Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2000-01-17
Invested on: 2000-09-15
Warrant Officer Jacques is being recognized for his outstanding service as Assistant Canadian Forces Attaché in Belgrade in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from July 1997 to July 1999. Making use of his outstanding knowledge of the potential threats and the practices employed by all the various factions, he put himself in harm’s way on numerous occasions when seeking out and observing assaults and exchanges of gunfire. His confidence and tenacity helped get him out of many tight spots when he came face to face with heavily armed and unpredictably aggressive elements from both parties to the conflict. Warrant Officer Jacques served Canada very well, and his unfailing efforts under extremely trying circumstances have brought honour to the Canadian Forces.