A mental health nurse from CFB Esquimalt will be part of an elite group of Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP representatives selected for a national Remembrance Day ceremony.
Navy Lt. Derek Carter, the mental health nursing officer for the Canadian Forces Health Services Centre (Pacific), was selected to be one of the seven members of the Remembrance Day Sentry Program.
The program is comprised of one representative from the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Forces Health Services, a Sentry Commander and a Chief of Defence Staff member as well as one RCMP officer who were nominated by their supervisors for their merit and dedication.
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The group left for Ottawa on Nov. 5 and will take a week to participate in Remembrance Day events, practice drills, and maybe catch an Ottawa Senators game before participating in a Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial on Nov. 11.
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Carter enrolled for the Canadian Armed Forces in 1990 as a boatswain, and served in both the east and west coast fleets.
In 2001 he transferred to the Canadian Forces Health Services, and in 2002 began his bachelor of sciences degree in nursing where he found his passion for mental health
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