Matthew Parenteau, Artillery Gunner
MY JOB
Ruck marches are intense
Back in high school I was into lifting weights and working out. When I got into the military I figured the fitness training wouldn't be anything.
After I did my basic course I had to start running again. When you're doing training it's a minimum four kilometre run a day. Then you're doing what's called a ruck march: full fighting gear on with a tack vest, which is twenty five pounds along with your helmet that's another ten pounds. You've got your rucksack on, which is about fifty pounds. And you're carrying a rifle and marching at a set pace for five to thirteen kilometres.
It's pretty intense, so you have to stay fit.