Navy <strike>semen</strike> seaman unwelcomed in the age of post-DADT

Flopping Aces ^ | 01-04-10 | Wordsmith

[Starman417]

Honor, seen here reading a racy magazine, took over as the ship's commander in May. Several times in the film, he cautions that captain and admiral of the ship are not responsible for the film's content. / AP

♫♪♪In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy
Come on now, people, make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
Can't you see we need a hand♫♪♪
-The Village People

So apparently Navy Capt. Owen Honors has been relieved of his command. But why now? 4 years after the fact?

It is not clear why the videos are surfacing only now, or whether high-ranking Navy officials were aware of the videos earlier and decided to promote Honors to the USS Enterprise's top job despite their content. But once the Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported on the videos Saturday and published an edited version on the Internet, the Navy moved quickly to condemn the videos and launch an investigation.

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The videos surfaced less than two weeks after President Obama signed legislation repealing the military's longstanding ban on openly gay service members.

I don't know what "gay slurs" were used in the video; and maybe the video was in "poor taste" (and maybe it was a "morale booster"/boredom reliever for most of those serving); and maybe it was an exercise of "poor judgment" (how can you not see the potential for the easily offended and political correctness posse to make a big stink of this?) and not fitting of an XO; but in a time of war, given the totality of the captain's honorable service record, was relieving him of his command really the necessary, appropriate reprimand? Was this such a serious "lapse of good judgment" that his qualifications of leadership are now completely null and void?

[humblegunner]

Your affinity for posting threads from a single source is noted,
as well as your habit of never posting comments.

Now it seems you are fond of semen as well.

[Starman417]

yawn