My VAC Account
My VAC AccountLuc Lacasse was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1957. He grew up and went to school there and also took part in the Cub Scout and Scout movements. To help pay for some of his education, Luc joined the militia, with the Fusiliers de Sherbrooke, in 1973.
While in university, Luc spoke with an acquaintance who had just joined the military air force as a pilot. He was also interested in this career path and decided to join the regular forces in 1979.
After joining the Canadian Armed Forces in 1989, Kerry Mould completed his basic training in Chilliwack, British Columbia and went on to serve as a construction engineer. He followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, who served in the same role during the Second World War. His grandfather helped build the Alaska Highway and airfields across Canada and Alaska.
Over the next decade, Kerry Mould was posted to engineering sections across the country, including places like Goose Bay, Labrador, and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
While studying Art and Interior Design at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario, McGlennon began pondering a career within the CAF. Though two of her uncles and a great-aunt had served during the Second World War, the thought had never really crossed her mind before then.
“I didn’t know if I would suit the military, or rather, if it would suit me.”
As a newly minted 17-year-old Canadian Armed Forces Safety Systems Specialist, Kareth Huber says she felt she was exactly where she was supposed to be in her life.
Growing up, she heard stories of her uncles’ and grandfather’s service as her family moved from base-to-base with her military aircraft mechanic father.
“I was proud of being a soldier. I was always destined to be that,” she said.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Josh Bowen joined the Primary Reserves in 2004. His first job in the military was to serve in the Governor General’s Foot Guard at Rideau Hall. Little did he know, this path would lead him to become an expert in domestic disaster response.
Born and raised in northern New Brunswick, Jonathan Thériault joined the army in 2002 and was soon posted to Valcartier with the Royal 22 Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
In 2007, at just 24 years old, he was deployed to Afghanistan. Shortly after arriving, he and his company were tasked with taking over a mountain. After a day of combat, his company finally gained control of their position. However, his company’s victory was quickly overshadowed by the events that followed.
Mac Savage can sum up his impressive career with the Canadian Armed Forces in one sentence: “I spent 36 years traveling around Canada and the world serving my country.”
He joined the Army as a reservist during his first year of engineering studies at Saint Thomas University. After graduating with a degree in history and philosophy, he joined the Regular Force with the Army’s Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, fueled by dreams of travel.
“I wanted to see the world,” he says.
Indigenous. Woman. Veteran. These are all things Corporal (retired) Jocelyne Eastman has always been proud to embrace as her identity and in service to her country.
She knew Indigenous Veterans had historically been stripped of their identities during service, and she didn’t want that to happen to her. “All those important pieces that make an individual can sometimes be lost in service,” she said.
