It's even worse than that. We aren't talking about a "business" situation here.
Kerry was in close combat and intimate living conditions with these men. You get to know each other pretty quickly and thoroughly under these conditions. Kerry miserably failed the test. Miserably!
He was a self-serving opportunist who nobody seemed to like or really trust. Not only that, but the commanders essentially threw him out of both units with which he served. The active opposition by the vast majority of the men in his unit and his commanders is a much more damning indictment than can be imagined by somebody who has never served under such conditions, coming from people with whom he served shoulder to shoulder in combat. If it were me and I were Kerry, I would be humiliated to tears!
Nah, if you were J F'n "Do you know who I am?" Kerry, you'd just be affronted by these peons who seem to think they're as good as anyone! ("Luv-e-e-e-y . . .")