<p>The female soldier deserved her medal but I fail to see where her actions required extraordinary physical demands. Let me give you an example, where failure to properly consider physical standards contributed to the loss of four lives.</p>
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<p>The deputy had no where near the physical traits required to ward off the prisoner and four people died in the incident. Were administrative procedures so poor that they led directly to the incident? Certainly, but the incident may have been avoided if the deputy was required to pass strenous physical standards. Why weren’t such physical standards required?</p>