Today is a rare one for the Medal. There are no posthumous awards. There was a time, during the Vietnam War and earlier, when we actually awarded the Medal to living people. Starting with Somalia and moving forward, however, it seems the unwritten policy is that it's the Medal of Posthumous Honor, as yesterday's announcement of the awarding of the Medal to SFC Jared Monti simply reinforces I simply do not believe that there have been no deserving men or women who managed to survive a Medal...