Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2024-04-11
Invested on: 2024-11-05
From June 2022 to June 2023, Major Rice was deployed to Kuwait as the deputy commanding officer of the Operational Support Hub–Southwest Asia, for Joint Task Force IMPACT / Task Force CENTRAL. She demonstrated superb leadership through her engagements with Kuwait’s Young Ambassador Program and was as a strategic ambassador for Canada, promoting women, peace and security initiatives. Major Rice’s tact and thorough work ethic directly enabled mission success, bringing great credit to Canada.