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Military.com|by Christian Lowe
 

The Navy has permanently removed the skipper of the aircraft carrier Enterprise and replaced him with a top officer in the service's cyber warfare office.
The commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Adm. John C. Harvey Jr., relieved Enterprise skipper Capt. Owen Honors after videos he produced four years ago during his deployment as the carrier's executive officer were posted online this week. Harvey said Honors showed "extremely poor judgment" in the videos that included anti-gay slurs and sexual innuendo. (Warning: Video may be offensive to some viewers.)
"While Capt. Honors' performance as commanding officer of USS Enterprise has been without incident, his profound lack of good judgment and professionalism while previously serving as executive officer on Enterprise calls into question his character and completely undermines his credibility to continue to serve effectively in command," Harvey said in a statement.
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Officials have assigned Capt. Dee Mewbourne, former skipper of the USS Eisenhower and most recently the chief of staff for Navy Cyber Forces, to be the new commander of the Enterprise. The aircraft carrier is due to deploy in the coming weeks.

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