Navy Secretary censures officers over lewd videos

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Secretary of the Navy has issued a censure letter to the captain who produced and starred in a series of raunchy videos shown to thousands of sailors aboard the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier.

Three other high-ranking officers were also issued censured letters today. The letters have the potential to hinder the officers’ careers.

Capt. Owen P. Honors Jr. was the nuclear-powered carrier’s No. 2 officer when he aired the videos on the ship’s closed-circuit TV station between 2005 and 2007.

A Navy investigation found Honors had produced at least 25 videos with inappropriate scenes.

Rear Adms. Ron Horton and Larry Rice, both former commanders of the Enterprise, and Honors’ successor on the Enterprise, Capt. John Dixon, received the other censure letters.