Dr. Luong Phuc Nguyen is a general dentist who has worked in private practice in Ontario and Quebec since 1998. He volunteered to deploy with Canada’s Joint Task Force Afghanistan as an infantry officer in 2007-08 and again in 2010-11. He re-enlisted as a part-time reservist with the Canadian Army in February 2021. The views expressed here are his own and are not endorsed by the Canadian Armed Forces.