Jason Sutton

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jason Paul Sutton OBE is a Royal Air Force Regiment officer who was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his actions whilst serving in Iraq in 2007 Sutton was born in Reading Berkshire in 1966 and joined the RAF Regiment in 1989  after completing Initial Officer Training at RAF College Cranwell He served as a junior officer on No 20 Sqn RAF Regiment and No 3 Sqn RAF Regiment and as Station Regiment Officer at RAF Cranwell He has been Officer Commanding on the Junior Regiment Officers Course at RAF Honington and SecondinCommand of The Queens Colour Squadron Promoted to squadron leader in 2001  he was SO2 in the RAF Ceremonial Office whilst it was based at RAF Bentley Priory Whilst in the Ceremonial Office Sutton was involved in organising ceremonial occasions including the unveiling of the Battle of Britain Monument in London Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication on Battle of Britain Sunday Annual Church Service of the RAF 80th Anniversary of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force Memorial Service for HRH Princess Alice the Duchess of Gloucester the RAF element to the Lord Mayors Show and the RAF element at all the Remembrance weekend events including Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance Sutton then assumed command of No 1 Sqn RAF Regiment in March 2006 He has served on operations in Northern Ireland Georgia East Timor Afghanistan and Iraq His citation reads     As Officer Commanding Number 1 Squadron RAF Regiment Squadron Leader Sutton displayed outstanding leadership in maintaining the operational efficiency of his Squadron during its 6month operational tour at Basrah Contingency Operating Base from April to September 2007 The Squadrons operational role was made especially challenging due to incessant attacks from enemy insurgents with over 800 rockets being fired at the Base during the Squadrons tenure resulting in 3 Squadron personnel being killed and a number being seriously injured In addition the Squadron suffered a further fatality during an extended firefight with insurgents in Al Wake     For the outstanding leadership of his Squadron over a relentless 6month operational detachment Squadron Leader Sutton is appointed as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Sutton was promoted to wing commander in the Operational Support Branch of the RAF on 1 July 2008 Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Sutton licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia