Navy Commander Fired Over ‘Relationships’

JJ_BPK · 08-24-2010, 07:32

This is one of the more interesting saga's of Inappropriate Relations I have read.

Cmdr Giese has only had the command for a 18 months yet: "more than just platonic, There were SEVERAL inappropriate relationships … of varying degrees, not all the same,"

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Navy Commander Fired Over ‘Relationships’
Navy Cmdr. Mary Ann L. Giese
August 23, 2010
Stars and Stripes|by Sandra Jontz

The head of the Navy telecommunications command in Bahrain has been fired following an investigation into allegations she was involved in inappropriate relationships with other sailors, officials said.

Cmdr. Mary Ann L. Giese, commander of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Bahrain, was relieved of her command on Saturday – a few days before she was scheduled to relinquish it anyway, according to Cmdr. Steve Mavica, spokesman for the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet.

The Navy's 5th Fleet Staff Judge Advocate office, based in Bahrain, conducted the investigation after receiving a complaint, Mavica said.

The relationships were "more than just platonic," he said. There were "several inappropriate relationships … of varying degrees, not all the same," he said.

Giese assumed command of NCTS Bahrain in January 2009 and had been slated to turn over her command on Thursday.

But Rear Adm. Edward Deets II, commander of Naval Network Warfare Command, felt her actions were significant enough to warrant removing her from command immediately, Mavica said.

Giese was to report to Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic. But she has now been assigned to administrative duties with Naval Support Activity Bahrain pending transfer from Bahrain.

No decision has been made of her next assignment, Mavica said.

Giese is the 13th Navy commanding officer to be relieved so far this year. Seventeen were fired in 2009.

Lt. Cmdr. Donald E. Hocutt, executive officer for NCTS Bahrain, has assumed command temporarily pending arrival of the permanent replacement.

Giese graduated in 1992 from the U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor's degree in computer science. She earned a master's in space systems operations from the Naval Postgraduate School, which she attended from 1998 to 2000, according to her online biography.

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I can see it now Barbara Walters as Col Jessep, Whoopi Goldberg as the Judge, and and Rosie O'Donnell as Lt Kaffee...

Quote:

Kaffee: Colonel Jessep, did you order the Code Red?!
Judge: You don't have to answer that question--
Jessep: I'll answer the question. You want answers?
Kaffee: I think I'm entitled.
Jessep: You want answers?!
Kaffee: I want the truth!
Jessep: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom! You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives! You don't want the truth, because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall! You need me on that wall! We use words like "honor", "code", "loyalty". We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline! I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I would rather you just said "Thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!
Kaffee: Did you order the Code Red?
Jessep: I did the job that—-
Kaffee: Did you order the Code Red?!
Jessep: You're goddamn right I did!!