April 1, 2013 — -- The Department of Defense is making it clear: The military opposes awarding Purple Hearts to the victims of the Fort Hood shooting. A Pentagon position paper, delivered to ...

FORT HOOD, Texas (April 10, 2015) -- After nearly six years and a legislative wording change, shooting victims from the Nov. 5, 2009, attack on Fort Hood were recognized during a Purple Heart and ...

Nearly 50 survivors lined up at the ceremony held at Fort Hood on Friday, and all were given either a Purple Heart or Defense of Freedom medal for their injuries.

AUSTIN – The Army announced Thursday it will grant benefits aligned with Purple Hearts to victims of the 2009 Fort Hood shootings. The victims had lobbied for years to receive the benefits.

— -- Today the military awarded the victims and survivors of the 2009 Fort Hood attack with Purple Hearts and other medals, after a more than five-year-long bureaucratic struggle over whether ...

The Pentagon is fighting a push to award the Purple Heart to victims of the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, fearing it could hurt the case against the Army officer charged with turning on his ...

Fort Hood victims pursue Purple Heart honors. "You would expect the secretary of defense to move quickly and correct the injustice in terms of treatment of Fort Hood soldiers and civilians," he said.

Congress is passing legislation which makes eligible those killed and injured in the Fort Hood terrorist attack of 2009 to receive the Purple Heart.

Reporting from Washington — Five years after the 2009 shooting rampage at Ft. Hood, Texas, a new push is underway to make the victims eligible for the Purple Heart. But the idea is drawing ...