Operation Practicing Sphinx

Outstanding job on command, making the call to stay on mission instead of rushing in to kill every Chelt in Cheltnam. Never easy, and he did a fantastic job.

Often under fire, and usually in time critical situations, JCB defused several explosive devices of various styles and complexities, often having to construct working platforms to successfully complete his objectives. Without his skills and several instances of his quick thinking and improvisation, the mission would have been a failure.

Engaged and destroyed a camouflaged enemy armoured force that threatened the destruction of EGR or at least holding off the infantry force until one of the primary objectives had been destroyed. Scatter engaged the enemy including AAA assets at great risk. Successfully neutralising the main force and allowing EGR to over run the enemy position with minimal loss.

Eagle eyes spotted the vehicles JUUUUST before we landed on them, then called in air to take them out.

Excellent spotting of armoured vehicles before the helo almost deposited the team amongst them

Handlebar executed excellently, landing and helocasting along the rivers, allowing the squad the safest insertion into the squad objectives

Excellent utility piloting, putting his Seahorse (and later Huey) down into some tight landing spots, extracting me post-crash landing and definitely not showboating under any bridges.

I forgot to mention Handlebar's huge tactical utility in using his low and slow platform to spot enemy infantry concentrations and marking them with either smoke or frag grenades - this made placing rockets onto them from my Bronco possible, when I simply couldn't see infantry in cover at the speed I was moving.

As well as providing air cover and timely insertion and extraction often under fire and usually in confined improvised landing and pick up areas. Handle also performed aerial recon of the bridges, placing himself in danger, but in doing so providing needed intel and an alternative viewpoint that was often instrumental in finding IEDs on several bridges and allowing for their timely removal. Handlebar also worked tirelessly to provide logistical support to the team and also provided low-level intel to the groups on the ground of danger close enemy threats to their perimeter as they held back enemy forces for the EOD team to work.