Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Cross
Awarded on: 2008-05-28
Invested on: 2009-02-13
As part of the United States Security Coordinator Mission, Colonel Pearson demonstrated exceptional leadership and diplomacy while posted in Israel, from September 2006 to April 2008. As both an officer and diplomat, he developed policy and implemented programs within the Palestinian security reform process, thereby bringing considerable prestige to the Canadian Forces and to Canada.