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      Russell Storring - A soldier's story | CBC Loaded

      Russell Storring

      A soldier's story

      Russell Storring is a warrant officer with the Canadian Army, and has been a signals operator for the 22 years he has been in the military. He is currently posted in Petawawa, Ont., where he resides with his two youngest sons. He did tours of Afghanistan in 2003, 2005 and 2008, and served with the United Nations in Rwanda in 1994.

      • Adjusting to life after Afghanistan
      • 10 years of change in the Canadian Armed Forces
      • Life after deployment, the moving and remembering
      • Going to war with the Yanks

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      A soldier's story: Job stress in a changing military

      The Afghanistan mission has claimed the lives of 158 Canadian soldiers since 2002 and has has also left a further 635 wounded in action and 1,436 wounded with non-battle injuries. But those numbers don't touch on the human cost incurred here in Canada, whether by suicide or other post-traumatic stress disorder injuries, writes Russell Storring.
      Canada |January 21, 2014

      Danger on the roads, sadness at the base

      Russell Storring writes about his experiences on the frontlines in Afghanistan.
      World |June 27, 2008

      Kandahar revisited

      The day before I am scheduled to fly to Kandahar for my third tour with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, I receive a phone call, and I'm told we are leaving six hours earlier than planned.
      World |June 3, 2008

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