I'm Private Samantha McPhee, from Metcalfe, Ontario,
a Materials Technician posted to 2 Service Battalion, in Petawawa, Ontario.
My favourite part of being in the military and being a Mat Tech
is that we get to exercise every morning.
And when you come to work, you feel refreshed and ready to go.
So, you're all excited and you're in a good mood,
and then you get to work on projects that are a lot of fun also.
You get to do new things every day.
We go from working with a sewing machine, hand sewing,
all the way to air carbon arc gouging.
And then another day we're out testing gasmasks,
making sure that the seals are right.
Repairing them, making sure that they fit.
Then we can be out in the field and actually being a soldier.
So, we can be digging trenches, ruck marches, runs.
Everyone welcomes you in, you're like a big family.
It doesn't matter who you are, everything's always just fun
and when it's time to be serious, we buckle down a little bit.
So far, I've been on one major exercise for 80 days in Wainwright, Alberta.
I got to work hands-on every day inside a tent.
It was my favourite part of being in the military so far.