Kuwaiti medals: Ceremony at Esquimalt

A ceremony will be held a CFB Esquimault, June 28:

Kuwait Honours Canadian Service In The Gulf War

The Government of Kuwait will honour approximately 150 members of the Canadian Forces at 11 a.m. on Thursday (June 28) for their service during the Gulf War 1990 to 1991 at a ceremony at the Chief and Petty Officers’ Mess at CFB Esquimalt. CF members who were awarded the Canadian Gulf and Kuwait Medal will be presented the Kuwait Liberation of Kuwait Medal as a memento of their service by His Excellency Musaed Rashed Al-Haroun, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait.

Similar presentations have been made across the country. “This presentation ceremony is a public gesture of profound gratitude and appreciation to the men and women of the Canadian Forces on behalf of the people and Government of Kuwait,” said Rear Admiral Roger Girouard who was Executive Officer in HMCS Athabaskan during the Gulf War.

Canada sent three ships, CF-18 fighter aircraft, and a support element as part of the coalition force that was organized when conflict erupted in Kuwait in 1990. In all about 4,500 men and women were deployed over the course of Operation FRICTION.