US Navy bans YouTube movie
p2pnet news | Movies:- What’s described as a “lighthearted and positive depiction of the service of women officers and sailors aboard aircraft carriers and in Navy squadrons” has been banished from YouTube.
Shot aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, it shows Sailors using safety equipment inappropriately, a Navy spokesman said, according to military.com.
Women of CVN76: ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much was the work of an unnamed airman and included, “fleeting shots of the door to the ship’s nuclear power plant and of a Sailor dancing while wearing a full-body radiation suit,” says the story, going on:
Both could alarm Navy nuclear-propulsion officials, who are sensitive about security. Under Pentagon rules, images of any part of a ship’s nuclear plant cannot be shown to foreign nationals.
Nothing in the video – which was posted May 23 – compromised operational security, but officials were worried about the ‘lack of propriety’ involving the safety equipment, said Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a spokesman for the San Diego-based Naval Air Forces command.
The Navy has counseled the airman who produced it, the San Francisco Chronicle has Lieutenant Commander Charlie Brown (No – Really 
) saying.
“Set to a tune by country singer Shania Twain, the theme is that women serving aboard the Reagan can do the same jobs as men,” says the story, adding: “Until 1994, the Pentagon barred women from serving on combat ships.”
Also See:
military.com – Navy Pulls YouTube Video Made by Airman, August 20, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle – Navy pulls YouTube video shot abroad aircraft carrier, August 18, 2007
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August 20th, 2007 at 11:39 am
I was disappointed to read this. It was one of several videos from members of the Navy on various ships. I showed a crew that had good morale, and worked well with each other.
August 20th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
they could get in to a lot of trouble for this. all media has to be approved before it is released to the press(so no military secret is revealed) e.g floor layouts of ships on the walls or lanch codes shown on computers. the crew should have done the same.
why did they think that posting video set in or showing possibly the most highly restricted classified areas of the ship would be ok?