Lieutenant-Colonel Melanie Lake is one of the most public-facing women in the Canadian Armed Forces. As Task Force Commander of Operation UNIFIER, she led a team that trained the Ukrainian army months before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Melanie joins Jennifer and Catherine to talk about her experience as a woman in the Canadian Armed Forces and her decision to go to Ukraine when her daughter was five months old. In this episode, Melanie talks about her childhood, her mother’s reaction to a tour of duty in Afghanistan, and why she decided to make a career in the military. Share your feedback with us-we would love to have your review. If you love the episode, please rate the show. Follow us on Instagram to find eve more advice from Candaa’s most inspiring women: https://www.instagram.com/_thehonesttalk/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-honest-talk/ And on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_TheHonestTalk