Thanks. I thought that was the case. I'm a vet, but never saw any evaluations, but had an idea how it works. It's sad, though, that this is written evidence that is hard to refute in the mind of a true believer. Rats.
I was considered a 'bug' by my Captain, so he payed no attention to what people so low down on his esteem list saw.
(If you didn't brown nose him, he tried to destroy you.)
Got to see paperwork put in for awards, like say the Army Achievement Medal, get altered by the Captain.
Names changed and such.
(This is recently, I served in uniform during teh Clinton Administration.)
Saw paperwork put in by a section chief to give an award to a member of his gun section have the name changed from a person the Captain didn't like to someone the Captain did like.
Similar crap happened with the evals.
Our section chiefs would give good evals, and the Cap would give a bad one if you weren't one of his favorites.
I'm guessing Kerry's evals were more of a 'say nice stuff but don't make it glowing' situation.