04/10/2011
Medals Honour Tri-Service Bravery
Service personnel from all three Services honoured in the latest Operational Honours and Awards List have been recognised for acts of leadership and bravery in Afghanistan, as well as heroic acts in the UK.
The latest Operational Honours and Awards List recognises service on operations in Afghanistan and national operations for the period 1 October 2010 to 31 March 2011. Of the 140 honours, three are posthumous.
In all, 16 individuals are being awarded a Military Cross (MC), which recognises exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land.
One of the recipients is Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) James Palmer, from the Royal Logistic Corps, who is being honoured for his actions while on operations in Afghanistan in December 2010.
During a patrol in Sangin, WO2 Palmer left the relative safety of his Husky vehicle to rescue an injured Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier who had dismounted a vehicle during an ambush.
Under fire, WO2 Palmer moved the casualty back to his vehicle and communicated with the rest of the ANA troops to facilitate the movement of the patrol out of danger.
Sergeant Kaye Wilson from the Royal Army Veterinary Corps is one of 11 military personnel to be made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in these latest operational honours.
Sergeant Wilson is being recognised for her role as a high assurance search dog handler during her third tour of Afghanistan from September 2010 until March 2011.
Along with her Belgian Shepherd, Obama, who was 18 months old at the time, Sergeant Wilson was based in Nad 'Ali (South) and the Gereshk area. The duo would move ahead of troops to investigate any area that a search team had deemed as a high threat.
Lieutenant Commander Pauline Aird from the Royal Navy is being honoured with the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service (QCVS) for her role in delivering operational safety models to commanders in Afghanistan so they can operate with maximum freedom, but within policy.
During her deployment in Afghanistan from July 2010 until January 2011, she spent half of her time in Bastion and the other half travelling around different forward operating bases across Helmand.
Flight Sergeant Mark Lean from the RAF is being awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery for his actions during a dramatic rescue of a group of climbers who became stranded on Ben Nevis in December 2010.
In perilous weather conditions, Flight Sergeant Lean led his Search and Rescue team to recover the climbers from the ice-covered mountainside in the pitch-dark.
(BMcC/CD)
The latest Operational Honours and Awards List recognises service on operations in Afghanistan and national operations for the period 1 October 2010 to 31 March 2011. Of the 140 honours, three are posthumous.
In all, 16 individuals are being awarded a Military Cross (MC), which recognises exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land.
One of the recipients is Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) James Palmer, from the Royal Logistic Corps, who is being honoured for his actions while on operations in Afghanistan in December 2010.
During a patrol in Sangin, WO2 Palmer left the relative safety of his Husky vehicle to rescue an injured Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier who had dismounted a vehicle during an ambush.
Under fire, WO2 Palmer moved the casualty back to his vehicle and communicated with the rest of the ANA troops to facilitate the movement of the patrol out of danger.
Sergeant Kaye Wilson from the Royal Army Veterinary Corps is one of 11 military personnel to be made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in these latest operational honours.
Sergeant Wilson is being recognised for her role as a high assurance search dog handler during her third tour of Afghanistan from September 2010 until March 2011.
Along with her Belgian Shepherd, Obama, who was 18 months old at the time, Sergeant Wilson was based in Nad 'Ali (South) and the Gereshk area. The duo would move ahead of troops to investigate any area that a search team had deemed as a high threat.
Lieutenant Commander Pauline Aird from the Royal Navy is being honoured with the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service (QCVS) for her role in delivering operational safety models to commanders in Afghanistan so they can operate with maximum freedom, but within policy.
During her deployment in Afghanistan from July 2010 until January 2011, she spent half of her time in Bastion and the other half travelling around different forward operating bases across Helmand.
Flight Sergeant Mark Lean from the RAF is being awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery for his actions during a dramatic rescue of a group of climbers who became stranded on Ben Nevis in December 2010.
In perilous weather conditions, Flight Sergeant Lean led his Search and Rescue team to recover the climbers from the ice-covered mountainside in the pitch-dark.
(BMcC/CD)
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