Patrol on a Turkish Outpost
Heroes Remember
Patrol on a Turkish Outpost
Transcript
I mean you train someone to fight. Understand when you're
training any soldiers that you train, you're training for war so
you're training to—hate to say this—is kill, but that's what
you're being trained for. So therefore, you have to have some
rules in there so that we just don't pick up a weapon and
automatically start firing. Nobody wants to be up on charge for
murder or anything like that so that's where there are clearly
defined rules of when you can actually fire a weapon or when you
shouldn't. Then some of it is based on the situation, but the
rules are clear, they define so that each and every one of us
who have to be carrying any type of arms know that just because
you are carrying it, you just can't pick it up and you know and
blow somebody away. That's not the case. You know there is a
time and a place for everything and, of course, a weapon is a
last resort. You know, you try to use every means possible
before you have to go to the state of forcing someone to do
something by a bullet.
Description
Mr. Fraser shares a story about a tense encounter he faced with a Turkish soldier.
James Fraser
Mr. Fraser was born February 25, 1946, in North Preston, Nova Scotia. After obtaining his high school education, Mr. Fraser decided on a career in the military and joined the army. In 1967, he accepted his first tour of duty to Cyprus followed by deployments to Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Golan Heights. In his very satisfying 34-year military career, Mr. Fraser achieved the rank of Command Chief Warrant Officer with the Canadian Forces. After his retirement, he returned to Nova Scotia with his family.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 1:14
- Person Interviewed:
- James Fraser
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Canadian Armed Forces
- Location/Theatre:
- Golan Heights
- Branch:
- Army
- Rank:
- Command Chief Warrant Officer
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