There is a rather stunning article in today’s Navy Times regarding the relief of USS Cowpens (CG-63) CO, CAPT Holly Graf.
I wonder if this occasion will be the celebrated milestone trumpeted by a December 2008 post here.
Regardless, there is one paragraph in the NT article which should do much more than raise eyebrows. It should drive an investigation from SECNAV level or higher:
Her continuing into a job to which she had already been assigned is unusual for a Navy captain who has been relieved; many fired COs are assigned to the staff of their parent command and their careers effectively ended.
The obvious question is whether a male counterpart would have had the benefit of such “unusual” consideration. Methinks the COs of Port Royal, Greenville, Hartford, et. al., would be inclined to think not.
It seems, Admiral Roughead, to quote a famous band leader, “You got some ‘splainin’ to do!”
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UPDATE (20090304) on relief of CAPT Holly Graf:
The Inspector General’s Report Part 1 and Part 2. (h/t to Lex)
Apparently CAPT Graf is no longer headed to her follow-on duty station. Interesting TIME Magazine article.
