Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: October 18, 2007
• Invested on: September 19, 2008

Corporal Piotr Krzysztof Burcew, M.B.
Captain Jason Edward Demaine, M.B., C.D.
Corporal Adrian Roman Markowski, M.B.
Master Corporal Stephen Louis Thomas, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On October 3, 2006, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Corporal Piotr Burcew, Captain Jason Demaine, then Lieutenant, Corporal Adrian Markowski and Master Corporal Stephen Thomas, then corporal, saved the lives of their fellow soldiers and local Afghan civilians by unloading ammunition from a disabled burning vehicle during a suicide bomber attack. Despite having to cross through flames, they repeatedly returned to the vehicle to retrieve mission-essential cargo and high-explosive ammunition that posed a deadly threat to those nearby. They moved away from the scene just moments before the fire raged out of control, detonating the remaining rounds.