Navy Captain Owen Honors' Lewd Videos

The Navy said Sunday it will investigate "clearly inappropriate" videos broadcast to the crew of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay slurs, mimicked masturbation and opened the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together.

Capt. Owen Honors, the star of the videos made in 2006 and 2007, is a former Top Gun pilot who now commands the same ship, the Norfolk-based USS Enterprise, which was deployed in the Middle East at the time. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported on the videos in its Saturday editions and posted an edited version of one video on its website. In May, Honors was named commanding officer of the Enterprise.

CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports that the ship is scheduled to depart for the Middle East again in just weeks - but still in question is whether the ship's top officer will be on board.

The Virginian-Pilot reports that crew members complained about the videos when they were first broadcast, more then three years ago. Those who voiced complaints say they were brushed off. Honors appeared in the videos while he was the USS Enterprise's executive officer - the second in command - and they aired on the ship's closed-circuit television. Honors took over as the ship's commander in May.

It's not immediately known why the videos are surfacing now. The Virginian-Pilot quoted anonymous crew members who said they raised concerns aboard the ship about the videos when they aired, but they were brushed off. "Over the years I've gotten several complaints about inappropriate material during these videos, never to me personally but, gutlessly, through other channels," he said in the introduction to the video posted by the newspaper.

Navy spokesman Cmdr. Chris Sims said in a statement sent to The Associated Press that the videos "were not acceptable then and are not acceptable in today's Navy." Sims said U.S. Fleet Forces Command "has initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the production of these videos."

The Navy said Sunday it will investigate "clearly inappropriate" videos broadcast to the crew of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay slurs, mimicked masturbation and opened the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together.

Capt. Owen Honors, the star of the videos made in 2006 and 2007, is a former Top Gun pilot who now commands the same ship, the Norfolk-based USS Enterprise, which was deployed in the Middle East at the time. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported on the videos in its Saturday editions and posted an edited version of one video on its website. In May, Honors was named commanding officer of the Enterprise.

CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports that the ship is scheduled to depart for the Middle East again in just weeks - but still in question is whether the ship's top officer will be on board.

The Virginian-Pilot reports that crew members complained about the videos when they were first broadcast, more then three years ago. Those who voiced complaints say they were brushed off. Honors appeared in the videos while he was the USS Enterprise's executive officer - the second in command - and they aired on the ship's closed-circuit television. Honors took over as the ship's commander in May.

It's not immediately known why the videos are surfacing now. The Virginian-Pilot quoted anonymous crew members who said they raised concerns aboard the ship about the videos when they aired, but they were brushed off. "Over the years I've gotten several complaints about inappropriate material during these videos, never to me personally but, gutlessly, through other channels," he said in the introduction to the video posted by the newspaper.

The Navy said Sunday it will investigate "clearly inappropriate" videos broadcast to the crew of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay slurs, mimicked masturbation and opened the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together.

Capt. Owen Honors, the star of the videos made in 2006 and 2007, is a former Top Gun pilot who now commands the same ship, the Norfolk-based USS Enterprise, which was deployed in the Middle East at the time. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported on the videos in its Saturday editions and posted an edited version of one video on its website. In May, Honors was named commanding officer of the Enterprise.

CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports that the ship is scheduled to depart for the Middle East again in just weeks - but still in question is whether the ship's top officer will be on board.

The Virginian-Pilot reports that crew members complained about the videos when they were first broadcast, more then three years ago. Those who voiced complaints say they were brushed off. Honors appeared in the videos while he was the USS Enterprise's executive officer - the second in command - and they aired on the ship's closed-circuit television. Honors took over as the ship's commander in May.

It's not immediately known why the videos are surfacing now. The Virginian-Pilot quoted anonymous crew members who said they raised concerns aboard the ship about the videos when they aired, but they were brushed off. "Over the years I've gotten several complaints about inappropriate material during these videos, never to me personally but, gutlessly, through other channels," he said in the introduction to the video posted by the newspaper.

Navy spokesman Cmdr. Chris Sims said in a statement sent to The Associated Press that the videos "were not acceptable then and are not acceptable in today's Navy." Sims said U.S. Fleet Forces Command "has initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the production of these videos."

The Navy said Sunday it will investigate "clearly inappropriate" videos broadcast to the crew of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay slurs, mimicked masturbation and opened the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together.

Capt. Owen Honors, the star of the videos made in 2006 and 2007, is a former Top Gun pilot who now commands the same ship, the Norfolk-based USS Enterprise, which was deployed in the Middle East at the time. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported on the videos in its Saturday editions and posted an edited version of one video on its website. In May, Honors was named commanding officer of the Enterprise.

CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports that the ship is scheduled to depart for the Middle East again in just weeks - but still in question is whether the ship's top officer will be on board.

The Virginian-Pilot reports that crew members complained about the videos when they were first broadcast, more then three years ago. Those who voiced complaints say they were brushed off. Honors appeared in the videos while he was the USS Enterprise's executive officer - the second in command - and they aired on the ship's closed-circuit television. Honors took over as the ship's commander in May.

It's not immediately known why the videos are surfacing now. The Virginian-Pilot quoted anonymous crew members who said they raised concerns aboard the ship about the videos when they aired, but they were brushed off. "Over the years I've gotten several complaints about inappropriate material during these videos, never to me personally but, gutlessly, through other channels," he said in the introduction to the video posted by the newspaper.

Capt. Owen Honors, the star of the videos made in 2006 and 2007, is a former Top Gun pilot who now commands the same ship, the Norfolk-based USS Enterprise, which was deployed in the Middle East at the time. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported on the videos in its Saturday editions and posted an edited version of one video on its website. In May, Honors was named commanding officer of the Enterprise.

The Navy said Sunday it will investigate "clearly inappropriate" videos broadcast to the crew of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay slurs, mimicked masturbation and opened the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together.