It would really be something if we couldn't send troops overseas because we don't have the medical capabilities to take care of them. It would be an enormous irresponsibility.
We are having enormous problems trying to acquire and keep that capability. The traumatic stress dimension of it has been catching up with that. For the same reasons as in civilian life, it's also the stigmas, and so on.
If I may, the solution I would offer in regard to trying to meet the criteria is in fact informing the profession of the nature of the beast and opening them up to the possibility of this realm of research, teaching, and the production of therapists to meet this requirement.
Historically, we were nothing numbers-wise, and we had very few internally. It was really a mental health problem, with depression, and so on. In Germany, we even had therapists helping our families, wives, and so on, when we were overseas and far from family.
But we have moved into a new era, and the scale is now one that needs a realignment. As an example, for the Canadian Psychological Association, the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and so on, those organizations have to be brought into the process, informed of the scale and the need, and we need to work out a deal with them. We haven't done it that way.
We've done the contracting. There have been all kinds of contracts, but I'm talking about the actual professions. The professions need to see there is now a scale that warrants specializing in this area, which was not there before.