Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Cross
Awarded on: 2008-01-18
Invested on: 2008-03-26
Warrant Officer Long was deployed to Afghanistan as the platoon second-in-command with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, from February to August 2007. During that time, he led his platoon back into combat operation in the aftermath of devastating improvised explosive device strikes that claimed the lives of numerous members of his platoon, including its commander.