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oohrah wrote:I had a corporal in Viet Nam who was shot a second time by an ARVN. We gave him a purple heart for that one.

I think the Ft Hood soldiers deserve some sort of recognition, and this is in keeping with George Washington's intent:

"The General ever desirous to cherish virtuous ambition in his soldiers, as well as to foster and encourage every species of Military merit directs whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed, the author of it shall be permitted to wear on his facings, over his left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth or silk edged with narrow lace or binding."

My take may be a little outside the norm. It was not a combat zone, until the shooter stood on a table, pulled out a weapon, pointed that weapon at a victim who was chosen as such because they were in the U.S. Military, and then fired that weapon at his first victim. At this point they were ATTACKED on our own soil, not by an enemy combatant but by a treasonous snake in the grass who was acting in the interest of our enemies. This does deserve a medal and benefits, maybe not a purple heart, but something new and equivalent dedicated to those who are attacked in the interest of our enemies where they should have been safe. These people were not victims of work place violence, they were victims of a jihadist attack because they were military soldiers.