A Typical Day on Patrol

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A Typical Day on Patrol

Transcript

There would be largely, I'd say three or four vehicles - four people per vehicle and we would travel through the villages and through the mountains and into the towns stopping at differen tocations and asking how people are and seeing what sort of requirements are being met or not being met. And that would carry out through easily eight hours or more of work depending on the type of route that we were taking and how much work was required. It was a bit of a shock in a sense to see... it seemed as if there were either brand new buildings or completely obliterated ones and that was still complete... it was through the whole landscape. I mean it seemed to be one way or the other and there was still it seemed some families that were living in the decrepit buildings as much as in the new ones which was truly unfortunate but the signs of war were absolutely everywhere. There was no escaping that. And it seemed that they were doing everything in their power to come back to a sense of normalcy for sure. The people once again were completely supportive. We did have people that were more than willing to come up to us with their grievances or issues that they might have had. There wasn't any animosity there either, in fact, in a lot of cases it seemed they were more comfortable coming to us with their issues than other people in the community or whatever where we would be able to facilitate some sort of understanding between groups that may or may not have still been able to come to terms with each other. But that was our typical day doing as much interaction as possible making sure that everybody was feeling comfortable with everything that had happened and for the future.

Description

Mr. Roberts describes a typical day traveling through the villages interacting with the locals and ensuring their needs are met to the best of their ability.

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:: 2:08
Person Interviewed:: Allan Roberts
War, Conflict or Mission:: Canadian Armed Forces
Location/Theatre:: Bosnia
Branch:: Army
Rank:: Master-Corporal
Occupation:: Infantry

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