Description
Trained in the army as a supply technician, Mr. Morrison shares the reality of war when encountering conflict he had never thought he would experience.
Jody Morrison
Mr. Morrison was born September 24, 1974 in Swindon, England. At fifteen months of age, his family moved to Edmonton, Alberta. Jody’s father was in the military and his influence directed Jody to join the service. At age 16, Jody joined the army and trained as a supply technician. Being part of 1 Service Battalion, he served within Canada and in July 2004 travelled to Kabul, Afghanistan for a seven month tour. In 2007, with ten years military service, Jody was medically discharged from the army. He now resides in Kingston, Ontario with his two children.
Transcript
Going over there, we were more or less under the impression that we would be on the camp and that would be the end of it. We would just do our regular supply duties - receiving of shipments coming in from Canada and issuing them out to the units that were on camp. I never thought that I would even have to think about combat. That’s what we had, the infanteers were there and that was the role that they played. Even though the military it’s soldier first, you kind of get out of that mentality when you’re not constantly training to be a soldier. When your training is going elsewhere into, you know, building warehouses and how to stock your supplies properly and definitely not being a soldier.