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I appreciate that ... but the news from this friend and her son was that they were sending him off to either Poland or Ukraine in a combat role. I heard a similar story from another military family but I don't know them as well.
This was very startling for all of us. This kid is about 25 - 27 been in the Canadian Forces for about three or four years now and is from the Norfolk region in southern Ontario. I know the kid as I helped him out with computer issues when he was younger (he was a real little shit on Limewire that ruined two family computers that I had to help them fix).
I know the family and I trust what they say but I can't for the life of me think that this could actually be true.
Which makes me think that this kid is doing something else and is wanting to just head out to the fighting on his own.
Unless there is an actual development happening where we are thinking of sending combat troops to Europe.
Could the kid be running his mouth off? The handful of soldiers I've known have enjoyed tall tales. This might be the kid talking big.
I don't know much about military stuff or his rank, but I'm guessing that kind of information wouldn't be provided to rank and file soldiers until the last minute.
I'm hoping so .... I can't ask too many questions to the mother because she doesn't seem to really know either. So much of what I am getting is something that someone else heard through the filter of their worries as a mother.
My personal worry is that it is either just miscommunication and someone is just not understanding something somewhere .... or the kid is doing something weird on his own and is getting into something weird other than with the Canadian military.
That should have been your first clue. You're getting 3rd hand information from someone not entirely familiar with the situation, getting information from a son that got limited information from their commander. Stop spreading misinformation...