Canadian Army Reservists Overseas
The Deployed interview project was started in 2016 to record and preserve the personal experiences of serving and retired reservists who have deployed overseas on United Nations peacekeeping missions or the Afghanistan combat deployments of recent years.
Reservists are part-time soldiers who are paid for their service in the Canadian Armed Forces. In Canada, reservists are not ordered to serve overseas, but volunteer to do so, putting their civilian lives on hold until their return.
On completion of their deployments they must immediately integrate themselves back into civilian life. Reintegration creates its own challenges and stresses for reservists.
Colonel Mike Vernon created the Deployed Project with the support of his superiors in 41 Canadian Brigade Group. In civilian life, he has worked as a video journalist for CBC Television News and is currently a journalism instructor at Mount Royal University in Calgary. He produced the documentaries Deployed: Canadian Army Reservists Overseas (2017) and Desert Lions: Canadian Forces Mentors in Kandahar (2011).
Interviews A - H
| Name | Deployment |
|---|---|
| Sgt Drew Adkins | Golan, Afghanistan 2011 |
| Sgt Wildrich Barnard | Afghanistan/Kuwait 2013 |
| Col (Ret’d) Roy Boehli | Bosnia, Afghanistan |
| Cdr Rob Briggs | Afghanistan |
| Cpl(Ret’d) Diane Bruce | Golan |
| Maj Glenys Bussler | Afghanistan |
| Mr Oliver Bussler (Spouse) | Afghanistan |
| Cpl Duncan Campbell | Afghanistan |
| LCol Kyle Clapperton | Afghanistan |
| Maj Simon Cox | Bosnia, Afghanistan |
| MCpl(Ret’d) Scott Crichton | Iraq x 2 (USMC) |
| MCpl Bonnie Critchley | Afghanistan 2011 |
| Sgt (Ret’d) David Dirom | Northern Ireland, Cambodia |
| WO Pablo Fernandez | Bosnia |
| Sgt John Ferris | Afghanistan |
| Sgt (Ret'd) Ryan Flavelle | Afghanistan 2008 |
| Sgt Greg Gorecki | Bosnia, Afghanistan |
| MCpl (Ret’d) Ray Gradwell | Egypt |
| WO Darlene de Guzman-Tucker | Bosnia, Cyprus |
| Michael Hornburg (Father) | Afghanistan |
| Maj(Ret’d) Joe Howard | Congo, Bosnia, Sudan |
| CWO Dave Huedepohl | Croatia |
| LCol Chris Hunt | Kosovo, Afghanistan 2006 |
Interviews K - Y
| Name | Deployment |
|---|---|
| CWO (Ret’d) Emmett Kelly | Sierra Leone |
| Sgt (Ret’d) Kathryne Kuhn | Egypt |
| Sgt Anthony Lapthorn | Northern Ireland, Afghanistan |
| Cpl Caroline Livesey | Afghanistan |
| Sgt Jonathan Lodge | Camp Mirage (UAE) 2004 |
| Sgt Sean Mihalcheon | Afghanistan |
| MWO (Ret’d) Rick Ostashower | Afghanistan |
| Maj Ryan Palmer | Afghanistan 2006, 2008 |
| WO Kristopher Porlier | Afghanistan 2008 |
| Sgt (Ret’d) Kurtis Sanheim | Croatia 1993 |
| Cpl (Ret’d) Simon Savage | Croatia |
| MWO Scott Schall | Bosnia, Afghanistan 2006 |
| MCpl (Ret’d) Ralph Scholz | Cambodia, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cyprus |
| Cpl (Ret’d) Damien Severin | Afghanistan 2008 |
| MWO Earl Simensen | Bosnia 2000 |
| Capt (Ret’d) Tom Smith | Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Afghanistan |
| LCol Troy Steele | Afghanistan |
| CWO Brian Talty | Cyprus, Bosnia 1993, Afghanistan |
| WO Chris Thombs | Somalia, Afghanistan |
| CWO Chris Tucker | Croatia, Bosnia, Afghanistan |
| LCol (Ret’d) Lee Villiger | West Bank |
| LCol Kevin Weidlich | Cyprus, Bosnia |
| Capt Bryn Wright | Afghanistan |
| Sgt Brendan Yuill | Bosnia |
