Okay, folks, I admit I've been pretty sarcastic about the Holly Graf debacle. That's because sarcasm is the default tone for situations so outrageous, so egregious, so downright over the top, that the only thing you can do is turn on the snark.
However... things have taken an even stranger turn. It's time to adopt a serious tone. Time magazine has published an article asking if Holly Graf - whose abusive behavior has been legend within the Navy for many long years - is the victim of sexism.
The scores of people who have emailed me and commented on this blog assure me the opposite it true. Perhaps Graf is the beneficiary of reverse sexism, wherein her disturbing behavior was ignored and enabled because her superiors were afraid to challenge an approved female; but she was not the victim of sexism.
I am the first to spot and call out the sexists amongst us. But I stand for fairness - not set-asides, legs-up, or special standards. My correspondents appreciate this. Male and female alike, they have thanked me and MilitaryCorruption.com for staying on this case and calling it like it is.
Wrote one woman:
"If not for the MilitaryCorruption.com site and you, Holly Graf's crimes would have been swept under the rug, and she would have been promoted to the highest possible level of troublemaking."
And, to continue my commitment to fairness, I must give primary credit to the folks at MilitaryCorruption.com. They did yeoman's work, with plenty of original reporting on this story. I assure you all: We got it right. Holly Graf had to go.
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People in the Navy are talking about you. You are a hero. Thank you for YOUR service to the hardworking men AND women of the US Navy. God bless you Susan.
I will second that! 3 cheers for Susan and her hard work here (for us).
Susan---time for a vacation! You've worked really hard and you deserve some time off!
Aww.... Thanks, guys! I appreciate it! Rich, I'd love a vacation... but I'd have to take my laptop with me, hee hee... Sorry to hear about the FUBAR you went through at Travis. I was crewchief on the B-52 at the museum there, and was publicity director. The base was very near where I lived/worked when I was editor of Dixon Tribune. I loved the base - but bad apples can bob up anywhere, as you well know. Thanks for stopping by, and thank you for your service to our country.
In my opinion, gender is no excuse in either direction. That is why people in military refer to each other with surnames.
If CAPT Graf has screwed it all it up, it is only herself to blame. Not her gender nor that of her victims.
Exactly. It's not about being a woman in the Navy. It's about being a Naval officer. Period.
http://jobs.politico.com/c/job.cfm?site_id=8599&jb=6593417
Position Title: Director of Development
Company Name: Armed Forces Foundation
Non-germane comment, but someone out there might be interested
"Give 'em enough rope and they'll hang themselves". USN senior leaders promoted and selected her way up...gave her lots of "rope". Good job, Holly...you hanged yourself.
No kidding!
I thought that Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Mark Thompson from TIME magazine, did a great job reporting on the Captain Graf situation in 3 separate articles. It took a while to gather sufficient people willing to be quoted on the record but we got there.
Heads up... retention board convenes tomorrow at 0900
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