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Ms. Streppa describes joining the navy as a signalman and later realizing her goal of becoming a military nurse.
Joanna Streppa
Mme Streppa est né à Montréal. Elle a joint les Forces canadiennes en 1989 en tant que membre non-officiers et une formation de signaleur naval. De 1990 - 1997, elle a travaillé dans la région de Halifax, à l'exception d'une tournée de deux ans au siège de la Défense nationale à Ottawa. Après l'obtention de son diplôme de l'Université Dalhousie en soins infirmiers, Mme Streppa reçu sa commission de la direction, spécialisée dans les soins intensifs, et en 2004 a été promu au grade de lieutenant. En Février 2006, elle a accepté un déploiement en Afghanistan / Kandahar et a été employé comme officier d'état major du quartier général de Groupe des Services de santé des Forces canadiennes à son retour.
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Well, it’s natural progression. When you’re in Cadets, I enjoyed the military life at that point. The discipline and being with the people who were in the military. I tried to join as a medical technician, but we had a four year waiting list way back then. So I joined in the navy because it was the fastest route to get into the military. I was a signalman for about seven years and really enjoyed it at that point, but realized I needed to do more and went back to a medical profession, applied for a program that would pay my education, and I got accepted and became a nurse out of it.I was the first crew of women to go through. It was interesting, very, very interesting. You had to stand up for yourself a little bit and once that you become like one of the boys, everything’s good. Yeah.I sailed a six month NATO in Europe. I did a lot of Caribbean Ops, which is in the Caribbeans, fishery patrols which is basically St. John’s, Newfoundland, and come back and forth. I did some shore postings, PEI and Ottawa, but most of it was at sea. It was interesting work at the beginning, but I found that I needed more responsibility so that’s why I switched over to nursing, and I wanted to be a medical person.