander of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise after he broadcast sexually charged videos taken aboard the ship, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News.

Navy officials said Honors will not be kicked out of the service, though it is possible later on, pending results of a longer investigation, that he could be asked to leave the Navy. It's also possible he'll be reassigned without any possibility of promotion, effectively ending his career. In that scenario it is likely he would decide to retire.

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More News On The Termination Of The Command For Capt. Owen Honors Of The USS Enterprise

Official: Navy officer to be relieved of command -- Yahoo News/AP
Navy Captain to Lose Command Over Videos -- New York Times
Capt. Owen Honors Says Superior Officers Were Unaware of Crude Skits -- ABC News
Navy Expected to Fire Captain Over Videos -- Wall Street Journal
Navy Captain Owen Honors 'to lose post for lewd videos' -- BBC
Navy officer to be relieved of his command, defense official says -- CNN
Gay groups praise Navy's condemnation of videos -- Washington Post
Ex-Enterprise Sailor Defends Videos, Captain -- CBS News
Who is Capt. Owen Honors? -- ABC News
Judging Captain Honors -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine

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