Capt Honors' lawyer says the raunch video producer will not leave the Navy

[Stinky The Clown]

Honors' lawyer says ousted commander won't leave Navy

By Corinne Reilly
The Virginian-Pilot
© January 31, 2011

NORFOLK

Capt. Owen Honors intends to stay in the Navy and should not face further punishment for producing a series of controversial videos aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise because they were condoned by his superiors, Honors’ civilian lawyer said Monday.

In an interview with The Virginian-Pilot, attorney Charles Gittins contended that the videos were in line with standards for acceptable behavior at the time, and he said at least five Navy admirals who saw them never raised objections.

“If they violated standards so clearly, how could five admirals have missed that?” Gittins said.

But the admiral who fired Honors over the videos disagrees. Adm. John C. Harvey, who heads Fleet Forces Command, has recommended that Honors be discharged for cause, a Fleet Forces spokesman, Cmdr. Chris Sims, said Monday.

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More at this link:

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/01/honors-lawyer-says-ousted-commander-wont-leave-navy

[LiberalFighter]

1. If they violated standards so clearly, how could five admirals have missed that?

Because they didn't use good judgment?

It would suggest that those five admirals should be discharged if the aren't already gone.

[Tx4obama]

2. Retirement of admiral (Rear Adm. Rice) on hold in video inquiry

Retirement of admiral on hold in video inquiry

By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jan 13, 2011 11:36:06 EST

In an indication of just how seriously the Navy is taking the investigation into the racy shipboard videos aired four years ago aboard the carrier Enterprise, the scheduled Feb. 1 retirement of the ship’s captain at the time — now Rear Adm. Larry Rice — has been put on hold.

“His retirement has been deferred pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation,” Rear Adm. Denny Moynihan, chief of naval information at the Pentagon, said Thursday.

Rice, serving as director of strategy and policy for U.S. Joint Forces Command, would have brought a 31-year year career that included more than 3,700 flight hours in Navy fighter jets to a close next month. Instead, he will now report to Fleet Forces Command chief Adm. John Harvey, Moynihan said.

Harvey has launched an investigation into the production of the videos. Officials say it is focused on the actions of senior officers who at the time knew of the videos, and what they did or did not do in response.

Full article here: http://tinyurl.com/4f3m9b8

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Regarding the OP, it sounds to me like Honors' lawyer, Gittens, is a bit delusional.
Heads are gonna roll !!!

[Tx4obama]

3. Honors: In his own words

Honors: In his own words

Navy Times has obtained fired carrier commander Capt. Owen Honors’ statement to investigators, in which he said several of his superior officers were aware of, and in some cases, encouraged the shipboard videos that got him fired earlier this year.

The 15-page declaration is signed and dated Jan. 12, eight days after Adm. John Harvey, head of Fleet Forces Command, fired Honors for showing “exceptionally poor judgment” by producing and airing the videos, which occurred in 2006 and 2007 during his tour as executive officer aboard the carrier Enterprise.

Navy Times has also obtained Honors’ fitness reports from those two years. Both officers who commanded the carrier during Honors’ tour as XO gave him perfect scores and one referred to Honors as a “future flag officer.”
http://www.militarytimes.com/


Honors' 15-page declaration: http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/honors-declaration.pdf

Honors' fitness reports: http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/honors-fitrep.pdf

[Stinky The Clown]

4. That pretty much corroborates the story in the OP

The OP which you averred was poppycock.

[Tx4obama]

5. LOTS of comments on the CNN article link below

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/31/fired-navy-commander-my-bosses-knew-about-raunchy-videos/?hpt=Sbin