Description
Ms. Bungay expresses the joy she shares as a member of 2 CAV and how the strong sense of friendship allows transition to civilian life so much easier.
Danica Bungay
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Transcript
I first got my bike in 2012 and riding around by myself and I see different people, different patches and I saw Beaumont-Hamel. I didn’t join originally but I got to meet them and I got to talk to them and I got to find out that these people, not just the military background; I guess that’s part of it, it’s like when you leave the military it’s like your troops, your family and then you are still looking for that something, like I was looking for that something when I joined. You are still looking for that something when you get out because transitioning into civilian life again, you’re still not a civilian, you don’t feel like a civilian, you still got that, you know, and I found when I got out people that I knew, you kind of drift, they get posted and I was still in Winnipeg and you know people were leaving and you keep in touch the best you can but at the time, you know, computers were just getting on the go and emails and that’s basically because you know, phone calls, you know a five minute phone call but when I met people in the 2 CAV, and I was talking to them and I’m listening to them and I am listening to their knowledge and their; I don’t even know how to describe it, their love for their service right and some of them are still powerfully attached and that drew me into them because they’re, that’ s what I was looking for, I was looking for camaraderie, I was looking for friendship, I’m looking for someone to ride with. Someone you can take a ride with and go for a coffee, sit down and you know I don’t have that many stories to tell because you know twenty years, nineteen years, seven months, these people were in for thirty years. When I met these people it was like coming home again, right? I am new to the unit and president of the unit; first female president apparently I’ve been told and they respected me enough even though I didn’t have the same military background as them. I didn’t serve in the same places. I didn’t go overseas. I didn’t put myself in physical danger, that didn’t matter to them, right? I was a Veteran and I am a motorcycle enthusiast and they were welcoming and it’s like having a family surround you.