Corporal Andrew Eykelenboom, 23, of Comox BC was an army medic who was killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan on August 11, 2006. Known by colleagues as "Boomer", Eykelenboom was serving with 1 Field Ambulance unit. On Aug. 9th Andrew was done his tour of duty. He was packing to come home when he volunteered to go on one more mission, his last.

In 2007 a project was undertaken to train a mine detection dog (MDD) named 'Boomer'. The MDD will be deployed in Afghanistan.

This project was fully funded by staff of 1 Field Ambulance, based at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton