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