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Army approves Purple Hearts for soldiers wounded in 2009 Fort Hood shooting
Washington Post ^ | February 6, 2015 | By Dan Lamothe

Posted on 02/06/2015 11:09:43 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee

Army Secretary John McHugh said Friday that he has approved awarding the Purple Heart and its civilian counterpart to those wounded during a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, following years of pressure from families and a change in rules approved by Congress.

The Nov. 5, 2009, shooting killed 13 people and wounded more than 30. It was carried out by Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, who was convicted in August 2013 of 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. Hasan said he acted because of what he alleged was U.S. aggression against Muslims and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He offered no apology during trial, and was sentenced to death.

The lack of recognition for those killed and wounded in the attack had angered some victims and their families and prevented them from receiving combat-related benefits. The medal is typically awarded for wounds in a war zone, but the Army’s criteria for the award says it also can be authorized in other situations, including international terrorist attacks against the United States.

he Army declined to call Hassan’s attack international terrorism, however. That led Congress to include a provision in the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act that required the Defense Department to review the Fort Hood case for Purple Heart recipients. . .

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; domesticterrorism; forthood; forthoodmassacre; hasan; islamonazism; nidalhasan; nidalhassan; obamalegacy; obamascandals; purpleheart; terrorism; texas; waronterror; whywefight; wot
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To: FES0844
What the heck took so long?

Obamunism

21 posted on 02/06/2015 12:25:22 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: USMCPOP
14 I got the Gold Star lapel pin award. It's the award no parent/spouse/child wants.

John 15:13 (NIV) 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

May you find peace in our Lord, Jesus Christ.

22 posted on 02/06/2015 12:29:56 PM PST by MacNaughton (" ...it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism." Whitaker Chambers)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Seems to me that they should get a Combat Infantry Badge as well.”

My son only wanted a Combat Action Ribbon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Action_Ribbon


23 posted on 02/06/2015 12:58:16 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Hassan sentenced to death... When is he scheduled to meet his virgins? Anyone know?


24 posted on 02/06/2015 1:02:25 PM PST by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: USMCPOP
My son only wanted a Combat Action Ribbon.

Being former Army I know little about the Marines but your link seems to indicate that the two ribbons are quite similar.Unlike your heroic son I never got closer to combat (Vietnam) than Fort Meade and Fort Knox but every Drill Sergent I had wore a Combat Infantry Badge....Korea and/or Vietnam.

May I ask if your son was awarded that ribbon? I hope he was because it sure seems to me that he deserved t!

25 posted on 02/06/2015 1:45:00 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama;America's First "Third World" President)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Better late than never I suppose. It only took the Army bureaucrats nearly 6 years to do the right thing.
26 posted on 02/06/2015 2:01:10 PM PST by semaj (Nothing will change until lying becomes an extremely dangerous & expensive habit.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yes, he was awarded that ribbon. Posthumously, of course. Even though it just a ribbon, it has its honor. Military heraldry is strange.


27 posted on 02/06/2015 2:08:28 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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"Work Accident!"


28 posted on 02/06/2015 2:33:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Not unless the have a 11B or C MOS. Still have to be in the Infantry for a CIB.


29 posted on 02/06/2015 2:39:27 PM PST by ABN 505 (-)
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To: ABN 505

Yes,I’m aware of the 11 Bravo/Charlie requirement.But couldn’t it be argued that for those few minutes everyone in the area became an infantryman?


30 posted on 02/06/2015 2:54:50 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama;America's First "Third World" President)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I agree that they should be given recognition of some sort but we can not dilute what a CIB means.


31 posted on 02/06/2015 3:01:27 PM PST by ABN 505 (-)
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To: USMCPOP

(Offers to shake your hand)


32 posted on 02/06/2015 3:15:02 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Purple Hearts for the victims...

...and a _residential Citation for the perpetrator?


33 posted on 02/06/2015 5:08:41 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ((I once was blind but now I see...))
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Good will they also call it Islamic terrorism now?


34 posted on 02/07/2015 9:16:20 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: PGR88

agree


35 posted on 02/07/2015 9:17:05 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Is this the same Sec. of the Army who stripped Maj. Matt Golsteyn of his Silver Star for action in Afghanistan with NO explanation?

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/afghanistan-war-hero-stripped-of-silver-star/

Until there is a satisfactory explanation for this action, I would encourage all those entitled to decorations for the Ft. Hood terrorist attack to REFUSE to accept them until this McHugh character explains himself.


36 posted on 02/07/2015 2:19:23 PM PST by Kodos the Executioner (.. the revolution is successful, but survival depends upon drastic measures..")
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To: SunkenCiv

I wonder what OSHA’s involvement was in the fallout from the Foot Hood shooeter.


37 posted on 02/08/2015 11:17:07 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

Foot-dragging, at best.


38 posted on 02/08/2015 11:18:45 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
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To: Gamecock

My Dad threw away his Purple Heart after Vietnam.

He thought it was a dishonor. Referred to it as an “Enemy Marksmanship Badge”. Not sure I agree with him, but that’s the way he saw it. He was the one with a big ‘chunk’ missing from his leg, so who am I(or anyone else) to question his feelings about it. He did say that he killed enough of the “Gook Bastards” to make up for it.


39 posted on 02/08/2015 3:54:40 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: a fool in paradise
I wonder if he still has the Purple heart license plates on his chauffeured limosines. I remember reading when he was running for POTUS he had the standard Purple heart license plate, you know the one that has a picture of the medal, but he also had the license plates customized to read PRPL3.

.....

OW!

"Hey do you know who I am kid? I'm a Purple heart winner who almost lost his hand!"


40 posted on 02/08/2015 7:57:38 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama: 11 acts of blatant treason and counting.)
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