According to CBS News, national security correspondent David Martin reports on the demotion of Naval Capt. Holly Graf for reported cruelty and maltreatment of her crew.

She was found guilty back in January of 2010 for two Uniform Code of Military Justice Charges... Such as: conduct unbecoming an officer and also cruelty and maltreatment. There is a 50 page report that crew members said when being interviewed about the investigation.

On one occasion according to stripes.com, a female crew member asked Graf if she considered herself a mentor, Graf responded, “Don’t come to me with your problems, you’re a [expletive] department head.” The same crew member wrote that Graf later threatened her by saying, “I can’t express how mad you make me without getting violent.”

Another crew member said Graf commonly asked her bridge watch team, “What are you, [expletive] stupid?” Graf regularly berated both officers and senior-ranking chief petty officers in front of enlisted sailors, contributing to a lack of respect for the chain of command, the report found.

Graf’s abusive behavior began prior to her Cowpens command, according to the report. While a commander aboard the USS Winston Churchill in 2003, a sailor informed her that the weather was too poor to recover a helicopter onboard. “I thought you flew a [expletive] all-weather aircraft,” said Graf, according to the report. “Now [expletive] me to tears.”

What is interesting is that this kind of thing goes on all the time, in fact don't men do it??? Maybe she was found guilty to set an example for other Captains....

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JM in San Diego CA wrote on March 12, 2010

Title: She's a Bad Actor I was in and around the US Navy continuously for 46 years. I had 21 years Active Duty, then 20 as a Contractor and finally five as a Civil Servant. I've seen the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. This one sounds like a new category: The Crazy. Profanity is common enough in the Navy, but it fades out as the members get older, more mature and better able to express themselves. This woman's vile, seemingly out-of-control demeanor is so extreme as to be off the charts. I probably heard profanity a half dozen times from various Commanding Officers over my years and it was usually followed by a calm approach to whatever needed to be done (or undone). For the Navy to have relieved her so publicly, she needed relieving, and I think she shouldn't have been where she was. report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +0

MM wrote on March 06, 2010

Title: ... Yes, men do it all the time and they too get fired all the time. I served on the Churchill in '03 and can't believe she actually lasted this long. CO's come and go. report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +0