Ft. Hood victims now eligible for the Purple Heart

[SoonerP226]

I just heard a news blurb that the Ft. Hood shooting is no longer classified as workplace violence, and those wounded are now eligible for the Purple Heart.

About effing time.

ETA:

The U.S. Army will make military personnel injured in the 2009 shooting attack at the Fort Hood base in central Texas eligible for the Purple Heart and civilians injured eligible for the Medal for Defense of Freedom, military officials said on Friday.
-- http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/06/us-usa-army-forthood-idUSKBN0LA28Q20150206

 

[Fyrtwuck]

It was never about "workplace violence".

 

[1krr]

It was never about "workplace violence".

I agree.

 

[dennishoddy]

Its about time.
The workplace violence narrative put out by the administration is stupid.

 

[stick4]

Only came about b/c the Republicans took control of Congress.

 

[saltydog]

I agree.

I agree. How can you get a purple heart with work place violence?

 

[Glocktogo]

Better late than never. By the idiotic terms the Obama Administration used, those wounded and killed in Pearl Harbor wouldn't have gotten a PH.

 

[Sanford]

Better late than never. By the idiotic terms the Obama Administration used, those wounded and killed in Pearl Harbor wouldn't have gotten a PH.

Nah, Obama's not half Japanese.