Changes: Michael Thomas Victor Denine

Latest revision as of 02:52, 24 December 2021

Sergeant Michael Thomas Denine, MMV, CD is a Canadian soldier who was among the first recipients of the Medal of Military Valour, a Canadian military decoration, in recognition of actions under enemy fire in Afghanistan. He belongs to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. The citation for the award reads:

“

Sergeant Michael Thomas Denine, M.M.V., C.D.

St John's NL
Medal of Military Valour

Sergeant Denine deployed with 8 Platoon, C Company, 1 PPCLI during Operation ARCHER in Afghanistan. On May 17, 2006, while sustaining concentrated rocket-propelled grenade, machine gun and small arms fire, the main cannon and the machine gun on his light armoured vehicle malfunctioned. Under intense enemy fire, he recognized the immediate need to suppress the enemy fire and exited the air sentry hatch to man the pintle-mounted machine gun. Completely exposed to enemy fire, he laid down a high volume of suppressive fire, forcing the enemy to withdraw. Sergeant Denine’s valiant action ensured mission success and likely saved the lives of his crew.

”

References

Governor General announces the first-ever awarding of Military Valour Decorations, October 27, 2006

All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at Michael Thomas Victor Denine and the edit history here.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-Sergeant '''Michael Thomas Denine''', [[Medal of Military Valour|MMV]], [[Canadian Forces Decoration|CD]] is a [[Canada|Canadian]] soldier who was among the first recipients of the [[Medal of Military Valour]], a Canadian military decoration, in recognition of actions under enemy fire in [[Afghanistan]]. He belongs to [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]].
+Sergeant '''Michael Thomas Denine''', [[Medal of Military Valour|MMV]], [[Canadian Forces Decoration|CD]] is a Canadian soldier who was among the first recipients of the [[Medal of Military Valour]], a Canadian military decoration, in recognition of actions under enemy fire in Afghanistan. He belongs to [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]].
 The citation for the award reads:
 {{cquote|Sergeant Michael Thomas Denine, M.M.V., C.D.<br />
@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 ==References==
 * [http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4905 Governor General announces the first-ever awarding of Military Valour Decorations, October 27, 2006]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Denine, Michael Thomas }}
+{{Wikipedia|Michael Thomas Victor Denine}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Denine, Michael Thomas}}
 [[Category:Canadian Army soldiers]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
 [[Category:Recipients of the Medal of Military Valour]]
-[[Category:Canadian military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]]
+[[Category:Canadian military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]]