Washington (CNN) -- As the Navy investigates how a series of raunchy videos, full of sexual innuendo and anti-gay remarks, were produced and shown to a crew while on deployment, some are at odds about whether the high-ranking Navy officer in question should keep his position.
Excerpts from the videos and descriptions of their content were first published Saturday by The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk, Virginia.
The videos on the paper's website, reviewed by CNN, feature a man identified by two Navy officials and The Virginian-Pilot as Capt. Owen Honors, who at the time was the executive officer, or second-in-command, of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He recently took command of the carrier, winning one of the most coveted assignments in the U.S. Navy, which has only 11 aircraft carriers.
Kirk Lippold, former commanding officer of the USS Cole that was attacked by al Qaeda while stationed in Yemen, said on CNN's "Parker Spitzer" Monday night that the Navy is "very careful and judicious" when selecting executive officers who later become commanding officers of aircraft carriers.
"He has 27 years of experience in the Navy, and quite frankly he should not be judged on what is a one-time, poor, lack of judgment in doing this," Lippold said, referring to Honors. "I don't think it's going to affect his overall career, and nor should it". CNN
