Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Cross
Awarded on: 2009-10-07
Invested on: 2010-06-04
Co-recipient: Warrant Officer Bryan Keith Pierce, C.V., M.S.C., C.D.
On January 3, 2007, parachute rescue team leader Warrant Officer Pierce and team member Sergeant Harrison performed a perilous procedure in a parachute jump to help a critically injured aircraft passenger, at Blatchford Lake, in the Northwest Territories. In the face of severe weather conditions, both performed a low-altitude jump, where the slightest error could have had catastrophic results for the team. The extraordinary level of professionalism demonstrated by Warrant Officer Pierce and Sergeant Harrison under these difficult circumstances brings great honour to the Canadian Forces and to Canada.