We're back in order. We'll continue with our study.
Joining us now as a witness is Colonel Rakesh Jetly from the Department of National Defence.
Colonel Jetly is a mental health adviser at the directorate of mental health. A medical officer, he was trained back in 1989, graduating from the U of T. He has a doctorate in medicine and served in a number of different units across the world, not just across Canada, including twice through Afghanistan. He has been on two separate missions there, commanding the mental health detachment of the Canadian-led Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit, which we were just talking about. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 2007 and posted to Ottawa in 2008. He was appointed in 2011 to his current rank as senior psychiatrist and mental health adviser for the Canadian Forces Surgeon General.
With that, Colonel, I will turn it over to you for your opening comments.