Thursday, September 14, 2006

A SOLDIER'S LIFE - SGT R. STORRING

* Here are some interesting articles by a sergeant who is a signals operator with the CF *

Sgt. Russell Storring


- A Soldier's Life -
Russell Storring is a Sergeant with the Canadian Army, and has been a signals operator for the 15 years he has been in the military. He recently returned from his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, having served there previously in 2003, and with the UN in Rwanda in 1994. His columns give a first-person account from the field and the life of a soldier.

FEATURE COLUMN:September 13, 2006 We have to stay in Afghanistan"Staying the course is the only option. It is what the Afghans need, it is what Canada and the world needs, and it is what our fallen need to ensure their sacrifice was not in vain."

COLUMNS BY SGT. RUSSELL STORRING:
August 18, 2006A new unit, a different pace
July 5, 2006Canada dishonoured
June 19, 2006Preparing to leave Petawawa
May 1, 2006The move that wasn't
March 23, 2006Suck it up and wait
February 14, 2006Canadian soldiers and the cartoon controversy
February 8, 2006A certain pride
December 23, 2005Home again
December 14, 2005Our last days in Kabul
November 17, 2005A convoy to Kandahar
November 11, 2005Remembrance
October 17, 2005A different Afghanistan
August 9, 2005A surprise oasis
August 2, 2005Kabul revisited
July 18, 2005The final weeks
May 30, 2005Return to Kabul
January 26, 2005Memories and a look ahead
November 5, 200486 years for a pardon
August 19, 2004Summer changes
May 18, 2004A Routine of Sorts
April 20, 2004The past and the future
March 19, 2004Daily Life
February 23, 2004Reintegration
February 2, 2004Homecoming
January 15, 2004Leaving Afghanistan
December 30, 2003Christmas in Afghanistan
December 12, 2003Driving to Kabul
December 8, 2003CANCON Show in Kabul
December 2, 2003November Leave
November 10, 2003We'll lay a wreath and remember
October 29, 2003The return to normal
October 7, 2003My first thoughts: 'Who are they?'
September 23, 2003I'll be back on Halloween
September 2, 2003Kindergarten begins and Daddy’s in Afghanistan
August 18, 2003A Soldier's Story: Sleepless in Afghanistan
July 24, 2003A soldier father goes to Afghanistan

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