Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: June 15, 1987
• Invested on: September 25, 1987

While employed as a platoon commander on peacekeeping duties in Cyprus, Lt. Prentice was involved in a dangerous and potentially explosive situation along the Cease Fire Line. On the morning of August 14, 1986, he led an unarmed patrol ordered to re-establish a United Nations presence in a contested area of the Buffer Zone known as Beaver Lodge. This led to a confrontation with the Turkish Cypriot Security Forces who were under orders to shoot anyone entering the area. During the course of the incident, attempts were made to physically remove Lt. Prentice and his patrol. They were also repeatedly threatened at gunpoint with death. At one crucial point, Lt. Prentice placed himself between a member of his patrol and an armed Turkish soldier whose agitated officer was ordering him to open fire. Lt. Prentice's firm but calm manner clearly helped defuse this potentially lethal situation, resulting in the successful establishment of the patrol in the area.