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Thank You for Your Service:

Dwayne Doyle

“One was while I was with the RCD
By Casey Leger
[the Royal Canadian Dragoons] and
we went down to Fort Hood, Texas to
“As far back as I can remember,
there were only two things I can recall exchange and train with the well-known
wanting to do: become a police officer 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Group, known
or a soldier,” says Dwayne Doyle. “I as the Death Dealers. I was a first-year
couldn’t give you any specific reason trooper, and my crew earned their unit
why, other than there was a deep-seated coin by being the best crew during a
feeling of wanting to serve something live fire competition. It surprised the
greater than a regular job that would Americans that I was a first-year gunner,
just serve my own self-interests of a beating their crews with three or more
livelihood and comfortable life.” years’ experience. I was pretty proud
of myself and our training. There were
Doyle’s twelve years in the Regular more memories later in my career,
Forces spanned a variety of trades and especially while with 1 CFH deployed
places. He served as a gunner with in Afghanistan. Knowing that I was part
the Armoured Forces, an electrical of making a difference in people’s lives
generation systems technician, and he literally was very rewarding.”
worked in the Forces’ medical branch.
“My final posting brought me full circle; “I’ve been asked many times if I miss
I went back to Petawawa, this time as the military and if I would do it again,”
support for 1 Canadian Field Hospital, Doyle says. “My answer to that every
Canada’s only fully deployable surgical time is an absolute yes. I got out not Photo Submitted
unit. It’s with 1CFH that I deployed to because I was tired of it, but because
Afghanistan in ‘06 when Canada took unfortunately the military life was not
over lead role of the mission,” Doyle conducive to the type of family life that
explains. I wanted to give my wife and children. I
wanted them to have roots. I am a father
“There are quite a few memories to 3 awesome kids and a husband to a Other than being away from his Although he’s no longer officially
that stand out and will hold a special great woman, who is a hero in her own family, Doyle cites dealing with cultural involved with the military, Doyle is a
place in my mind forever,” says Doyle. right as she’s a nurse at CCH.” differences and the loss of friends to both member of the CVMC, the Canadian
conflict and mental health issues as some Veterans Military Club which is a
of the challenges of military life. motorcycle club for Canadian veterans.
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