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Today we're Gagetown, New Brunswick,
meeting with Captain Turner Snelgrove,

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an engineer officer whose primary
responsibility is combat readiness.

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Hi, Turner.

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Nice to meet you. Hey, how's it going?

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Good. All right.
What are you doing here today?

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I'm out here
assessing one of the candidates.

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She's, finishing getting trade qualified.

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Okay. What is she up to? What is she doing?

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Well,
she's going to be building the bridge over

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one of the rivers here in Gagetown.

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That sounds so cool.

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And maybe tell us a little bit more
about what an engineer officer does exactly.

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So we're really combat support,
and that involves

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a lot of mobility, Counter-mobility,
and survivability tasks.

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Nice. And what's that patch on your arm?

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This is CTC, the combat training center.

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And the Engineer school is part of that.

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Oh. That's cool.

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And are there different types of engineer
officers?

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There actually are a bunch.

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Besides being a combat engineer,
we also have, combat divers,

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we have heavy equipment operators
and EOD operators as well.

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But it looks like they're getting
started on the bridge.

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So why don't you follow me?

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Yes, please.

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So right now the candidates are finishing up
a five bay, single storey MGB.

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That's a medium girder bridge.

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Obviously very heavy.

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How heavy would you say it is?

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The piece they're doing right now?

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Probably anywhere
between 1000 to 2000 pounds.

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Wow, that's really impressive.

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And how long does it take
to put all of this together?

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This whole bridge will probably take
about two, 2 and a half hours.

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Wow. And what do you think
it takes to be a good engineer officer?

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A good engineer officer?

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It takes a lot of professionalism,

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takes a lot of training,
but it also takes a lot of trust.

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We're getting a little noisy around here,
so why don't I take you to the other side.

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Let's do it.

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And what other tasks can engineer officers
take on other than for bridging?

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Well, a lot of the tasks on this exercise
are things like placing minefields,

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explosive breaching of obstacles,
as well as assault boats.

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Okay, that sounds cool.

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So, Turner, walk me through your journey
in the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Well,
I joined when I was 18, went to RMC,

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and I've been doing
lots of cool stuff ever since.

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But I can retire at 43.

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Lucky!

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Okay. Most memorable moment of your career
so far?

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Probably my deployment to Jordan,
I went on Op

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Impact, and I was the female engagement
team, mentor.

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And I was talking exclusively with the
female members of Jordanian armed forces.

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Wow. That sounds really special.

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And, okay, what
track is always on the Turner playlist?

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Under pressure, David Bowie.

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Nice.

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All right,
so if you could manage any engineering

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project,
what were your number one pick be.

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Probably be, M.R.

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It's a floating raft kind of bridge.

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And at the end
you get to jump in the lake.

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I want to go see that.

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All right.

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Turner, last question
before you head back to your squadron.

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Why become an engineer officer
in the Canadian Armed Forces.

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I get to do cool new things every day
and blow things up.

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Nice. All right.
See you later. Thank you. Thanks.