Basic training in army reserves pushed Kamila Matysiakiewicz to physical limits, exposed her to thrill of tossing live hand grenades
The name bar on Kamila Matysiakiewicz’s army uniform is noticeably wider than that of most of her peers with the Rocky Mountain Rangers B Company.
As an adventure-seeker, her decision to join the army reserves took her out of her comfort zone and tested her perseverance to complete what she thought then were impossible tasks, instilling confidence and a level of physical fitness she never had before. One of the aspects of an army cadet’s training that does make them sweat has nothing to do with the air temperature. It’s when they learn how to handle hand grenades.
“A lot of the misconceptions I have are probably from movies and when you throw it you don’t shout ‘grenade,’ you shout ‘frag out. You shout ‘grenade’ when somebody throws a grenade at you.” As one of three women among the 40-member B Company platoon, Matysiakiewicz says there’s no reason for women to feel reluctant to try to sign up for what has traditionally been a male-dominated occupation.
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