Right! It doesn't change the fact that out of 23 of his "brothers", 19 say he is unfit for command, and only 2 actually support him.
"Right! It doesn't change the fact that out of 23 of his "brothers", 19 say he is unfit for command, and only 2 actually support him."
Its even better than that. The 19 were his peers, all swift boat commanders of officer rank.
To avoid any confusion, which still seems to exist, we are talking about two Bands of Brothers. Kerry's Band of Brothers consists of the enlisted personnel who served under him on the two boats he commanded. Of the 10 or so enlisted (5 enlisted crew per boat), one is against Kerry and most of the others are for him. Rassman, a green beret who was on Kerry's boat when he fell overboard, is a new member of the group.
The second and much larger Band of Brothers are fellow officers who skippered other PCFs at the same time as Kerry as well as his superior offiers and enlisted personnel. The picture of Kerry and the other 19 officers is the one where only one officer, Skip Barker, supports Kerry. The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is a much larger group of over 200 PCF sailors, officers and enlisted, who are against Kerry.
It should be noted that the PCFs did not operate independently but in groups of three or more depending on the mission. Despite Dem claims to the contrary, these Swift Boat personnel served with Kerry even if they were not on his boat. The PCFs operated within yards of one another.