On April 19, 1994, Capt. Collingwood, a UN military observer in Croatia, worked his way through an uncleared minefield south of Plastovo to try to rescue a comrade severely injured during a mine clearance operation. He arrived on the scene to find the soldier lying in a pool of blood. Carefully making his way through the minefield, he discovered that the man was already dead. Capt. Collingwood made his way back to safety and guided the medical team in recovering the body.

GGCHS Awarded 8 December1994.

On 12 May 1984, Warrant Officer Gerry Forward, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, was contacted by City Police regarding a suicidal servicewoman previously supervised by him. Responding to the call, he went to her apartment where police briefed him that the distraught and apparently drugged woman was armed with a pistol, and very uncooperative. Although untrained for such situations and warned that he would have minimal cover, Warrant Officer Forward volunteered to attempt to save the woman rather than risk her death by waiting. Allowed by the woman to enter, he began to win her confidence, convincing her to place the gun on the floor. As he slowly moved nearer, she sensed his purpose, seized the weapon and threatened him. Calmly, he began again. Eventually, she placed the gun on the floor. This time he moved quickly, pinning her to the couch with the coffee table and grabbing the pistol. The police rushed in to take control. Warrant Officer Forward’s judgement was correct: the woman would soon have succumbed to an overdose of drugs and alcohol.

Canada Gazette 20 July 1985, p4323. At the time, WO Forward was an FCS Technician at CFB Gagetown, NB

On January 13, 2013, Warrant Officer Stanley Mercredi disarmed a soldier who was threatening to kill himself, in Kabul, Afghanistan. As the distraught man drew his service pistol from its holster, Warrant Officer Mercredi tackled him to the floor, wrestled the weapon from his hand, and restrained him until help arrived.

GGCHS Awarded 5 February 2015.

On July 4, 2014, Sergeant Dwayne Rumbolt disarmed a distressed soldier who was threatening to kill himself in Oromocto, New Brunswick. The victim, armed with a pistol, had hidden himself in a small crawl space in his house. Sergeant Rumbolt found the man asleep and carefully tried to remove the gun from his hands. His movements woke the soldier who accidentally fired a round into the wall. A struggle ensued that ended with the pistol's magazine being ejected. Sergeant Rumbolt was then able to calm the victim down until help arrived.

GGCHS Awarded 24 November 2015.