Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Cross
Awarded on: 2021-05-03
Invested on: 2021-11-04
From January to July 2020, Commander Brown displayed exceptional leadership, professionalism and compassion while deployed to the Mediterranean, Black and Baltic seas as commanding officer of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Fredericton. Throughout the seven-month deployment, he ensured his crew remained operationally focused and resilient despite unprecedented hardships imposed by the COVID-19 global pandemic and by the tragic loss of the ship’s helicopter and its six crew members. Commander Brown’s remarkable efforts directly contributed to Canada’s impressive standing among its allies.