The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Service Cross to Chief Warrant Officer Jason W. Myers, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States while serving as the Assistant Detachment Commander with Operational Detachment Alpha-3321 (ODA-321), Special Operations Task Force-East, from 10 November 2011 to 11 November 2011 in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan. When the Chamkani District Center came under attack by insurgents. Chief Warrant Officer Two Myers organized a five man team assault force to take back the building. Having reached the entrance control point, he came under intense hostile fire, but he continued towards the district center, along the way ensuring local nationals moved away from the battle and collecting intelligence regarding the enemy forces and hostages. He and his team, while under continuous fire, bounded into the district center building and immediately upon entering the building began to move from room to room engaging and eliminating the enemy. While in the building Chief Warrant Officer Two Myers was wounded by shrapnel from a grenade blast, but he continued to engage with the insurgents. Upon exiting the building, Chief Warrant Officer Two Myers moved back to the entrance control point and established a position from which covering fire could be placed on the insurgents. Throughout the night, Chief Warrant Officer Two Myers entered the buildings of the district center on three separate occasions to engage with the insurgents and rescue hostages. Chief Warrant Officer Two Myers’ actions are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon him, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, and the United States Army.

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Warrant Officer 1 (WO-1) Jason W. Myers, United States Army, for acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Assistant Detachment Commander for Operational Detachment Alpha 3321 (ODA-3321), Special Operations Task Force-East during combat operations against an armed enemy in Khost Province, Afghanistan, on 27 March 2010. During a joint ground vehicle patrol with members of the Afghan National Police, Warrant Officer One Myers’ detachment was ambushed by an enemy force of approximately 75 to 100 insurgents, who promptly disabled the lead vehicle which exposed the entire column to an enemy kill zone. As the patrol was barraged by heavy volumes of enemy fire, an unarmored truck became disabled, further hindering the patrol’s movement. With complete disregard for his own personal safety, he ran forward to the disabled truck and found two Afghan National Police officers taking cover behind the truck, one of whom had a serious gunshot wound to his right leg. He dragged the wounded policeman 20 meters through intense enemy fire to temporary safety, ignoring multiple shrapnel wounds he sustained during the attack. Warrant Officer One Myers returned to the disabled truck and turned the steering wheel, allowing the truck to be pushed into a ravine, clearing the path to advance. Still dismounted, he moved ahead without cover for over 100 meters while engaging the enemy, which allowed the Afghan policemen pinned down by enemy fire to mount their vehicles and advance the patrol. He continued on foot through the kill zone, providing supporting fire to the patrol and relaying verbal communication to his commander. His heroism inspired his teammates to continue to fight and maneuver the patrol out of the kill zone. Warrant Officer One Myers’ actions are in keeping with the finest traditions of military service and reflect distinct credit upon himself, Operational Detachment Alpha 3321, Special Operations Task Force-East, United States Forces-Afghanistan and the United States Army.