Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Cross
Awarded on: 2015-06-26
Invested on: 2015-10-05
Sergeant Terrence Gregory Grandy, M.S.C., C.D.
Meritorious Service Cross (Military Division)
On September 20, 2011, search and rescue technicial Sergeant Grandy successfully evacuated three Belgian sailors from a damaged vessel during a severe storm in the Atlantic Ocean. Lowered from the Rescue 908 helicopter onto the vessel, Sergeant Grandy was able to keep the rescue basket under control during the hoisting operation despite the gusting winds and high sea swells. Sergeant Grandy's tenacity as well as his professionalism under difficult environmental conditions brought great credit to himself, to the Royal Canadian Air Force and to Canada.