Lieutenant-Colonel Chevarie was the deputy commanding officer of the Battle Group of the 2nd Battalion Royal 22e Regiment in Bosnia-Herzegovina, on July 23, 1993. He learned that two soldiers from a reconnaissance patrol had been caught in an ambush, near the village of Pravoslavna Pecsta. One of the soldiers had managed to escape unscathed while the other had injuries to both legs from a grenade explosion. As soon as he learned this, Lieutenant-Colonel Chevarie went to the scene. Undeterred by light arms fire and anti-personnel mines, he asked Company A to provide support fire, for himself and the company commander at his side, and the two crawled to the injured man, dodging bullets. They calmly examined the soldier's injuries and began to move him to a safe place where the stretcher-bearers could finally tend to him. Through his leadership and composure during a very tense period, Lieutenant-Colonel Chevarie helped save a soldier's life. He acted in the finest tradition of the Canadian Forces.