Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: June 14, 2000
• Invested on: February 02, 2001

Sergeant Earl McCutcheon, M.B., C.D.
Corporal Ross A. Weaver, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On September 2, 1999, Earl McCutcheon and Ross Weaver entered an undefined minefield to rescue an elderly civilian who had stepped on an anti-personnel mine south of the Drenica Valley, in the Province of Kosovo. Realizing that medical support could not reach the site in time to save the man who had sustained life-threatening injuries, Cpl Weaver and Sgt McCutcheon cautiously made their way through the dangerous minefield. Aware that a false move could detonate another mine, Cpl Weaver began to administer first aid while Sgt McCutcheon coordinated the extraction of the victim. With support from other members of the reconnaissance platoon, they were later able to evacuate the victim to a nearby medical facility for intensive care that saved his life.