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I'm Private Samantha McPhee,
from Metcalfe, Ontario,

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a Materials Technician posted to
2 Service Battalion, in Petawawa, Ontario.

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My favourite part of being in the military
and being a Mat Tech

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is that we get
to exercise every morning.

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And when you come to work,
you feel refreshed and ready to go.

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So, you're all excited
and you're in a good mood,

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and then you get to work on projects
that are a lot of fun also.

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You get to do new things every day.

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We go from working
with a sewing machine, hand sewing,

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all the way to air carbon arc gouging.

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And then another day
we're out testing gasmasks,

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making sure that the seals are right.

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Repairing them,
making sure that they fit.

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Then we can be out in the field
and actually being a soldier.

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So, we can be digging trenches,
ruck marches, runs.

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Everyone welcomes you in,
you're like a big family.

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It doesn't matter who you are,
everything's always just fun

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and when it's time to be serious,
we buckle down a little bit.

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So far, I've been on one major exercise
for 80 days in Wainwright, Alberta.

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I got to work hands-on every day inside a tent.

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It was my favourite part
of being in the military so far.