Should The Purple Heart Be Awarded For The Orlando Attack?

Should the Purple Heart be awarded posthumously to the Army Reservist killed in the Orlando attack?

  • Yes

    Votes: 10 28.6%
  • No

    Votes: 16 45.7%
  • I don't know, I just wish someone would unlock the "mod nomination" thread

    Votes: 13 37.1%

  • Total voters
    35
I think it's pretty simple. Ft. Hood was targeted for military affiliation. The Orlando victim was an off duty reservist in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was terrorism, but he likely was not being targeted for being in the military. No Purple Heart.
Then what about the Air Force guys on the train in Europe? Not being targeted for being in the military, still got a Purple Heart.
 
Then what about the Air Force guys on the train in Europe? Not being targeted for being in the military, still got a Purple Heart.
Also simple, they engaged a terrorist in hand to hand combat.

They went from bystander to combatant.
 
I think it's pretty simple. Ft. Hood was targeted for military affiliation. The Orlando victim was an off duty reservist in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was terrorism, but he likely was not being targeted for being in the military. No Purple Heart.

That makes sense to me.
 
I admit I hadn't read the prerequisites until now concerning the awarding of the PH in international terror attacks. It would make sense if someone was targeted for military affiliation, but as written, he does rate the award. It just seems weird that it is awarded it that manner.
 
When I saw them handed out for concussions, I kinda stopped really caring. I meet the prerequisites for both shrapnel and TBI, was asked at BAMC if I wanted one. I think it belongs to the dudes that bled and died in a combat zone, so I declined. If my command thought I warranted one they would have awarded me one. If the soldiers at Hood got them, why not this dude.
 
When I saw them handed out for concussions, I kinda stopped really caring. I meet the prerequisites for both shrapnel and TBI, was asked at BAMC if I wanted one. I think it belongs to the dudes that bled and died in a combat zone, so I declined. If my command thought I warranted one they would have awarded me one. If the soldiers at Hood got them, why not this dude.
That's how I felt about my unplanned runins with explosions. I am more or less ok. I realize some people got pretty screwed up through TBI, but the PH is one award I could do without.
 
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