Training for War

Heroes Remember

Training for War

Transcript

One of the things that's important, I think, to understand is that from the very beginning after your basic training then you're finally taken on strength with the Forces, now you're a number that can be counted upon to go anywhere and whatever. I think one of the, it's important that from that day on we trained for war. We trained for war not only in tactics, not only in going away and doing exercises, but in the cohesiveness in forming those tight bonds and also learning that the tight bonds are important but you need to also bring it to a level of insuring that you can handle detachment for a number of reasons. On our basic training there was an incident when we were being familiarized with weapons, one of the anti-tank guns blew up when some of the guys were on the line. Nobody got hurt, thankfully, but you got to know real quick that life could be very short and you got that frame of mind that says, well, it's always going to happen to the next guy.

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Mr. Leduc explains the training process and the need for soldiers to identify and relate their training to active service.

Harold Leduc

Mr. Harold Leduc was born on November 18, 1953 in Montreal, Quebec. He was the second oldest in a family of five children. Mr. Leduc’s desire to join the military was influenced by his strong military family background and at age 12 he began his journey by joining the cadets, followed by the reserves and then the regular forces and was posted with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. In 1976, Mr. Leduc joined the Canadian Airborne Regiment as a paratrooper. During his service he became a member of the Pioneer’s Platoon with in-Canada service and later joined the Reconnaissance Platoon with service in North Carolina. Mr. Leduc retired from military life in 1992. He continued to be a strong advocate for the military and held the position of National President, Peacekeeping Veterans Organization.

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