The Navy let Cher perform on ship in ‘89. It’s regretted it ever since

[rangerrebew]

The Navy let Cher perform on ship in ‘89. It’s regretted it ever since
By Claire Barrett
 Thursday, Oct 20

 
The USS Missouri has borne witness to some of modern military history’s most monumental events, but its role in one affair involving Cher gyrating in a fishnet G-string left the Navy blushing over the “Mighty Mo.”

In 1945, after the mammoth 45,000-ton battleship helped defeat the Axis powers in hallowed places such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and his glum-faced delegation surrendered aboard the ship. In 1950, it was the first American battleship to slice through Korean waters.

And in 1989, the Navy, flush with the notion that a singer, songwriter and actress of Cher’s caliber would aid in recruiting numbers, permitted the singer to film the music video of her latest hit, “If I Could Turn Back Time,” on the storied ship in front of throngs of eager, cheering sailors.

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2022/10/20/the-navy-let-cher-perform-on-ship-in-89-its-regretted-it-ever-since/

[rangerrebew]

My son was promoted to Lt. j.g. on the bridge of the Missouri.

[Smokin Joe]

The guns that were once active off the coast of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were suddenly being ridden by a bare-bottomed Goddess of Pop.

The final version of the video (portions of the final video were re shot) had her in dungarees and t-shirt on the guns, not the outfit she did most of the video in.

If the Navy has a problem with wardrobe requirements, they should work that out in advance of the shoot. From the looks on the faces of the guys in the background, they had no problem...
It seems the horror is reserved primarily for the Brass, and not the ratings.
Some things just don't change.
(From an old WWI era song: Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder or a private with a chicken on your knee?)

Despite her politics, I still like the song.