The prisoner abuse scandal has so tarnished the Army’s 800th Military Police Brigade that soldiers slated to receive an Army Bronze Star medal have been dropped from the list, the brigade’s commander, Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, said Sunday.

After the Army started its investigation into abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib penitentiary, “many, many” of the soldiers’ recommendations for the Army medal were downgraded, said Karpinski.