CFB Esquimalt

10 members of 3 CDSG Signal Squadron have recently returned from completing the West Coast Trail, on Vancouver Island, BC as part of the Squadron Adventure Training which ran from 29 April to 09 May 2017. Arriving in Victoria from Dets scattered from Shilo, MB to Chilliwack, BC, the team had one day to gather last minute supplies, and distribute shared items to spread the weight. After deploying to the northern trail head at Gordon River, we spent the night at a local campsite so that step-off

was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), but he had it since Bosnia and he had it for 20 years, he was married and his wife had never seen him without PTSD,” says Nancy Shalay, a civilian social worker at Canadian Armed Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright. Shalay, like many other social workers, shares the experience of treating a range of patients who belong to an era of stigma, where weakness was considered the sole cause for seeking mental health treatment in the Canadian Armed Forces