Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: June 21, 2023
• Invested on: November 05, 2024

From July 2020 to June 2022, Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe demonstrated outstanding professionalism as commanding officer of the Real Properties Operations Unit–West. He proactively planned and led infrastructure service delivery and maintenance program improvements across nine Canadian Armed Forces bases, which resulted in fewer greenhouse gas emissions and a smaller carbon footprint on the part of National Defence. Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe’s foresight and exemplary leadership were critical to departmental success, and directly enabled the advancement of Government of Canada priorities laid out in Canada’s defence policy.