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Day parade, his mother pointed to the pipe In HMCS Calgary his musical skills were band as it marched by and said to him, used at the celebration of the RCAF’s 97th “You’re doing that.” birthday, at a mess dinner, at a Battle of So, he joined the 2136 Canadian Scottish Atlantic ceremony, and during a memorial cer- Cadet Corps and learned the bagpipes, rounding out his cadet experience as he had already been in Sea emony for the one-year anniversary of the crash of Cadets and Air Cadets (Rainbow Sea Cadet Corps the helicopter Stalker 22. and 89 Pacific Air Cadets). On board, his technical skills as Weapon Systems “I loved it right away,” he says. Releaser and senior maintenance advisor ensure the In 1994, at 17, he transitioned from cadet to ship’s embarked CH-148 Cyclone helicopter meets an Infantry Reservist in the Canadian Scottish all regular safety and maintenance protocols. Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Primary Reserve infan- Calgary just finished Operation Artemis and try unit out of the Bay Street Armoury in Victoria. is now on Operation Projection where it vis- With this unit he toured the world as part of ited Indonesia and then participated in Exercise the Regimental Band. He fondly recalls touring Talisman Sabre off the coast of Australia. the United States and going to Europe. His most “This (Operation Artemis) mission is particularly memorable trip was to Scotland when his band rewarding because so often your military career is participated in the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, preparing and ensuring that capabilities are ready the largest military show of its kind in the world. at all times. On this mission, we are actually doing In 2004, he moved from the Reserve Force to the Regular Force, joining as an Aviation Systems the work we are trained to do and making a fairly Technician. Since joining he has been on six deploy- direct contribution in the fight against terror,” says Sergeant Steven Drinkwalter played the bag pipes ments on four warships as part of their embarked Sgt Drinkwalter. air detachments. He still resides in Esquimalt where he lives with during the Battle of the Atlantic ceremony on May 2 To the delight of all the ship crews he has sailed his wife Whitney and their four children Bailey, in the Arabian Sea while the ship was on Operation with, Sgt Drinkwalter always deploys with his bag- Austin, Madison, and Kenzie. Artemis and part of Combined Task Force 150. 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