SSgt. Dott said:
Cpl. Bates exhibited excellency in leadership by dedicating a large amount of time to studying the 2025 Charlie Company Olympic events. He developed training regimes and tactics to improve the performance of his squad throughout each of the events. As a result the squad frequently employed strategies that had been planned out and tested prior to the event, to great effect, performing well during most of the events, resulting in CP1S1 becoming the overall winner of the Olympics. This performance is no doubt a result of Cpl. Bates’ efforts to improve his squad throughout the Olympics.
As such, Cpl. Bates has been awarded a Soldiers Medal. Congratulations Cpl.!
