{"id":2617,"date":"2021-09-21T14:33:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/kennedy-kevin\/"},"modified":"2021-10-06T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T19:12:09","slug":"kennedy-kevin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/kennedy-kevin\/?lang=fr","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy, Kevin"},"content":{"rendered":"

La m\u00e8re de Kevin connaissait l’engouement de son fils pour la vie militaire. D\u00e8s son jeune \u00e2ge, il aimait ses GI Joe, les films de guerre et les documentaires. Il a visit\u00e9 des sites historiques de la premi\u00e8re et deuxi\u00e8me guerre mondiale et s’est enr\u00f4l\u00e9 dans les Cadets de la Marine pendant ses \u00e9tudes secondaires.<\/p>\n

Sa passion pour le domaine militaire ne pouvait se comparer au d\u00e9vouement sans bornes qu’il t\u00e9moignait \u00e0 sa famille, et l’amour qu’il portait \u00e0 sa m\u00e8re. Bouffon \u00e0 ses heures, il lui arrivait de la hisser sur ses \u00e9paules et de la promener ainsi partout dans la maison. Il prenait soin de son grand fr\u00e8re, profitait de son cong\u00e9 pour passer du temps avec sa m\u00e8re et b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiait des conseils avis\u00e9s de son p\u00e8re qui le d\u00e9crivait comme \u00e9tant un homme attachant.<\/p>\n

Kevin avait un c\u00f4t\u00e9 espi\u00e8gle, mais il avait le c\u0153ur \u00e0 la bonne place. Il trouvait son bonheur dans les petites choses du quotidien, d\u00e9testait le comm\u00e9rage et l’intimidation et mordait \u00e0 pleine dent dans la vie.<\/p>\n

Il ne demeurait jamais en reste d’humour. On le savait capable de d\u00e9crocher la lune et tout le monde pouffait de rire en sa pr\u00e9sence. Le jour avant la remise de son dipl\u00f4me d’\u00e9tudes secondaires, ses amis lui ont rendu la monnaie de sa pi\u00e8ce en lui rasant un sourcil. Sa m\u00e8re lui a fait une retouche pour la s\u00e9ance de photo. La blague ne s’est pas arr\u00eat\u00e9e l\u00e0, ils ont r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9 le coup juste avant l’obtention de son statut de soldat.<\/p>\n

Ce jeune homme remarquable nourrissait plus d’un centre d’int\u00e9r\u00eat. Il aimait particuli\u00e8rement jaser avec des personnes du troisi\u00e8me \u00e2ge et les faire rire. Vers l’\u00e2ge de 12 ans, il s’\u00e9tait aventur\u00e9 au bord de la mer sachant tr\u00e8s bien qu’il ne devait pas s’y trouver seul. Il avait en t\u00eate d’aller \u00e0 la p\u00eache au capelan pour faire plaisir \u00e0 une personne \u00e2g\u00e9e qui ne pouvait s’y rendre et capturer ce d\u00e9lice. Kevin savait qu’il pouvait rendre quelqu’un heureux avec juste un petit effort et il s’est employ\u00e9 \u00e0 le faire.<\/p>\n

Il a fait preuve de leadership et de sagesse tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t dans sa vie. Alors qu’il n’avait que trois ans, Kevin a compris que son fr\u00e8re a\u00een\u00e9 avait peur de commencer la maternelle. Il a donc d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de l’accompagner jusqu’\u00e0 l’\u00e9cole et de rester sur place jusqu’au d\u00e9but des classes. Il lui aurait fait comprendre qu’une demi-journ\u00e9e ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas long et qu’\u00e0 l’heure du lunch, il passerait le prendre avec sa m\u00e8re. Vers l’\u00e2ge de 13 ans, il a fait preuve d’une grande force morale lorsqu’il a accompagn\u00e9 dans la mort sa grand-m\u00e8re, en voulant la rassurer, il lui aurait souffl\u00e9 \u00e0 l’oreille qu’elle pouvait partir.<\/p>\n

Kevin comprenait le r\u00f4le qu’il tenait comme militaire : aider les gens et combattre le mal. Il disait : \u00ab Si vous \u00eates t\u00e9moin du mal et que vous l’ignorez, si vous \u00eates t\u00e9moin du mal alors que celui-ci s\u00e8me le chaos et que vous restez \u00e0 l’\u00e9cart, vous serez oblig\u00e9 d’y faire face t\u00f4t ou tard. \u00bb Kevin a choisi d’y faire face tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t dans la vie.<\/p>\n

Lorsqu’il est arriv\u00e9 en Afghanistan, son peloton avait pour mission de participer \u00e0 l’op\u00e9ration Achilles, une initiative qui consistait \u00e0 sortir les talibans de la province d’Helmand. Peu apr\u00e8s son arriv\u00e9e, La Presse canadienne voulait savoir ce qu’il pensait de l’op\u00e9ration. Sa r\u00e9ponse ne pouvait \u00eatre plus claire : \u00ab On est ici. On s’est entra\u00een\u00e9 plusieurs ann\u00e9es et finalement, on va faire notre travail : on est pr\u00eat. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Kevin comprenait l’importance de son travail. Dans les moments difficiles, son comportement \u00e9tait conforme \u00e0 sa volont\u00e9 de changer les choses. Il disait : \u00ab les gars, pr\u00e9parez-vous \u00e0 encaisser \u00bb.<\/p>\n

Or, m\u00eame s’il connaissait les tenants et aboutissants de la mission canadienne en Afghanistan, Kevin cherchait aussi \u00e0 rendre la vie plus facile aux afghans. \u00c0 la demande de Kevin, sa m\u00e8re ajoutait des crayons, des livres \u00e0 colorier et des bonbons dans les colis r\u00e9confort qu’elle lui faisait parvenir afin qu’il puisse les distribuer aux enfants du village. En d\u00e9pit des circonstances difficiles qu’il a connues, Kevin a marqu\u00e9 de son empreinte le quotidien de bien des gens.<\/p>\n

Rhonda Kronyk<\/p>\n

Traduction par Louise Pariseau<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Portrait par Cindy Revell<\/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":2618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nKennedy, Kevin - 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\/kennedy-kevin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kennedy, Kevin - 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\/kennedy-kevin\/?lang=fr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T14:33:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-06T19:12:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-PORTRAIT-KEVIN_KENNEDY-web1IXE-10292014-2504.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\/kennedy-kevin\/?lang=fr\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/kennedy-kevin\/?lang=fr\",\"name\":\"Kennedy, Kevin - 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