Originally Posted by shek

As an example, Shughart and Gordon won their MOH after going to the rescue of a downed helicopter because a ground convoy was unable to find the helicopter to secure it.

In Iraq, after a helicopter was downed in the middle of a completely hostile environment (Tall Afar, SEP 04), just as in Mogadishu, using current technology, a platoon with four Strykers was able to reach the crash site within minutes and a company with around a dozen Strykers reached the crash site in about an hour or so. Instead of 2 posthumously awarded Medals of Honor and a captured pilot, 0 Americans were killed while 112 enemy were killed.

So, your assertion is very weak. What the article doesn't reveal is the number of valorous medals that have been awarded, which number in the thousands.