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Say goodnight to Captain Owen Honors. The Navy fired him Tuesday afternoon over the lewd comedy videos made by the commander of the U.S.S. Enterprise when he was its executive officer several years ago. And some in the Navy community can’t quite believe that a media scandal brought down a promising officer.

Honors didn’t lose his career over something he did in his current command. He made his videos — complete with