“CDR Koffi reported in November 2009 as Damage Control Assistant in USS COWPENS (CG 63) Forward Deployed in the 7th Fleet AOR. During his tour, he led historical and unprecedented efforts to mitigate radiological contamination while USS COWPENS participated in OPERATION TOMADACHI, March-May 2011.”
That reminds me...
Anyone remember the “Sea Hag”?
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From 20 March 2008 to 13 January 2010, Graf was the commanding officer of the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG-63), based in Yokosuka, Japan.[1][9][10]
Relieved of command
On 13 January 2010, Graf was relieved of command of USS Cowpens by Rear Admiral Kevin Donegan, commander of Carrier Strike Group Five, as non-judicial punishment stemming from an admiral’s mast. The punishment followed an investigation which verified allegations of cruelty and maltreatment of her crew, and conduct unbecoming an officer. Graf was found to have violated articles 93 and 133 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice during her tenure as commanding officer of Cowpens. The investigation was initiated after multiple allegations and complaints of physical and verbal abuse were made to Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Navy Inspector General by members of the crew. Graf was subsequently replaced as the ship’s commanding officer by Captain Robert Marin.[8][9][11]
The report found that Graf frequently abused members of her crew verbally and physically, creating what one crew member described as “an environment of fear and hostility”...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Graf
I remember that with disgust. Having a lousy, incompetent, or mean CO is nothing new, but with the Navy’s putrid DEI push, they were determined to put women in charge of Naval warships.
That woman was a direct result of that stupidity.
I have never believed in allowing women in combat roles or on warships, but society has made the decision that it is the way they want to do it with no consideration to other factors such as impacts on mission readiness or morale. It is a done deal now.
This doesn’t mean women cannot be leaders, some of the best and most talented people I have worked with as a civilian have been female. But that particular woman, put there by that consequences-be-damned-at-all-costs attitude, was put where she never should have been.
She was the epitome of a DEI hire. And as I recall, there were plenty of indicators in the past that she was unsuitable.
The same attitude that got Lt. Kara Hultgreen killed. In her case, she may not have been a bad pilot, and would likely have been suitable for a number of other aircraft types, but the F-14 was a challenging plane to fly, and she was put there for one reason, and one reason only, to fulfill a DEI quota. She died because of it.