Hmmm. Let's see who runs with this......
LMAO! I had 28 years in the Navy (including two tours in Vietnam). Kerry's record is one of "entirely satisfactory in present grade" (LTJG). Had he not had mentors who wanted to suck-up to this future member of Congress, he would have been passed over for O-3 and properly dumped out of the Navy. That they allowed him to award himself purple hearts and combat medals for scratches and then early-out of Vietnam for a cushy staff job is to the Navy's shame.