Fitness is the Key to Success

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Fitness is the Key to Success

Transcript

Well, fitness obviously goes without saying is pretty much key. It goes without saying you have to be very fit in order, especially with respect to the army. There's lot of running around and a lot of heavy kit and things like that so that was something where you already have to go in feeling that you are a pretty fit person and then you have to build up even more from there. And then getting to learn how to use the various weapons and employing different tactics and learning to work as a team that there is different responsibilities being shouldered by all sorts of people that you are involved with. There is a lot of awareness that you have to come to terms with. It's a pretty steep learning curve but it's nothing but a challenge and that's something that everybody was positive and looked forward to.

Description

Mr. Roberts expresses the importance of being fit and how it affects one’s attitude.

Allan Roberts

Mr. Allan Roberts was born March 11, 1974 in Ottawa, Ontario. Always having the desire to be part of the Canadian Forces Mr. Roberts chose to join the Infantry Reserve Unit in Trenton, Ontario. During his time in the reserves, Mr. Roberts was given the opportunity to become part of the army and accept a deployment position to Bosnia. This experience allowed him to put his training to task and work on par with the Royal Canadian Dragoons holding rank of Master Corporal taking on the daily occupation of patrol and convoy escort. After Mr. Roberrt's deployment to Bosnia, he was once again accepted to deploy to Afghanistan under the same rank and occupation but in a more intense level of service and different cultural environment. After his deployment was complete, Mr. Roberts returned to Ottawa, Ontario. Mr. Roberts is now retired from the military

Meta Data

Medium:: Video
Owner:: Veterans Affairs Canada
Recorded:: February 10, 2009
Duration:: 1:08
Person Interviewed:: Allan Roberts
War, Conflict or Mission:: Canadian Armed Forces
Branch:: Army
Rank:: Master-Corporal
Occupation:: Infantry

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