Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2017-10-19
Invested on: 2018-02-28
From September 2015 to January 2017, Brigadier-General Ermel exhibited leadership and professionalism during the development of the Defence Policy Review. His contribution directly enabled the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces to present a comprehensive defence policy to the government for the first time in over 20 years. Brigadier-General Ermel’s organizational vision, coupled with an indefatigable work ethic, resulted in an impressively executed review that was lauded at the highest levels of government.