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FEAR is the reason why these MoHs are not being awarded. Fear inside the hearts of men (leaders, mind you) who are afraid that a live Soldier will not be able to "live" up to what the MoH stands for. In other words, the MoH has apparently acquired unwritten standards whereas flawed live humans are likely undeserving of something that, it seems, is supposed to also convey the sheer "purity" of the consummate Soldier. If my assumption is correct, then it is interesting that anyone who has actually seen combat (been shot at and shot other live people with the intent of killing them - not sitting in a firebase where a rocket falls nearby) would even think to look for saints in a battlefield. Honorable heroics occur when a regular mortal human being does the unthinkable for the men and the mission without regard for his own life - and it has happened way too often already for it to not be recognized. It does not matter, though; the heroics I've seen performed by SF while deployed are way too high in merit for any medal to properly account for.