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The perp:

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

and once throwing wadded up paper at another sailor

Sweet heavens! What have we become. The Nazis would have ripped through a military like this like they ripped through Belgium.

[bcsco]

Among allegations not substantiated was one that she endangered the ship while allowing a drag-race between the Cowpens and the destroyer USS John S. McCain in February 2009.

Huh. Did McCain lose another race...?

[Moose4]

I never served, so I can't comment much on the "drag race" or her "abuse" of juniors, but this entry stuck out at me:

The report also found she used her office for personal gain _ that is, asked junior officers to play piano at her private Christmas party and to walk her dogs.

That's pretty out of the ordinary, I'd assume?

}:-)4

[central_va]

Product of W.I.M.P. Women in the Military Program

[wita]

A Navy captain was demoted

A demotion to most military folks means just that. If you were a Captain, you no longer are. I see no evidence of demotion, anywhere in the article. She lost command of a ship. A demotion ought to be in order, but would take different action than the IG report could accomplish, although the report could be evidence in the case against her, should demotion be sought by the Navy.

[tgusa]

related thread, different details:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2464025/posts

[ClearCase_guy]

Capt. Holly Graf was relieved of her command

She may be lying to cover up some of the details, but her sister Polly may know the truth.

[central_va]

You boys going to walk the dog?

[FatherofFive]

Graf assaulted subordinates (pushing one, grabbing another and once throwing wadded up paper at another sailor) and that she regularly verbally abused subordinates by publicly berating them, belittling them and using profane language

This happens in "Beetle Bailey" almost every day. Sarge is in trouble.

[pillut48]

Wasn’t this a Battlestar Galactica episode?!?

[marktwain]

Well, no more promotions for her. The complaints seem a little frivilous, but Captains are always under a microscope.

[pabianice]

AP is still run by morons. She was relieved of command, not demoted. Idiots.

[Slicksadick]

Interesting comments here...
http://www.susankatzkeating.com/2010/01/investigation-uncovers-truth-behind.html
I served under Captain Graf on the Cowpens and it was immediately evident that she is utterly incompetent and a raging tyrant. I personally witnessed her throw a coffee cup, toss a headset across CIC, and even tell someone she would kill them.

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Apparently Graf’s wrath was not merely directed at those who got on her bad side. the officer that she choked was the biggest yes-man onboard the Cowpens.

* * *
I served under her command on the USS Winston S Churchill (DDG-81). I have personally witnessed her Bi-polar mood swings, violent outburst and malicious treatment to her crew. Sorry guys, it was not just towards other officers, she included the enlisted crew AND a British naval officer. Most of us Churchillians find ourselves reminiscing about her psychotic reign, Not only do we have the bond of commissioning, we also have her.

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Items culled from a Top Ten list posted on my comments section:

#9. Grabbing a Royal Navy LT by the neck and dragging him to a bridge wing. Screaming at him “did you run my F-ing ship aground”

#8. Calling the XO the stupidest MFer she has ever seen.

#5. Throwing hand held radios at officers and crew.

#2. Fixing the deck log in Italy

#1. After a hurricane sortie, DESRON telling her, NO YOU ARE to return your ship to port immediately

[TribalPrincess2U]

I love happy endings.

[VaRepublican]

Three ribbons and esws or the officers equivalent and she was a capt?

[NavyCanDo]

Those damn stawberries did her in.

[Paperdoll]

Well shades of Nancy Pelosi!

[JPG]

“OK, Guys, time to get to work...if Captain Graf wants us to inventory the strawberries then we'll inventory the strawberries.”