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submitted 3 months ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Canada's prime minister announced Wednesday the appointment of Lieutenant-General Jennie Carignan as the first woman to lead the G7 and NATO member nation's military.

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[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

This isn't really super relevant, but the fact that this woman trained as a combat engineer is seriously hardcore. It's widely considered to be the hardest course in the military, by a long stretch. You have to do everything the average frontline infanteer does, plus build entire bunkers and bridges by hand, under fire, and handle large amounts of high explosives without killing yourself and all of your section / platoon.

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