Kerry Sandbagged Into Releasing Bad Performance Report From Navy Service In Vietnam.

The Smoking Gun ^ | U.S. Navy

[MindBender26]

John Kerry has just released his "Officer's Fitness Report" from his service in Vietnam. Kerry officials, with no knowledge of military operations, think the report is laudatory. In reality, it is disasterous.

Back in the Vietnam days, officers’ ratings were vastly inflated. To even be considered for promotion or a better assignment, an officer needed top grades in all categories. For example, in his book Colin Powell described how a dispute between his wife and his division commander’s wife led to one mark in one category out of 14 being less than perfect, and how, until it was corrected by a general further up the chain of command, it would have stopped Powell at one star.

Back then, the verbal descriptions of an officer’s service were always laudatory, and virtually meaningless. Many raters used standard paragraphs to describe every subordinate from a future member of the Joint Chiefs to “Beatle Bailey with gold bars” in glowing terms.

The actual rating was effectively “coded” into the comparative section. There a Navy officer was rated in 16 categories such as “Loyalty,” Judgment,” “Courage,” Personal Behavior,” etc. Each officer would receive one of nine rankings, ranging from “Exceptional” to “One of the Top Few,” “Above the Majority,” down to “Unsatisfactory” in each of those 16 categories. Anything less than perfect in any of the 16 categories was a clear indication of an undesirable officer.

Remember, these rankings were highly inflated, with at least 60% of the officers having perfect rankings in all 16 categories. Most of the others would receive one ranking less than perfect in one category…. and their careers were effectively over.

Lt. Kerry received only 6 of 16 rankings in the highest category. The remaining marks for “Judgment” was one step down and 9 of the 16 other marks were two steps down. When ranking these Efficiency Reports arithmetically, when one “down point” could end a career, Kerry had 19 “down points.”

Is there any wonder why the Navy had no objection to his early return from Vietnam and his subsequent early removal from the service. They wanted him away from the guns, where he couldn’t hurt Americans.

The Kerry Clowns tell us their man is fit to run the military and protect us. They are proven wrong for at least three reasons:

1. Kerry’s prior anti-US statements shown to be lies.

2. Kerry’s poor military performance, as shown in this report released today.

3. The lack of the senior staff’s knowledge as to what this report really means, and how it further diminishes his campaign…. and his stature, such as it is.

[MindBender26]

Hmmm. Let's see who runs with this......

[Maceman]

Hmmm. Let's see who runs with this......

Can you say . . . NOBODY?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Mainstream media has a stamp, FREE PASS. Believe it is inked and ready.

[Numbers Guy]

Kerry officials, with no knowledge of military operations, think the report is laudatory.

Thanks for the explanation. The question is whether the mainstream press is going to be concerned with the relatively low ranking. My fear is that they won't be.

[Dog Gone]

Now this is interesting!

[eyespysomething]

well, Brit Hume will, and maybe Rush, but not many more than that.

[Peach]

The metrosexual has not succeeded at anything except marrying wealthy women and getting re-elected as a liberal in liberaland.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Get your Kerry spin decoder ring right here...

[Russ]

But a Bush fitness report like that and the media would be burning the airways with the data...

[OldFriend]

I suspected he was correct in saying the Navy suggested he be relieved of active duty.

[blanknoone]

I glanced at Kerry's records and thought the same thing. However, my experience is much more recent (90's) and in the Army as opposed to Navy. Any Vietnam era Navy vets care to shed light on evaluation inflation during the period?

[MindBender26]

>"marrying wealthy women"

Not a category usually ranked on a young officer's OER.

[MEG33]

O'Neill?

[Protagoras]

Who wote this? Not the report, the commentary.

[mewzilla]

...well, Brit Hume will, and maybe Rush, but not many more than that.

No big deal :) This is the age of the internet. Who needs the lamestream media anymore?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Mainstream media has a stamp, BASH BUSH always inked and ready.

[MindBender26]

Moi

[aculeus]

Who wote this? Not the report, the commentary.

My bet: our friendly poster.

[Quilla]

I work with a Navy Vietnam veteran. He's on a run to the beach and may be doing just a tad of sightseeing (Spring Break and all). I'll ask him when he returns to the office.

[skinkinthegrass]

HA!HA!HA!...LOL!...What we have here is folks..."Some village has losted its' Idiot"...Alert. :))