Owen Honors
US NAvy officer
Owen Paul Honors Jr., (born 1961) is a retired United States Navy captain who served as commanding officer of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise before being relieved of his command due to videos he had made and shown aboard the same vessel while he was serving as executive officer.
Early life and education
Honors, the son of Owen Paul Honors Sr., was born and raised in Clay, New York. He graduated from Cicero High School in 1979. In 1983, Honors graduated with a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy. He then went on to obtain a master of arts degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
Military career
Designated a Naval Aviator in September 1985, Honors completed initial F-14 training with the "Grim Reapers" of VF-101. Honors was then assigned to the "Be-Devilers" of VF-74, and deployed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-60) to the Mediterranean Sea. During this tour, he attended U.S. Naval Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) and was selected to attend U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, graduating in 1990. His tour was completed at the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate in Patuxent River, Maryland, in the carrier suitability department.
On 4 June 1992 Owens suffered minor injuries when his T-45A Goshawk training jet skidded off the runway.
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