Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Cross
Awarded on: 2020-10-16
Invested on: 2021-11-04
On March 5, 2017, as the search and rescue team leader on Rescue 901 from 103 Search and Rescue Squadron, Master Corporal Bullen responded to a mayday call from the fishing vessel Northern Provider, caught in a fierce North Atlantic storm 280 kilometres northeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Demonstrating exceptional professionalism and determination in perilous circumstances, Master Corporal Bullen was lowered into the frigid water twice—once with a compromised immersion suit—to rescue two fishers who had abandoned ship in extremely hazardous sea conditions.