That sounds all too familiar. My son was 17 when he joined. He is now 19. I was 16 when I joined.
In the current issue of “Maple Leaf” there is an article about Operation Medusa which was conducted by Canadian and NATO troops last September in Afghanistan. Go down to page 18 of the pdf file for the story.
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/communi...1/941_full.pdf