Listen to it here: “The corporal opens the door, and we walk out and we’re just like, ‘What the hell have I just got myself into? What is this? This…this is it? Like, what am I doing here?’ Everyone’s got their head shaved and everyone is marching in unison. It’s like some weird bizarro scene from Pink Floyd’s The Wall or something. I’m just like, ‘What is going on?’”

Basic training is, for some people, the hardest part of becoming a soldier. Nick Lees experienced this first hand this past summer in Quebec. He tells us his story of how challenging and rewarding it was for him.

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