Meritorious Service Medal
- Awarded on: May 17, 2012
- Invested on: November 15, 2012
Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
While deployed to Afghanistan from October 2010 to May 2011, Lieutenant-Colonel Kearney made a critical contribution to the fight against corruption as chief of staff of Combined Joint Interagency Task Force Shafafiyat. He displayed the ability to simultaneously track a broad range of issues while collaborating with high-level military and civilian stakeholders from numerous countries. Lieutenant-Colonel Kearney’s leadership and in-depth understanding of Afghanistan’s complex political dynamic was essential to the operational success of the mission.
