We were asked to review a number of photographic images of retired Sergeant Mario Grenier, a self appointed veterans advocate  and former infantryman with the R22eR who resides in the Quebec City area. His service in Canada, Lahr Germany and operational deployment to the Balkans in 1992 were quite easy to confirm.

However, The Persian Gulf and Kuwait (PG&K) Medal with bar he wore at every occasion became lightning rod for comments as not one individual could vouch for his service in the operational theatre between September 1990 and March 1991.

Our team conducted a thorough review of all available records, this included websites, newspaper articles, photographic images, regimental tour books, searchable data bases of medal recipients and extracts from military documents in Canada in order to determine the legitimacy of his claims.

Grenier has claimed that the United Kingdom awarded him the Canadian PG&K Medal with bar. Now why would they do that? If he was, in fact, attached to / on exchange with the Brits, would he not have received the UK Gulf Medal like the other CF members in that situation?

All the Canadian Forces recipients of the UK Gulf Medal and they are known / gazetted and Grenier isn’t among them. DH&R name two of the recipients in the publications, while the UK Ministry of Defence have confirmed via a Freedom of Information request that there are a dozen CF recipients of their medal including Captain Ian Hope who would later lead the 1st Bn PPCLI / Task Force Orion in Afghanistan 2006. 

Note the differences between the UK version (L) and the Canadian version (R) – Grenier wore the Canadian version….

It seems Grenier has been telling different stories to different audiences, he has absolutely no GW1 service despite his fairy tales of being attached to 23 (UK) Engineer Regiment for a 20 day period  (8-28 February 1991) and was tasked along with another Canadian from Ontario on a secret mission to run down SCUD missiles in Riyahd!

Of course, Grenier followed a routine that is quite familiar to us shock, anger, immediately scrubbing all of the images of him wearing the PG&K medal (and the QDJM) from his social media accounts (November 2020), indignation followed by feigned cooperation, the inevitable threats of legal action followed by a lawyer’s letter… 

In an email exchange (15 Feb 2021) Grenier agreed remove the bogus medals from his group and send us a before / after images, the quid pro quo – SVC would have published those pics on our media platforms without any identifying information and Grenier could have carried on with his veteran support activities.

However, Grenier made the decision not to send us the images that he had previously agree to, furnished a picture of his cut and subsequently threatened taking legal action action against us. Note the cut on the left has 6 medal ribbons attached and the most recent version on the right has just 4 – the PG&K and QDJM ribbons have been removed. 

When SVC published the details of Grenier’s medallic fuckery ™️, he very quickly posted on his FB page that he had taken the two medals down as he didn’t know he couldn’t wear the British ones… You know, the medals that he said he received in the mail in 2012 as witnessed by his buddy Pierre. 

Incredible, Yes! 

So, where was Grenier during the Sept 1990-March 1991 time frame? He wasn’t in Doha, Qatar guarding our air force assets with Cie C 1er R22eR nor was he chasing Scuds with the UK Land Forces. Like everyone else, not deployed, he was probably watching events unfold on the 24 hour news channels.

On 23 July 2021, Grenier posted up a pic of his revised group of medals with the PG&K and QDJM removed…

Now why would a recipient remove legitimately awarded medals? Could he not sought out the assistance of RHQ R22eR in confirming his Gulf War service and obtaining the official documentation / proof of his claims?

Why would he throw legitimately awarded medals into the garbage? 

 Mr Grenier was a Cold War infantryman who deployed to the Balkans. There was no need for him to embellish his military service but, he did… 

It’s long past time for him to publicly apologize for claiming service in Persian Gulf, wearing two medals without any apparent lawful authority and quietly walk away from his military themed fairy tales. 

Je me souviens

*** UPDATE 21 Feb 2025***

Well, it seems that SVC was well justified in exposing ex Sergeant Mario Grenier as a bogus Gulf War 1 veteran and stolen valourist despite the flak we took. 

Long story made short. 

Grenier was discretely contacted and provided the opportunity to sort out the situation. His response followed a routine that is quite familiar to us shock, anger, immediately scrubbing all of the images of him wearing the Persian Gulf and Kuwait Medal and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal from his social media accounts. Indignation, feigned cooperation and the inevitable threats of taking legal action against us followed.

Interestingly, in the attached letters which are light on details, he’s claiming that his medallic fuckery™️took place a decade ago. 

That’s incorrect, and we have copies of all communication that took place between our organization and Grenier in 2020-2021. 

We’ll refrain from publishing those documents to save him and his supporters / enablers any further embarrassment. Regardless, he’s not a Gulf War vet nor did he have any entitlement to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal that was supposedly awarded by the UK.

His reprehensible actions insulted the service and sacrifice of the 4,458 legitimate recipients of the Canadian Persian Gulf and Kuwait Medal who faced the unknown 35 years ago… 

It’s our opinion that by fraudulently wearing 2 medals and his admission of “imposture” should now trigger a formal review of his recent award of the King Charles III Coronation Medal with the goal of having it revoked after he brought discredit to the honours and awards system.

It’s time for him to just fade away… 

*** UPDATE 11 May 2026 ***

Is Grenier now claiming to be a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (QDJM) awarded by the Caribbean Realms?

Remember folks, he apologized for his fraudulent wear of the Persian Gulf & Kuwait Medal and the Canadian QDJM just over a year ago… To receive a QDJM from a Caribbean realm, an individual would had to have provided significant service to that specific nation or its Crown representative. It would be highly unusual for a former Canadian NCO to be decorated by a Caribbean realm unless they were on a specific exchange or had performed extraordinary service within that jurisdiction. There’s absolutely no evidence of that occurring with Grenier…

Je me souviens