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Today we're meeting

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with Master Bombardier Dave Kelloway,
whose main duties are surveillance

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and target acquisition and indirect
fire to engage the enemy.

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Hey, Dave. How's it going?

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Hey, it's a great day to be a gunner.
How about yourself?

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Things are good. Right on.

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I have to say,
this is not where I thought I'd find you.

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Yeah, well, for us, on Wednesday mornings,
we conduct stables

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to make sure that all of our vehicles
and equipment are in tip top shape.

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So that's why
I'm checking out the vehicles right now.

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Okay, cool.
And just tell me a little bit more.

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What is a gunner?

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A gunner is a subject matter expert
on all things field artillery and gunnery.

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However, here
at the Fourth Artillery Regiment,

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we have a few more specialties,
such as radar, SUAS.

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and air defense.

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Ooh, that's pretty cool.

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And are there
other things you can do as a gunner?

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Yeah, we've got a couple of sub
occupations.

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Primarily is the field artillery.

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We've also got surveillance and target

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acquisition, air defense,
and the ops or observation post.

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Okay.

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And since you're air defense, can you just
tell me a little bit more about it?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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We've recently purchased
new equipment called the RBS 70 NG

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which is responsible for interdicting any
air threats that we may have in

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Canada or abroad.

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We've also got the,
MRR, medium range radar.

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And our SUAS.

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You know, you sound pretty cool, right?

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I like to think so.

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And, my parents would definitely say so,
so I appreciate that.

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Yeah. Awesome.

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Can I see some of these cool weapons?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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I can take you to go see the MRR
and maybe even the SUAS. Come on. Follow me.

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All right, so,

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just here, we've got our gym
where our troops get a good workout in,

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and we've got some workout equipment along
here, as well as a really long hallway.

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Somebody gets their steps in. You bet.

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Okay. Dave.

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Yes.

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What's the most surprising thing
you learned during your training?

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Definitely.

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That,
it's not all about guns in the artillery.

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The Fourth Artillery Regiment,
when I came here, I learned about radars,

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the SUAS, and the air defense weaponry
that we have as well.

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That's a lot of different stuff.

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Oh, yeah.

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Okay. Finish these two sentences for me.

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Okay. One.

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My favorite action movie is.

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Definitely the good, the bad and the ugly.

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Two. My go to karaoke song is.

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New York, New York, Frank Sinatra.

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Yes, I like that.

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Okay, tell me, why did you join the CAF?

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Definitely. To serve my country.

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That was always a natural calling,
I think.

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And to stand up and defend
those that can't stand up for themselves.

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And what made you choose to be a gunner?

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It's something that was deeply
rooted in my family.

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My uncle was in the artillery,
and it's always

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just something that felt natural
as a calling to myself.

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That's awesome. Okay. Hold up. Yeah.

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What are those?

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Well, this is a tactical armored
patrol vehicle, or TAPV

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We, we use these
to conduct reconnaissance in austere

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environments and in the field area.

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Once our gunners are qualified
with their driver operation course,

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they're able to operate these vehicles.

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So you get to work with radar
and these cool things.

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Yeah,
I love it. Okay. Talking about radar.

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Let's get to it.

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I want to see it. Absolutely. It's
just this way, a little bit further.

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All right.

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It's time for this so that. You ready?
Absolutely. Shoot.

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Coffee or energy drink?

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Definitely. Energy drinks.
Place in the mountains are on the water.

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Place the mountains.

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Hockey or basketball?

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It's got to be hockey. Yes.

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All right. Oh, this is it, isn't it?

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This is it.

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Tell me about it.

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The medium range radar or MRR?

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It's capable of tracking enemy aircraft.

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Or any aircraft, for that matter,
up to 200km in a 360 degree area.

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You keep making the sounds super cool,
I love it.

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Yup.

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So what's the hardest thing
to learn as a gunner?

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I definitely say
it's a little sense of humility.

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You don't always have it right.

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And sometimes just taking a step back
and learning from superiors and people that may

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very well know more than you do is,
definitely a difficult thing to learn.

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And what was the most
rewarding moment in your career?

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When we were called
on Operational Lentus, for sure.

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We helped out the folks of Newfoundland

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and Labrador
when they were in a bad snowstorm.

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And just something about providing aid,
digging people out of their houses

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when they're trapped is something that
I don't think will ever be topped for me.

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I love that.

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Okay, Dave, tell me, do your fellow
gunners have a nickname for you?

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Yeah they do.

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They call me that. Danger,
David. Danger, Dave.

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What's the story behind that nickname?

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It's a 50/50 split of the things
that I've done in the field and,

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things that I've done on the weekends,
but the rest is classified.

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I agree with that. Yeah.

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Okay. What are you going to do
after I ask you my last question?

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Well, tonight's wing night.

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So I think I'll get a couple buddies
together and we'll go do that.

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Yes. Okay, well,
time for the last question, then.

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All right. Shoot.

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Why would you recommend this trade
to others?

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That's a great question.

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If you're out there looking for
challenge, a sense of camaraderie,

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esprit de corps and teamwork
that you won't find anywhere else.

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The artillery is the place for you.

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Absolutely. Okay, off to wing night you go.

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Thank you. See you later.