I am a soldier who served in the year 1981-83. I did get my honourable discharge even though I did not complete my five-year contract. All this because an incident happened on AMMO DEPOT. After that incident, I did request a release.Now latent, I learned that I am a veteran.
I want to nominate my dad. He was in the military for 20 years, and for 15 of those years he was in the special forces. He went on lots of tours, but he never really talks about it. Even though he doesn’t say much, I know he’s brave and he did really hard things […]
My running journey began in 2021, when I started training for my first 5K. That led to a 10K run, and eventually my first half marathon in 2023. Then, in 2024, I discovered Canada Army Run. As my younger brother is in the military, I set CAR as being my half marathon goal for 2025. […]
I am running the Army Run half-marathon for a Guinness World Record, “fastest half-marathon in a flight suit”. I will be wearing a full flight suit, a helmet and boots. The boots are authentic vintage leather WWII Corcoran jump boots. I need to finish in 2:17 or less. I have under 10 Guinness World records […]
Warrant Officer First Class Stephen Semenchuk Stephen Semenchuk served with distinction in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War as a Wireless Air Gunner, achieving the rank of Warrant Officer First Class. Following the war, he proudly continued to serve Canada with dedication and honour. His legacy of service lives on through […]
Irving was my great-uncle. His death in theatre in April 1943 affected his family so badly, he was seldom spoken of afterwards, outside of Remembrance Day – it was too painful. He wanted out of a coal mining town in rural Nova Scotia, and he got out, but at great cost. He was an air […]
My grandfather, Bill Schwarz, came to Canada from Germany in 1928 and was naturalized in 1934. He served in the German army at the end of WW1. In May 1940, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Signals Corps, first as a lineman and then qualified as a carpenter. Even though he had a Certificate of […]
Major Ernest “Ernie” Romans joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1986 as an Air Combat Systems Officer, flying on the CP-140 Aurora. He commanded crews that successfully located and ceased illegal fishing operations in the Pacific, stopped the shipment of drugs in the Caribbean and was deployed to the Middle East. In non-flying positions, […]
My nephew, by marriage, Master Corporal Cameron Andrews, LdSH (RC) RCAC. Born in Port Ont March 1, 1993. Was tragically killed on leave August 2, 2024 . He was also a door gunner in 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron Edmonton. At the time of his death, he was an instructor at Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School […]
Born in West Ham, London, in 1890, Richard Wingrove Pattison served 11 years with the British Imperial Army as a Driver in the Royal Horse Artillery, number 53965. Posted to Sailkot, India, in 1909, his unit was transferred to Meerut in 1914. In February 1915, his “S Battery” arrived in Basra to bolster the campaign […]
