"Work Accident!"
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. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Obamunism
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.
“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
Hassan sentenced to death... When is he scheduled to meet his virgins? Anyone know?
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!
Yes, he was awarded that ribbon. Posthumously, of course. Even though it just a ribbon, it has its honor. Military heraldry is strange.
"Work Accident!"
Not unless the have a 11B or C MOS. Still have to be in the Infantry for a CIB.
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?
I agree that they should be given recognition of some sort but we can not dilute what a CIB means.
(Offers to shake your hand)
Purple Hearts for the victims...
...and a _residential Citation for the perpetrator?
Good will they also call it Islamic terrorism now?
agree
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.
I wonder what OSHA’s involvement was in the fallout from the Foot Hood shooeter.
Foot-dragging, at best.
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.
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"Hey do you know who I am kid? I'm a Purple heart winner who almost lost his hand!"
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