NVWSP 2024 video for an audience of students
Video / October 21, 2024
Transcript
Hi everyone. My name is LCol Terry Wong and I'm the Deputy Wing Commander at 16 Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force, also known as the RCAF. I'm a pilot. I've flown jet aircraft and helicopters like the Griffon you see before you now.
My name is Sgt Ramanjit Bhachu, and I’m an avionics technician with the RCAF. I am from Stoney Creek Ontario and have been with RCAF for 18 years. As an avionics technician, I fix and take care of the electrical parts on airplanes and helicopters.
The RCAF has existed for over 100 years. That's to say, it existed before the birth of your parents and the birth of your grandparents.
Our members have served in a number of big wars with other countries around the world including the First World War, the Second World War, and the Afghanistan War.
And we’re still doing important work today.
We fly helicopters and airplanes in the sky to look for dangers and to help keep Canada and our friends safe.
We deliver supplies like food, medicine, and military equipment to those who need it.
We look for planes and helicopters that have crashed or are missing, and bring the people on board to safety…
And way up in space, we also have Canada’s first military satellite called Sapphire which keeps an eye on objects floating around the Earth.
But the RCAF is just one part of the Canadian Armed Forces family.
At the same time the RCAF keeps us safe in the skies, the Army works on land, and the Navy sails on the sea.
One thing that we all have in common, we work hard every day to make sure that all of us, and our friends around the world, can live peacefully.
We have to be brave, strong, dedicated, and work as a team.
It’s not always easy. Sometimes we’re sent on missions far away from home, sometimes we work in difficult situations. And sometimes, people get hurt.
But we do it because we want to create a better world for everyone.
That’s why it’s important during Veterans Week and on Remembrance Day, to take a moment to think about members of the Canadian Armed Forces and the difficult, but important, job they do…
And remember our Veterans – those who have served Canada before us, who left their homes and families and went to war, so that other children would be safe.
You can thank a military member or Veteran.
Wear a poppy over your heart.
Or attend a Remembrance Day ceremony.
By doing these things, we keep our promise to never forget.
To never forget their sacrifices and bravery.
To never forget their stories.
And to never forget all that they have done and continue doing to make the world a safer place for us all.
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