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Of their bargaining rights. and now to the punishments being handed out after a lengthy investigation into those controversial videos made on a u.s. aircraft carrier. >> john hendren has the details in washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, peggy and mike. the navy found 25 raunchy videos were made aboard the "uss enterprise" and concluded senior officers fell far short of the standards the navy holds for professional behavior and conduct. from ship to shore, it was a natio...

The navy down at norfolk where the aircraft carrier on which captain honors served as commander, the announcement from norfolk is that captain honors has been relieved of his command of the enterprise which is headed to the war zone of afghanistan. in a conversation we had earlier today with a former navy rear admiral and former head of navy public affairs, he said in a time of war like this, this is a kind of distraction that this crew does not need. >> the key point here is this ship is about ...

This evening, we have some different chicks in the shower. >>shepard: he due. the virginia pilot newspaper over the weekend exposed the videos. our national security correspondent is with the news from the pentagon now. jennifer, what happened to the captain honors, what is permanently relieved mean? out forever? >>reporter: that is that he is permanently relieved of position at commander of the uss enterprise and will not deploy with them in mid-january. he has been reassigned to administration...

Its not acceptable now. when you look at captain honors what has to happen at this point is the investigation should be allowed to run its course. not only with him, but also with the senior officers that were in command of the ship, the admiral and his staff above him that clearly probably knew this was going on, and other admirals. i learned this evening there may be as many as six admirals under investigation by the navy that had knowledge of what went on. the question that needs to be asked ...

Being interpreted by people who have no idea what water hours are. do you get the sense from people in the pentagon theres a by of chagrin about how frequently this kind of humor makes its way on board and this is the one thats landing this captain in hot water? >> theres humor, and then theres humor. what were being told by senior military officials is they are aware these videos have been made over the years, and quite frankly, you can go on youtube and see quite a few of them, but in this ter...

Worldwide. theyre not chosen lightly. 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. and i dont think its going to affect his overall career and nor should it. >> you know, to jeff, let me ask you, first, do you agree that he should keep his command, having seen this video? and second, if this same behavior were undertaken by the ceo of a major public company and the board of directors were looking ...

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Looking at this video, what would the appropriate response by the board of directors be? and is that relevant in the context of the navy? >> i think it is relevant and a i think a ceo who did this would probably be fired. and i think that would be the likely result here. and i think its important to say, its a tragedy. because, you know, this captain honors, from all that we can tell, has served his country well and bravely for decades. he has this enormously important job, responsible for thous...

Deployment likely to be with focus on mission and appropriate leadership. >> and ultimately captain honors is being relieved not only because of these videos but because essentially after navy leadership saw these videos they determined he probably lacked the proper judgment and leadership to take that aircraft carrier over into that war zone. unfortunately for captain honors, who up until now has had a pretty stellar career, this will signal the end of his naval career. >> hes had support onlin...

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