Meritorious Service Cross
- Awarded on: April 21, 2023
- Invested on: November 05, 2024
Rank: Colonel
Since arriving in Ukraine in August 2019, Colonel Foster rose to every challenge and earned a reputation as an extraordinarily effective, influential and trusted defence attaché. With an international impact spanning from the tactical to the strategic, he demonstrated absolute calm, clarity of mission and purpose, personal leadership and consummate teamwork in the thick of several crises, including the outbreak of war in 2022. Colonel Foster has made a vital contribution to the success of Canada’s mission and objectives in Ukraine.
