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Canuck sailors may soldier on Afghan soil
 Sailors could be turned into infantry soldiers under a new plan the Canadian military is considering to keep fresh troops headed to Afghanistan. Military planners are looking at several possibilities to avoid sending soldiers to the country more than once. | We're all part of the same family. It doesn't matter if we're in the navy or the air force or the army we all signed on the dotted line. We're all here to defend our country, and that's what we're paid to do. |
"We're all part of the same family," said Petty Officer (2nd Class) Derek Speirs, a navy cook based in Halifax who has done a peacekeeping stint in the Golan Heights and is willing to serve in Afghanistan. "It doesn't matter if we're in the navy or the air force or the army we all signed on the dotted line. We're all here to defend our country, and that's what we're paid to do."
Canada has promised to keep a force in Afghanistan until 2009; 42 Canadian soldiers have been killed there since 2002.
Posted by: Fred 2006-10-22 |
