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When PO2 Katerina Stewart signed up for the Aboriginal Pre-Recruit Training Course in 2002, she was young, unsure about her future after high school, and just looking for a taste of what military life might offer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI decided to sign up to see what it was all about, and I ended up really liking it,\u201d said PO2 Stewart, who grew up in the village of New Aiyansh in British Columbia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I would only do three years and then go back home, but my career brought me to so many places I never thought I would go, and I ended up enjoying it even more than I expected. Now here I am almost 17 years later.\u201d<\/p>\n
She recently had the chance to give back to the Indigenous-focused program that launched her own CAF career, serving as one of the attached recruiters for this year\u2019s Canadian Forces Aboriginal Entry Program (CFAEP) in Halifax, and supporting a group of young people following a similar path to the one she took. The 16 participants received an introduction to the three CAF elements and saw many different trades and jobs in action during their three weeks in the Halifax area. As they try to make sense of everything they\u2019re taking in during the busy days, talking with recruiters can help narrow down potential career choices.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re here to guide them, answer questions, and see how different jobs might fit with what they like to do,\u201d PO2 Stewart said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all about showing them what the military has to offer, and what kind of options are available to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though she\u2019s currently employed as a recruiter with CFRC in Toronto, PO2 Stewart is a Boatswain by trade and has had a busy career on the west coast, highlighted by a deployment in support of the mission in Afghanistan in 2006\/2007 to the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman. She\u2019s getting ready for a return to sailing with an upcoming posting to HMCS Toronto, <\/i>and said she\u2019s excited to get experience sailing on the east coast.<\/p>\n
Supporting the CFAEP was a great way to get introduced to Halifax while getting to know the young recruits, she said, and added that seeing the personal growth in the participants through the program reminded her of her own experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely brought back a lot of memories. It\u2019s nice to be able to meet them at the beginning and then to see the huge difference now as we get toward the end of the program. They really open up and gain confidence in a short amount of time; it\u2019s rewarding to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CFAEP brings back memories for recruiter By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff When PO2 Katerina Stewart signed up for the Aboriginal Pre-Recruit Training Course in 2002, she was young, unsure about her future after high school, and just looking for a taste of what military life might offer. \u201cI decided to […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n