Owen Honors is the navy officer who was demoted yesterday after videos he made a few years ago surfaced in the media. The videos used sexually suggestive language, gay slurs, and other offensive material.
Today's Washington Post discusses his fate - as well as the Navy's "Shellback Ceremony" which involves - surprise, surprise - a huge diaper.
"Other former Navy officers acknowledged that ribald humor, similar in nature to the sexual innuendo in Honors's videos, is a storied part of Navy tradition. For decades ships have held elaborate "Shellback" ceremonies for sailors making their first trip across the equator. These rituals typically have involved young sailors in drag and licking grape jelly from the belly button of a fat sailor who is dressed in an oversized diaper.
Don't ask, don't tell!
The Navy has made periodic efforts to clamp down on the Shellback initiations, urging commanders to dispense with belly-licking and "beauty contests" in which male sailors dress up as women. Navy commanders also have begun to play a more prominent role in monitoring the shipboard ceremonies to ensure that sailors aren't offended."
Don't ask, don't tell!
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