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.
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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
That one might of been a morale booster.
Yeah, she sounds like a completely out of hand Officer. If the article had made mention of any of these complaints, I probably wouldn’t have posted.
Now with these added incidents, I can agree that she deserved removal. The initial accusations mentioned above seemed trivial and whiny. If the woman had mental issues, it was about time they removed her.
I’ve worked under some idiotic C.O.s before but that’s brutal.