Camaraderie

They put you through some, some tough training like physically wise, but I never had a concern with that. I was always in very good shape, I was a good runner I, I mean I...that wasn't a concern of mine. Academically I had my education so I did alright there. But they taught me something that, that I believe in and that was teamanship. Like I come from a large family of seven kids and we were really close. Well the military does the same thing the only problem is they make you real close to someone you don't even know and those who adapt to that, survive and those who don't struggle, does that make sense to you? And that's what I liked about it, they created, they took 130 people and they made them all think almost alike in regards of what to do like support each other, like one big family. And you could easily pick out anybody that didn't fit into that family and the reason they didn't fit was because of themselves because they didn't want to buy into it. So if, if you didn't do that camaraderie, you know like that no matter what we all support each other. If a guy is falling you pick him up and you take him with you and that's what it taught me and I like that because like I said, I come from a big family and we're really close, so that was something that I enjoyed. Everybody has expertise in every different areas, right. So like, to make it real basic, say for instance, I shine a deadly pair of shoes, like there was no one shined a pair of shoes like Private Campbell. And then nobody fold clothing like Wayne Alaby, who's a really good buddy of mine who, I just got married last year after twenty years he came to my wedding, like no one could fold like him. And then there was you know there was Barnes who could, could make a bed. So what happened is that with all those resources, you used them and you draw everything ok. You say listen, you make my bed, I shine your shoes, you do my folding, I'll do your ironing So then you create this teamanship just from your skills and everybody starts to come together. And another guy looks out and says, well these six guys are doing it, and then there's seven and then there's eight, you see what I'm saying? And all of a sudden you got twenty-nine, thirty people working together to accomplish one thing and that is when that drill Sergeant comes in, in the morning right? With that pay stick and you know screaming and yelling cause there's a lot of that going on believe me. You know, and you look up and say, "Ok, if we go down this morning, we go down as twenty-nine men not as one individual."

Mr. Campbell explains how important camaraderie is in the army.

Perry Campbell

Mr. Campbell was born on August 19, 1963, in Goose Bay, Labrador. After moving to a fishing village in Newfoundland at the age of 13, Mr. Campbell tried to make it as a fisherman but unfortunately suffered from sea sickness and went back to Labrador. One day he saw a Canadian Forces ad that stated, "No life like it." Captivated by this, Mr. Campbell applied and within four months he began travelling across Canada for his basic training. After three years as an infantryman, Mr. Campbell decided to become a military police officer. As a military police officer Mr. Campbell was always in the face of danger, but none so great as when he was called upon for duty in the former Yugoslavia with the UN Peacekeeping unit in the early 1990s. Here he was a master corporal, heading up the main investigative body for all armies, managing his own shift, and being responsible for the Jordanian Armies. Mr. Campbell spent nine years as a military police officer, and if called upon today for service would not hesitate to answer the call of duty for his country and undying dedication to the Canadian Forces. Mr. Campbell has spent the last ten years in Yellowknife with his wife and children.