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Armed service shaping youth

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Admired for his service in WWII, remembered by 151 Squadron in Oshawa, W/C Lloyd Chadburn lives on in modern cadets.

Not since the Second World War has this country required that young people complete service in the military. The Canadian Forces have relied solely on volunteers since 1945. Consequently, this week, while attending a student awards night at Centennial College, I was surprised to meet a young scholarship recipient who’d previously completed military service. His name was Yonghwan Seok.

“Before I came to Canada in 2018,” he told me, “I dropped out of (school) and went straight into two-year, mandatory military service.” (more…)

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Leading by example

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Two air force cadet warrant officers and a visitor at the end of a family gathering in Oshawa.
Two air force cadet warrant officers – Declan Lloyd, left, and Adam Boyden – and a visitor at the end of a family gathering in Oshawa.

The evening was winding down. The last of the catering staff at the hall folded up the dining tables and chairs. The flags that had presided over the ceremony all evening had disappeared back into their sheaths. I had autographed the last of some books people had purchased. Among the last of the cadets recognized for his service during the course of the evening approached me with a final request.

“Sir, would you allow us to take a photograph with you?” Warrant Officer Adam Boyden, 19, asked.

“Sure,” I said, “but you can call me Ted.”

He smiled back respectfully, called his friend, Warrant Officer Declan Lloyd to join us in the photograph, and the three of us posed for several smart-phone snapshots before everybody said their last good-nights and left the hall.

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