Army Medic and Silver Star Recipient Removed from Combat Situations

re: Army Medic and Silver Star Recipient Removed from Combat Situations

Nathaniel — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:41:16 GMT

The comment that she would have received a "Medal of Honor" was way off key. I am a Soldier and you should know that people do stuff like this almost every week. Not simply congress, but military leaders also are searching for female heroines and awarding them better than males. Jessica Lynch got a Bronze Star for getting blown up, captured, then rescued. These awards are supposed to be for action, not inaction. That is sexism there. I wont even use my experiences as an example. This is a link to a Soldier that did way more than she did over a longer period of time and was only awarded an award 1 level above hers. I don't even think that we have any living Medal of Honor recipients from Afg/Iraq so get your facts straight. This performance is that of a great Soldier and I don't want to take that from her. But this happens weekly at least and people aren't getting Bronze Stars or trips out of the warzone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_O'Connor_(U.S._Army)

re: Army Medic and Silver Star Recipient Removed from Combat Situations

Debra — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:45:06 GMT

If she was a guy, she would receive a Congressional Medal of Honor and not just a silver star by the president of the United States. It just shows how lopsided the military and society still is for woman. She risked her life, dragging men to safety and using her own body as a shield. She didn't worry about her own life, just saving the others. How many times has a woman received the Congressional Medal of Honor and she is only the second woman since World War II to get the silver star. Think about that! How many wars since World War II

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