You might want to do some reading about the Princess Pat’s...one of the most decorated and feared regiments in the world.
Ed
"More funds were also put towards recruitment, which had been dwindling throughout the 1980s and '90s, possibly because the Canadian populace had come to perceive the CF as peacekeepers rather than as soldiers, as shown in a 2008 survey conducted for the Department of National Defence. The poll found that nearly two thirds of Canadians agreed with the country's participation in the invasion of Afghanistan, and that the military should be stronger, but also that the purpose of the forces should be different, such as more focused on responding to natural disasters.
The current CDS, Walter Natynczyk, said later that year that while recruiting has become more successful, the CF was facing a problem with its rate of loss of existing members, which increased between 2006 and 2008 from 6% to 9.2% annually.
> You might want to do some reading about the Princess Pats...one of the most decorated and feared regiments in the world.
Or the French-speaking Royal 22e “Vandoos”, who are the sister regiment to the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. They had another casualty last week.