Let me start by sharing this. Never, not one time, have I ever considered enlisting in the CAF. It’s not a career for everyone and it’s not for me. The women who make up the CAF amaze me every time I meet them, they’re phenomenal in their strength and perseverance.   That being said, I see the CAF from my own perspective as a spouse of a member and also one that spends a great deal of time working around and interacting with other military families. I went at this conference from an odd direction: knowing a great deal about the Forces but only from one side. Definitely the outside. I’m nowhere near an actual member. So when I was invited to the Woman’s Influencer event by the Canadian Forces Recruiting Center Prairies and North, I was not totally sure how I ended up there. But there I was, living at the base hotel and starting bright and early after breakfast with a FORCES 101 class. I was laughing, because I’ve taught Canadian Forces 101 classes before at the MFRC, but this was different since it was geared to recruitment. What made it particularly interesting, however, was that our presenter was one of our recruiting center hosts, Sgt. Jamie Brown. Sgt. Brown is an Infantry soldier with a number of overseas deployments, one who is clearly passionate about her job and the opportunities she feels it has given her. The sense of pride that she showed during the presentation gave more insight than any of the actual slides. It was obvious that the CAF had made a profound and positive impact in her life. In fact, all of our hosts for the event were the same…