My motivation for joining the Legion is mainly for the life experience, I want to see how far I can push myself, experience the hardships, comradeship and I'm attracted by the overall mystique of the Legion. For the longest time, I wanted to be in the Canadian Forces, but in the last years I've been captivated by the Legion. I want to go for broke and place myself in the toughest situations to see how far I can push myself physicality and mentally. I think the Legion can provide me with he challenges I want. Also, I don't want to end up like those old farts who are dying and realize they have not accomplished anything in life, I've seen to much of that lately, and I don't want to live my life like that. I've made up my mind, and the Legion is what I'm gunning for.
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Edit: plus this is a bad time to want a military career in Canada; recruiting freezes in the reserve force and recruiting freeze for all combat trades in regular force. Also, many of my personal contacts in the Canadian Forces tell me that they are more of a bureaucracy than an actual fighting force.