Chance Burles is Canadian Armed Forces veteran and former Combat Engineer who spent 8 months in Afghanistan as a member of the Edmonton based 1 Combat Engineer Regiment.
On this episode, we learn about the role of the Combat Engineer and how they are prepared for combat. We talk about Chance's first encounter with an improvised explosive device, or IED and what it's like being in a gun fight with the enemy. Or as Chance puts it, "doing his job".
Chance is also veterans advocate and co-founder of the annual Canadian Walk for Veterans.
We talk about the walk, and about how he's using his podcast, Tools for the Tool Box, to help others get their stories out and, through that process, learn what strategies (or tools!) they employ to work through and cope with the literal and figurative the scars that come from military service.
Click on the links below to learn more about Chance, his podcast and the Canadian Walk for Veterans.
Instagram: @mcplburles
Podcast: Tools for the Tool Box
Walk: Canadian Walk for Veterans
Shimona & Associates Mortgage Consulting
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