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My name is Anastasia Karakoy.

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I am a naval logistics officer
on board HMCS Max Bernays,

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Canada's newest Arctic
and off-shore patrol ship.

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In my position, my team and I
hold the experience

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and the knowledge to know
how to navigate

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a variety of important resources
pertaining to compensation,

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benefits, and work-life balance.

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We understand that
this knowledge isn't common

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across the Canadian
Armed Forces.

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This is something that I believe

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that the CAF Offer can
assist members with.

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The CAF Offer provides members
and their family

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with an open source platform
from which they can learn

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more about the compensation
and benefits they're entitled

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to throughout
their military career.

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Nearly eight years later,
with countless stories

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and experiences,
I still feel as though

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the CAF has offered me more
than I could have ever imagined

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to be offered at the beginning
of this journey.

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Having emigrated
from Ukraine in 2001,

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my parents worked very hard
to establish us here in Canada.

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For a long time, after
we all gained our citizenship,

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my parents would struggle
to hold back proud tears

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at the sound
of our national anthem.

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I really believe
that knowledge is perhaps

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one of the most effective tools
of empowerment we could have.

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My own journey
of empowerment began

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when I was just ten years old
and my father was working

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at the Canadian Forces
recruiting centre

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in London, Ontario, that is
where he had first learned

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about the Regular Officer
Training Program

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and the chance for his daughter

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to have a post secondary
education paid for.

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Aside from the solid foundation

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that the paid scholarship made
in my own establishment,

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considering the life and
opportunity I've been granted

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as a Canadian citizen,

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there really didn't seem to be
any career path

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more fitting for me
than to serve Canada.

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I'll forever be grateful
for the information

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that my father was able
to pass along

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to spark my journey
with the CAF.

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Increasing the accessibility
of information

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on what the CAF has to offer
holds great potential

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to empower our members
and their families.

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See for yourself
what the CAF has to offer.

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