Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2024-04-11
Invested on: 2025-10-06
Major Skelsey was deployed to Adazi, Latvia, from December 2022 to June 2023 as the Canadian Artillery Battery commander. He took on the additional role of commander of the inaugural Multinational Field Artillery Battalion, a unit comprised of five artillery batteries from seven nations. Through exceptional work ethic, he successfully integrated these sub-units into a cohesive and operationally effective unit, which subsequently proved itself in live fire and combat-readiness evaluation. Major Skelsey’s unparalleled professionalism brought great credit to Canada.