Training is as important as the operation

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Training is as important as the operation

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What happens in basic training is that there's a lot of psychology that goes into training people to join the Forces, and what they do is they take you from being individuals and start moulding you into being, you know, looking after each other. Service before self, country before self, all these things are being implanted in there. One of the things I never mentioned before but I think it's important is that during World War Two you do your basic training in Canada, you'd go over to England for your advanced training and then you'd gointo a theatre. For Korea was the same thing. They went to Fort Louis, Washington, and they left from Fort Louis and went to Japan, and from Japan into theatre. Well, in the Canadian Forces, we train here. We do all our advanced training here, and then within 48 hours or less we're in theatre. So the training is as important as the operation.

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Mr. Leduc expresses his view of the training received during WWII and Korea in comparison to training for CF members today.

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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