{"id":2488,"date":"2021-09-21T17:47:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T17:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/taylor-kirk\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T15:40:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T15:40:22","slug":"taylor-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/taylor-kirk\/?lang=fr","title":{"rendered":"Taylor, Kirk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ce qui d\u00e9crit le mieux le sergent Kirk Taylor c\u2019est sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 aider les autres et \u00e0 partager dans la bonne humeur. Son r\u00e9el d\u00e9vouement \u00e0 faciliter et \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la vie des autres lui a valu le surnom de \u00ab sergent de la bonne humeur \u00bb en Afghanistan. Ses amis et ses coll\u00e8gues le d\u00e9crivent comme \u00e9tant l\u2019homme le plus optimiste qu\u2019ils aient rencontr\u00e9, et qui appliquait la philosophie de sa m\u00e8re comme quoi demain serait toujours un jour meilleur.<\/p>\n

Bien avant son service an Afghanistan, Kirk avait une longue feuille de route comme b\u00e9n\u00e9vole en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse, notamment comme conseiller au sein du Yarmouth Association for Community Residential Options aupr\u00e8s de jeunes adultes et adolescents ayant des besoins sp\u00e9ciaux. Bien qu\u2019il \u00e9tait un peu paresseux \u00e9tant jeune, il surveillait de pr\u00e8s son fr\u00e8re et sa soeur. Il a m\u00eame secouru un ami victime d\u2019une r\u00e9action allergique. Kirk avait le don de prendre sous son aile les personnes qui se sentaient exclues et leur donnait des sobriquets comme \u00ab petits canards \u00bb. Dans sa vie d\u2019adulte, il aimait la compagnie des enfants et au grand plaisir de leurs parents, son penchant pour les surnoms th\u00e9matiques (par exemple, des noms de noix) \u00e9tait attendrissant.<\/p>\n

Kirk aimait \u00e9couter de la musique dure et bruyante. Il aimait lire de la litt\u00e9rature de science-fiction et du genre fantastique. Il avait un int\u00e9r\u00eat marqu\u00e9 pour les figurines tir\u00e9es de jeux ou de films d\u2019action comme les personnages de Star trek, les transformers, les hobbits et les gnomes. Son imposante collection de cartes de baseball refl\u00e8te sa passion pour ce sport et il a m\u00eame nomm\u00e9 son chat Jos\u00e9 en l\u2019honneur de Jos\u00e9 Canseco de l\u2019\u00e9quipe des As d\u2019Oakland!<\/p>\n

Les vacances \u00e0 la plage, le soleil et le r\u00e9pit des t\u00e2ches quotidiennes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 une source de plaisir pour lui et sa famille. Ils ont maintenu longtemps la tradition de faire de longs pique-niques. Kirk adorait la nourriture et avait l\u2019habitude de mettre du ketchup partout sauf sur les mets chinois. Sa famille conserve plusieurs souvenirs de Kirk, entre autres lorsqu\u2019il d\u00e9corait des coeurs pour la Saint-Valentin, des oeufs de P\u00e2ques, des citrouilles \u00e0 l\u2019Halloween, ou qu\u2019il chantait l\u2019Enfant au tambour \u00e0 No\u00ebl ou lorsqu\u2019ils veillaient tous tard dans la nuit au Jour de l\u2019An.<\/p>\n

Jeune gar\u00e7on, Kirk a joint les Cadets de la marine, et, vers la fin de son secondaire, les rangs de la milice. Il a poursuivi ses \u00e9tudes postsecondaires \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Sainte-Anne \u00e0 Halifax puis au coll\u00e8ge communautaire o\u00f9 il a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 en ressources humaines. Avant de s\u2019enr\u00f4ler pour l\u2019Afghanistan, il \u00e9tait volontaire au Yarmouth Ground Search and Rescue. Au cours d\u2019un entra\u00eenement en 2008, il a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de servir le Canada en Afghanistan. Son r\u00f4le en tant que sp\u00e9cialiste au sein du groupe provincial de reconstruction en Afghanistan d\u00e9montre sa grande force \u00e0 travailler en relation avec les autres. Il a rencontr\u00e9 \u00e0 maintes reprises les a\u00een\u00e9s du village afin de d\u00e9terminer la fa\u00e7on dont le Canada pourrait venir en aide aux Afghans pour am\u00e9liorer leurs conditions de vie.<\/p>\n

Dot\u00e9 d\u2019une grande sensibilit\u00e9, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s troubl\u00e9 par la perte de ses amis en Afghanistan, affirmant que c\u2019\u00e9tait maintenant sa r\u00e9alit\u00e9. Malgr\u00e9 tout, Kirk est rest\u00e9 tout aussi passionn\u00e9 \u00e0 servir les autres, et ce, bien au-del\u00e0 des exigences. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 une source d\u2019inspiration pour les autres en les incitant \u00e0 toujours voir le meilleur en toutes choses, un jour \u00e0 la fois. En plus de sa nature g\u00e9n\u00e9reuse, ce qui le caract\u00e9risait le plus \u00e9tait son talent \u00e0 faire sourire les autres avec son unique sens de l\u2019humour.<\/p>\n

Nancy Bateman<\/p>\n

Traduction par Sylvie Alice Roy<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Portrait by Shairl Honey<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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September 4, 1988 – August 1, 2009
\nHometown: Val d’Or, Quebec
\nUnit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTaylor, Kirk - Project Heroes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/taylor-kirk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Taylor, Kirk - Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 4, 1988 - August 1, 2009 Hometown: Val d'Or, Quebec Unit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/taylor-kirk\/?lang=fr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T17:47:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-04T15:40:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-portrait-TAYLOR-Kirk-web1GCF-1132014-6613.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"648\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/taylor-kirk\/?lang=fr\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/taylor-kirk\/?lang=fr\",\"name\":\"Taylor, Kirk - 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