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Censured for Enterprise videos, Capt. Honors seeks public support
NORFOLK (AP) -- A Navy captain who has been censured for producing raunchy videos while he served aboard the USS Enterprise is hoping public support can keep him from being discharged.
Capt. Owen P. Honors Jr. is seeking letters of support on a Website ahead of a formal board of inquiry that will determine whether he engaged in misconduct or sub-standard performance as executive officer aboard the carrier.
Honors was the aircraft carrier's No. 2 officer when he helped produce and appeared in the series of videos that aired on the ship's closed-circuit TV station between October 2005 and December 2007.
Honors was relieved of command this January shortly before a planned deployment after Navy leaders learned about the videos from media reports. Honors said the videos were intended to boost morale.
"I, like most of you, remain shocked and disappointed that actions that occurred over six years ago intended solely to motivate and educate ENTERPRISE's hard-working adult Sailors has led to this reaction by Navy leadership. I have loved serving my country, my Navy, and my Sailors and I want the opportunity to continue to serve honorably in the United States Navy," Honors wrote on his website.
The Navy's investigation found Honors produced at least 25 videos with inappropriate scenes, including anti-gay slurs, sailors of both genders shown in shower scenes and vulgar language. Other videos made references to prostitution in foreign ports, eating excrement and drinking urine, and simulated rectal exams. In one video, Honors acknowledged receiving complaints about their content, but continued making them.
Honors' website asks members of the public and the military to fill out surveys that will be submitted to his attorney ahead of the board meeting. In a letter Honors' posted on his site, he said the support was crucial.
Honors' attorney, Charles Gittins, did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press.
Among other things, the surveys ask whether the respondent was offended by the videos Honors showed. The Navy has made each of them public for viewing on a website.
http://captowenhonors.com/