Training with the Black Watch Regiment

The Black Watch were the only Highland Regiment in the regular force at the time and they are a very old and famous regiment in Canada. Their history is quite amazing. They have battle honours that range throughout the history of the Canadian Forces really, the Canadian military so they were a very highly regarded regiment in the Canadian Forces and I was very proud to be accepted to serve with them. Well, it helps to have a tough hide. The training is designed to place you under stress, to tire you and then present you with situations that you have to solve or deal with. And, of course, the instructors have to be quite ruthless when they are doing this. They were always outstanding in a way they did this, the way they approached it and some quite extraordinary officers and senior non-commissioned officers who were doing that. Most people who don’t graduate it’s because they can’t take this stress but for a farm boy from Sudbury it wasn’t too far off normal.