- Awarded on: January 23, 2003
Rank: Warrant Officer
On 10 April 2002, Warrant Officer Jones was second in command of 1 Platoon, A Company, 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, deployed as part of Operation APOLLO to Afghanistan to secure the crash site of a United States AH-64 Attack Helicopter. Upon arriving in the suspected area and with darkness approaching, he quickly organized the search, located the crashed helicopter some 2500 metres from the landing zone and established a defensive perimeter around it. Warrant Officer Jones’ exceptional leadership and technical expertise under difficult and chaotic circumstances played a critical role in the overall success of the mission.
