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Could the kid be running his mouth off? The handful of soldiers I've known have enjoyed tall tales. This might be the kid talking big.
I don't know much about military stuff or his rank, but I'm guessing that kind of information wouldn't be provided to rank and file soldiers until the last minute.
Officers get chatty. Soldiers hear things through the grapevine. But also, most rank and file are 18 year olds fresh out of high school, so they don't always have the best judgement when it comes to understanding what they're hearing, or separating fact from fiction.
I'm hoping so .... I can't ask too many questions to the mother because she doesn't seem to really know either. So much of what I am getting is something that someone else heard through the filter of their worries as a mother.
My personal worry is that it is either just miscommunication and someone is just not understanding something somewhere .... or the kid is doing something weird on his own and is getting into something weird other than with the Canadian military.
That should have been your first clue. You're getting 3rd hand information from someone not entirely familiar with the situation, getting information from a son that got limited information from their commander. Stop spreading misinformation...