Order of Military Merit

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On March 21, 2025, the Governor General, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, invested 62 members of the Canadian Armed Forces into the Order of Military Merit at a ceremony at Rideau Hall. This included 3 Commanders (C.M.M.), 10 Officers (O.M.M.), and 49 Members (M.M.M.). Below is a list of Alumni from the CMC’s.

• Commander (C.M.M.): Awarded for outstanding meritorious service and demonstrated leadership in duties of great responsibility.
• Officer (O.M.M.): Awarded for outstanding meritorious service in duties of responsibility.
• Member (M.M.M.): Awarded for meritorious service.

The Order of Military Merit is a Canadian honour awarded for meritorious service in the military. It is managed by the Directorate of Honours and Recognition (DH&R) at the Department of National Defence.

Commanders

Brigadier-General Jamie Ruth Speiser-Blanchet, C.M.M., C.D. – RMC  1994
National Cadet and Junior Canadian Rangers Support Group Headquarters
Ottawa, Ontario

Officers

Lieutenant-Colonel Nathalie Yolande Birgentzlen, O.M.M., C.D. RMC 1995
Canadian Forces Military Police Group Headquarters
Ottawa, Ontario

Lieutenant-Colonel Jennifer Anne Causey, O.M.M., C.D. RMC 1999
42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA
Pembroke, Ontario

Colonel Brendan Stirling Cook, O.M.M., M.S.M., C.D. RRMC 1995
Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff
Ottawa, Ontario

Colonel Daniel Stewart Coutts, O.M.M., C.D. RMC 1999

1 Canadian Air Division Headquarters
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Colonel Sarah Anne Heer, O.M.M., M.S.M., C.D., RMC 2001
Canadian Armed Forces Transition Group Headquarters
Ottawa, Ontario

Colonel Christopher James Horner, O.M.M., C.D. RMC 2002
Canadian Joint Warfare Centre
Ottawa, Ontario

Lieutenant-Colonel David Glen Jones, O.M.M., C.D., A de C RMC 2006
Joint Meteorological Centre
Burton, New Brunswick

Colonel Robert Walter McBride O.M.M., M.S.M., C.D. RMC 1997
3rd Canadian Division Support Group
Edmonton, Alberta

Members

Captain Sarah Carroll McRae, M.M.M., C.D. RMC 2006
41 Canadian Forces Health Services Centre
Richelain, Quebec

Chief Warrant Officer Scott Thomas Eugene Howell, M.M.M., M.S.M., C.D. – RMC CWO
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command Headquarters
Petawawa, Ontario