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Originally Posted by Basenshukai
I don't think is that these leaders are somehow jealous of Soldiers who might be getting awards those leaders don't have. Rather, I think that there is an experiential gap whereas those leaders do not have the combat experience/perspective to know adequately what constitutes the requisite qualities for the highest military award the United States can ever award. There seems to be an inability to conceptualize what a living MoH recipient is all about. Once one appears, there will surely be others and there will be upgrades to existing awards as well. But, only about two, I would say.
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I agree with the above comment...many senior personnel are operating off of limited combat experience and really have more 3rd hand knowledge from lore/books/history etc and a false platform on which to judge.
They've created an almost mythical level of achievement based upon that lack of experience.