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Hope no one minds, just read a piece written by Padre Crawford Op Archer Roto 1 and I believe a portion of it is worth quoting.
"Canadian soldiers are fascinating people. They push the limits of conventional morality without apology in terms of their social behaviour, and yet will without question travel to the bleakest places on earth to carry out the wishes of their government, as they have done here (Afghanistan).
I have seen the same man whose chosen phrases would make a sailor blush, cry unabashedly in the arms of his friend, and then head back out to face bullets and bombs.
They are generally not religious, yet are all in their own way spiritual, with more than a few kissing the St Michael's medallion they wear around their necks after a particularly close call. They have revived the old Second World War phrase, "There are no atheists in foxholes," and have seen things that Canadian soldiers have not witnessed since Korea.
They are tough and strangely sensitive, are good humoured yet often complaining, and have no real how brave they are. Although we have had more than our fair share of tragedy in Afghanistan, I have seen the best that our country has to offer displayed in the actions of our military's young men and women."
FDL
"Canadian soldiers are fascinating people. They push the limits of conventional morality without apology in terms of their social behaviour, and yet will without question travel to the bleakest places on earth to carry out the wishes of their government, as they have done here (Afghanistan).
I have seen the same man whose chosen phrases would make a sailor blush, cry unabashedly in the arms of his friend, and then head back out to face bullets and bombs.
They are generally not religious, yet are all in their own way spiritual, with more than a few kissing the St Michael's medallion they wear around their necks after a particularly close call. They have revived the old Second World War phrase, "There are no atheists in foxholes," and have seen things that Canadian soldiers have not witnessed since Korea.
They are tough and strangely sensitive, are good humoured yet often complaining, and have no real how brave they are. Although we have had more than our fair share of tragedy in Afghanistan, I have seen the best that our country has to offer displayed in the actions of our military's young men and women."
FDL
