Five Navy Bases Join Sales Ban on 2 Live Crew

The Marine Corps isn’t the only U.S. military branch in Southern California to restrict the sale of rap group 2 Live Crew’s sexually explicit album “As Nasty As They Wanna Be.”

Following the lead last week of Marine officials at Camp Pendleton near Oceanside, U.S. Navy officials confirmed today that five naval bases in the San Diego area have been instructed to stop selling the album.

Chief Petty Officer Martin Wicklund, a spokesman for the Naval Basecin San Diego, said the Fleet Support Office (the agency that oversees all Navy exchange operations in San Diego) has directed base commanding officers to remove the Miami rappers’ controversial “Nasty” album, as well as all other 2 Live Crew recordings.

The decision covers exchange outlets at Miramar, North Island, Naval Station San Diego, the Naval Training Center and the Naval Outlying Landing Field at Imperial Beach.

But, as of today, the album was still available to sailors in Long Beach and San Francisco.

Lt. Cmdr. Steven Chesser, a spokesman for the Long Beach Naval Station, said the Long Beach exchange officer has not been instructed to remove the album.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Erik Erickson, head of media relations for the Naval Base in San Francisco, said none of the 17 major naval installations in the San Francisco area have been directed to remove the album.