Meritorious Service Medal
- Awarded on: December 27, 1993
- Invested on: May 31, 1995
Rank: Major
Major Jaeger was the officer commanding the Canadian Support Group and the Senior Medical Advisor to the Commander, United Nations Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia from April to October 1992. Her exemplary professionalism, initiative, compassion, courage and leadership were always evident. She voluntarily accompanied the Canadian Contingent when it deployed to Sarajevo at the height of tensions and under heavy shelling. There, despite personnel and supply shortages, she organized an effective mass casualty handling facility in the basement of the United Nations headquarters, drawing on a variety of civilian and military resources. Major Jaeger set an outstanding standard of military and medical professionalism under the most difficult circumstances.
