“we arrived at work to find our Sgt extremely upset with us for not showing up for the bugout Friday night because it wasn't a drill”

Our team was sent to a remote Strong Point a few kilometres away from FOB Ramrod. It was called Strong Point Pegasus, and despite an illustrious name it was anything but strong.

…one of the officers came up yelling that the engine room was on fire. We stood there shaken and in disbelief for a few moments then snapped out of it and began what was to be an 11 hour battle with the fire.

Events or descriptions may be triggering for some, disturbing or hard to understand for others, and will most certainly include a sprinkling of foul language. You’ve been duly warned.

That place, whether you served there, or had family or friends that did, occupies a part of your soul that not many Canadians will ever understand.

“I made it my personal mission to do everything I personally could to repatriate the shovel back to Canada.”

Only a few seconds after passing under the limb of a large tree, down it came…

I was wrong…but that’s OK…learn, adapt, and stay in the fight.

a story is something that anchors you in time…