The Van Doos are leaving. Again.

This is one of the most difficult assignments. Especially since I have a two-year-old kid now. So again, the Van Doos and other military based at CFB Valcartier near Quebec City were leaving for the 10th rotation of Operation Athena in Afghanistan.

Corporal Simon Leclerc and his girlfriend Caroline Gingras share a tearful goodbye at CFB Valartier, Qc. as Corporal Leclerc is about to leave for Afghanistan , Nov. 3, 2010.