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SR " BT i Many careers to choose from PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 13, 1987 -- 33 14 Cartwright students listen to Canadian Armed Forces There are a lot of good reasons . why young Canadians might look to - the Armed Forces for a career. That was the message stressed by Sgt. Geary Southcombe (Air Force) and Sgt. Wayne Bailey (Army) who spoke to groups of senior (grades 7-8) students at Cartwright Central ~ Public School in Blackstock last week. "We are trying to educate young people about the kinds of oppor- tunities there are in the' Armed [orces. Instead of being the last to consider for a career, we (the Arm- ed Forces) should be the first," ex- plained Sgt. Southcombe, a 21 year Air Force veteran, a trained radar operator, and for the-last seven months a member of the recruit- ment team working out of Downsview in Toronto. . For example, he said, the Armed Forces offers training in 58 different trades, has numerous management training programs, and runs three universities in Canada offering ful- ly accepted degree courses in many areas of study including engineer- ing, sciences and the arts. In talking to impressionable: youngsters: about career oppor- tunities in the Forces, Sgts. Southcombe and Bailey also make a point of puncturing some of the myths the kids may have about life in the Forces. The men and women in Canada's Armed Forces are not "Rambo- types' who spend their days runn- ing around with machine guns and" bazookas in their hands. Far from it. "We are not a war force," said Sgt. Southcombe, noting that since the Korean conflict more than 30 years ago, Canada has played a ma- jor role in peacekeeping in several areas of the world including the Middle East, Cyprus and the Far ~ East. DURHA And within our borders /the Arm- ed Forces moves into action when natural disasters occur or in a search and rescue function when, planes, boats and individuals go missing. : But they don't gloss over the fact that the primary role of any army, navy or air force is to protect the country and there will always be the chance (hopefully, very remote) that another war will break out and Canadians will be in the front lines. Taking the Armed Forces message into the schools is nothing new for the recruitment teams and Sgt. Southcombe said there 'is no - reason why we should not be talking to public school students." He said he personally has never run into any problems from teachers, school boards of parents who objected to the presence of the military in the schools. But he said there have been some instances where individual school principals would not allow the team members to talk to students. What kind of 'questions do grade 7-8 students ask career soldiers dur- ing the class-room discussions? According to Sgt. Southcombe, the questions are varied, but many cen-- tre around what life is like in the Forces. Do they have a home life? Do they live on the base? Are they on duty 24 hours a day? What hap- pens if they join the Forces, don't like it and want to get out? Where will they travel, where will they be sent? What are the chances of being killed? He answers that life in the military is not too much different. Most work routine 9-5 days, take vacations every year, get married, raise families and live in three 'bedroom houses. They can expect to get posted to bases anywhere in the country, in Europe or with ial Sgt. Geary Southcombe and Sgt. Wayne Forces. And they fielded a lot of questions from Bailey spent an afternoon last week talking to the senior students about what life is like in the students at Cartwright Central School about the ~~ Forces. 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