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Title: Army rules Fort Hood shooting victims eligible for Purple Heart
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Dallas Morning News
URL Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/loca ... -eligible-for-purple-heart.ece
Published: Feb 9, 2015
Author: Aubree Abril
Post Date: 2015-02-09 14:51:44 by redleghunter
Keywords: None
Views: 40136
Comments: 101
WASHINGTON — The Army announced Friday that it will award the Purple Heart to victims of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, after years of resistance. Texas lawmakers welcomed news that the shooting spree, which left 13 people dead and more than 30 wounded, would no longer be classified as an act of “workplace violence,” given the shooter proclaimed himself a jihadi. “This has been a long, hard fight. The victims of this attack have struggled, suffered and been abandoned by this administration. No more,” said Rep. John Carter, the Round Rock Republican whose district includes Fort Hood, the nation’s largest military installation. “Today is a day of victory, and I am honored to have fought on their behalf.” The decision, Carter said, would “provide the victims their due benefits” and “finally give closure to the families.” Poster Comment: About time.
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#3. To: redleghunter (#0)
Hasan, who was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan a few weeks later, shouted “Allahu akbar!” meaning “God is great,” before targeting soldiers with a high-powered, high-capacity handgun he had fitted with laser sights. He was apprehended by military police officers after firing more than 200 shots. www.washingtonpost.com/wo...6-e4fc677d94a1_story.html Some firearms would be more useful, but a Purple Heart is better than nothing. Maybe next time the bullets will bounce off of their Purple Hearts?
They'll get more benefits this way which had been denied to them and their families because it was declared "workplace violence". So it makes a big difference to the survivors and families, I think.
I'm sure it does,but military members that are murdered by a traitor in their own unit shouldn't be getting a Purple Heart. Next thing you know they will be handing them out to clerks and cooks that get hurt in a car accident while driving to work at the base/
Wow not a biased source at all. Only 2LTs whine on "deserving" awards and worry about who gets what.
"Can some ribbon racks be over the top, or is more always better?" https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/can-some- ribbon- racks-be-over-the-top-or-is-more-always-better.
The Army puts unit awards/ribbons on the right chest. This reduces the "Mexican General" effect. Personal awards go over the left chest.
Please correct me if I am wrong,but aren't some unit awards also considered as personal awards,and can/should also be worn on the left if you were a member of that unit and participated in the action the award was given for?
The AR-670-1 during my service (since 1986) has all unit valor/service awards on the right chest under the regimental crest. If a Soldier serves in a unit at the time of awarding a unit citation award, then that Soldier can wear, on his right chest that award for the remainder of his/her career. Whenever a Soldier is assigned to a unit with a citation award he/she wears the unit award. Once they leave, they are not authorized to wear the award. Only the service ribbons, and valor/service/achievement awards the Soldier are awarded on orders go on the left chest along with qualification badges like the Airborne wings etc. Case in point. During the Gulf War my Brigade was TACON to the 2nd Marine Division in Kuwait. After the cease fire the USMC/USN awarded the unit the Navy Unit Commendation (NUC). The Marines put that ribbon on the left side with their personal awards and the Army guys put it on the right side. It was a unit award. After a few tours at other posts I stopped wearing the NUC. Too many COLs and CSMs kept asking me what award I was wearing and if I was authorized to wear it. It got kind of old carrying around a paper copy of the orders in my Class A jacket:)
#57. To: redleghunter (#40)
Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestHasan, an Army psychiatrist, was found guilty this month on 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder after opening fire Nov. 5, 2009, at Fort Hood’s Soldier Readiness Processing Center, where troops were getting medical checkups before deploying to Afghanistan.
#5. To: hondo68 (#3)
Some firearms would be more useful, but a Purple Heart is better than nothing.
#8. To: TooConservative (#5)
So it makes a big difference to the survivors and families, I think.
#18. To: sneakypete (#8)
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#20. To: Gatlin (#18)
How did I achieve least-decorated status in spite of being a West Point graduate, airborne, Ranger who volunteered for Vietnam? Easy. I did not suck up to my superiors.
#21. To: redleghunter, sneakypete (#20)
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#22. To: Gatlin (#21)
#34. To: redleghunter (#22)
The Army puts unit awards/ribbons on the right chest. This reduces the "Mexican General" effect. Personal awards go over the left chest.
#40. To: sneakypete (#34)
Please correct me if I am wrong,but aren't some unit awards also considered as personal awards,and can/should also be worn on the left if you were a member of that unit and participated in the action the award was given for?
Replies to Comment # 40. If a Soldier serves in a unit at the time of awarding a unit citation award, then that Soldier can wear, on his right chest that award for the remainder of his/her career.
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