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Navy Captain Assaulted Crew, Report Says

March 05, 2010
Associated Press
WASHINGTON --- A Navy captain lost her command because she berated and assaulted her crew, not because she led her guided missile cruiser on a drag-race with another U.S. warship in the Pacific, an investigation shows.

Capt. Holly Graf was relieved of command of the cruiser USS Cowpens after an investigation substantiated crew allegations that she was abusive and used her position for personal gain, naval officials said Thursday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.

Graf did not immediately answer an e-mail. A message on her phone said the number had been changed, disconnected or was not in service.

A Navy inspector general report said investigators had substantiated that 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.

The allegations were called in to a Navy hotline and covered March 2008 to July 2009. The report was issued in December, she was relieved of her command on Jan. 19 and on Thursday was awaiting new orders, one official said.

Graf once ordered a subordinate to stand in a "timeout" in a corner in front of the full watch team, which he complained to investigators was demeaning to him, according to the report.

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.

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.

Four witnesses described the 2009 race off of Okinawa, but they differed on how close the two vessels came to each other before the race was halted.

One sailor said that during the race, aimed at boosting morale, the McCain got ahead of the Cowpens and began drifting to the left into the path of the Cowpens. Though the report did not question that the race took place, it said the allegation of "hazarding a vessel" was unsubstantiated.

"In order to show that (she) improperly hazarded the USS Cowpens, the evidence must show that an actual event occurred in which the ship was lost or damaged, or that there was a situation in which the ship was placed in imminent danger of loss or serious damage" and that she did it willfully, the inspector general said.

One of the officials, who has many years of sea duty, said races on the open seas are not uncommon and are done to bolster morale or as a kind of maneuver drill.

MuskratSusie · Mar 15, 2010

And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't mourn, rejoice everytime you hear the sound of my voice. Just know that, I'm lookin' down on you smilin', and I didn't feel a thing. So baby, don't feel no pain, just smile back.

MuskratSusie · Mar 15, 2010

When I'm Gone - Eminem

Yeah
It's my life
My own words I guess

Have you ever loved someone so much
You'd give an arm for
Not the expression, no
Literally give an arm for
When they know they're your heart
And you know you are their armor
And you will destroy anyone who would try to harm her
But what happens when karma
Turns right around and bites you
And everything you stand for turns on you to spite you
What happens when you become the main source of her pain
"Daddy look what I made"
"Dad's gotta go catch a plane"
"Daddy where's mommy?
I can't find mommy, where is she?"
"I don't know, go play, Hailie baby, your daddy's busy
Daddy's writing a song, this song ain't gon write itself"
I give you one underdog, and you gotta swing by yourself
Then turn right around in that song and tell her you love her
And put hands on her mother who's the spittin image of her
That's Slim Shady, yeah baby Slim Shady's crazy
Shady made me
But tonight, Shady's rock-a-bye baby

And when I'm gone
Just carry on
Don't mourn, rejoice everytime you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that
I'm lookin down on you smilin
And I didn't feel a thing
So baby, don't feel no pain
Just smile back

I keep havin this dream
I'm pushin Hailie on a swing
She keeps screamin
She don't want me to sing
"You're makin mommy cry
Why, why is mommy cryin"
"Baby, daddy ain't leavin no more"
"Daddy you're lyin
You always say that
You always say this is the last time
But you ain't leavin no more daddy, you're mine"
She's pilin boxes in front of the door tryin to block it
"Daddy please, daddy, don't leave, daddy, no, stop it"
Goes in her pocket
Pulls out a tiny necklace locket
It's got a picture
"This will keep you safe daddy, take it with ya"
I look up, it's just me standin in the mirror
These _ walls must be talkin, cause man I can hear em
They're sayin, "you got one more chance to do right
And it's tonight
Now go out and show em that you love em 'fore its too late"
And just as I go to walk out of my bedroom door
It turns to a stage, they're gone
And the spotlight is on and I'm singin

And when I'm gone
Just carry on
Don't mourn, rejoice everytime you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that
I'm lookin down on you smilin
And I didn't feel a thing
So baby, don't feel no pain
Just smile back

Sixty thousand people all jumpin out their seat
The curtain closes, they're throwin roses at my feet
I take a bow, and thank you all for comin out
They're screamin so loud, I take one last look at the crowd
I glance down, I don't believe what I'm seein
"Daddy, its me, help mommy, her wrists are bleedin"
But baby we're in Sweden
How did you get to Sweden?
"I followed you daddy
You told me that you weren't leavin
You lied to me dad
And now you made mommy sad
And I bought you this coin, it says number one dad
That's all I wanted
I just want to give you this coin"
"I get this point"
"Fine, me and mommy are goin"
"But baby wait-"
"It's too late dad, you made your choice
Now go out there and show em that you love em more than us
That's what they want
They want you, Marshall
They keep screamin your name
It's no wonder you can't go to sleep
Just take another pill
Yeah I bet you you will!
You rap about
Yeah word, kid keep it real"
I hear a pause
All this time I couldn't see
How could it be
That the curtain is closin on me
I turn around, find a gun on the ground
_ it, put it to my brain
Scream Die Shady!, and pop it
The sky darkens
My life flashes
The plane that I was supposed to be on crashes
And burns to ashes
That's when I wake up
Alarm clock's ringing
There's birds singin
It's spring and
Hailie's outside swingin
I walk right up to Kim and kiss her
Tell her I miss her
Hailie just smiles and winks at her little sister
Almost as if to say..

And when I'm gone
Just carry on
Don't mourn, rejoice everytime you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that
I'm lookin down on you smilin
And I didn't feel a thing
So baby, don't feel no pain
Just smile back

Dommiekazommie · Mar 15, 2010

Humble

PrincessInOz · Mar 15, 2010

The other place I contemplated staying at was Hotel Du Vieux. This one is much more centrally located and was booked out when I wanted to go.

MuskratSusie · Mar 15, 2010

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(\(")(") bunny!!!!!!!!!

MuskratSusie · Mar 15, 2010

(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")
^^^^^
"Bunny"

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