Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2009-11-19
Invested on: 2010-11-02
From September 2008 to April 2009, Lieutenant-Colonel Barrett’s command of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, enabled Joint Task Force Afghanistan to adopt and sustain an offensive spirit. Fully embracing intelligence-led operations, he determined the insurgents’ weaknesses and attacked them relentlessly and with precision. Lieutenant-Colonel Barrett’s outstanding leadership forged a highly disciplined Battle Group that successfully dismantled extensive improvised explosive device networks, uncovered numerous enemy supply caches and overtook insurgent command and control cells.