I'd finished my last tour in Afghanistan. I was looking to get married and settle down so I started to explore options. I worked part time as a paramedic with the B.C. ambulance service out in the Fraser Valley and I started to look at some other opportunities. Everything seemed to require post-secondary education to even get in the door. Lots of places love that you have experience in the military, overseas or peacekeeping, whatever it may be, but getting in the door without post-secondary credentials in this day and age is really difficult, so I decided to go back to school.
They happened to be starting up that program, and I took it. While on the program, I started applying for public sector jobs but I did it as an external applicant. Basically, I was no more or less than a civilian when I applied.