Meritorious Service Medal
- Awarded on: June 9, 2005
- Invested on: April 28, 2006
Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel Bentley, of the Canadian Defence Academy, is an impressive military political theorist whose experience in operations and strategic policy was central in laying the foundation of today’s professional development reform. His vision and leadership were instrumental in the development of seminal works, between 2001 and 2004, that will guide the transformation of the Canadian Forces officer and non-commissioned member corps in the coming decades. Lieutenant-Colonel Bentley’s inspiring work on the reform of the Canadian Forces’ professional development system reflects outstanding credit to himself, the Canadian Forces and to Canada.
