Every mountie in Canada comes through Regina, Saskatchewan — home to the RCMP Depot, a training facility in place since 1885. Last week I served as a ‘cadet for a day.’ Marched for 6:30am inspection, learned how to remove people from cars (using ears, pain points) or putting them in (with a memorable groin toss). I got a regulation Mountie haircut & moustache, drove an advanced track, learned I have 14% body fat in fitness class (‘that’s better than average’), ate light meals at the mess hall, and met people from all over Canada.
In one troop, they joked I was the ‘token moustache.’ Proud to be.
It was exhausting. But an unreal experience. More on it soon.
