As a News-A-Holic I search every site many times a day. On Sunday I read a moving tag line along the bottom of the CBC News Screen. It said simply NATO soldier killed by ied. Naturally no name nor country which is fitting until the family had been notified. 24 hours later I check for this story but nothing appears on any media release? It is sad when any of our NATO troops are killed and the need to honour their sacrifice is a mere token of a countries, sadness at the loss of another young soldier in the Hell Hole known as Afghanistan.
Canada's top Battallion Commander
"I want to keep the insurgents off-balance," said Lt.-Col. Michel-Henri St-Louis, who is in charge of the 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment combat team, based at CFB Valcartier.
"I want to keep them guessing."
Sweeps for stashed weapons yielded a big haul last month. St-Louis said his soldiers found as many weapons in December as they did in June, during the height of the fighting season.
This young Soldier is one of our many wounded, whether PTSD, Amputation or a combination of both. He and others survive as Proud Canadians who have done their duty and will continue in life. Canada must provide more funding for these brave young Canadians. We have given millions to aid Haiti, Afghanistan, Africa and any other country that has asked for Aid. NOW is the time to think of our Troops FIRST and their families.
Soldier honoured on Parliament Hill A Canadian soldier who amazed doctors by walking again after losing both legs and the proper use of one of his arms in Afghanistan was honoured in Ottawa Saturday.Master Cpl. Mike (Megatron) Trauner, of Sudbury, Ont., was given the To The Top Canada Award at a ceremony on Parliament Hill.
Trauner was injured in an improvised explosive device blast near Kandahar in 2008. His vital signs disappeared twice during emergency surgery, but he survived to deal with a slew of broken bones, and legs that had to be amputated at the knee.
Less than a year after the explosion, Trauner finished a five-kilometre walk without a wheelchair. He now works to help other soldiers cope with serious injuries like his.
"I never feel like I want to quit," Trauner told CBC News Saturday.
"I come from an infantry battalion … the motto is that you never quit, you never leave a man behind, so a little bit of that is still in me."
Trauner was nominated for the award — given each year to a Canadian who makes the country better by accomplishing their goals — by a Pembroke, Ont., student.
The award was started seven years ago, and is marked with the gift of a trophy fashioned from a snowshoe.
Watch the news Video from Parliament Hill. His story is uplifting and be fits a proud member of Canada's Military. The Legion Motto is "Lest we Forget" we must also never forget our living, wounded and maimed soldiers.Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2011/01/08/ottawa-soldier-honoured.html#ixzz1AdK6kyza Please show support for our troops and their families. Don't Forget the Rocket Game 14 Jan in Support of our Troops Nil Sine Labore Robby
