National Defence committee  Could you just repeat your primary question again, so I can give you the right answer?

National Defence committee  What I see, as an outsider looking in, is a tremendous disconnect between chain of command and medical. They rely very heavily on privacy. I've had colonels tell me that my son is a responsible young man and they can't interfere with his life. I said he was a responsible young

National Defence committee  Yes. He's been assigned to the JPSU, the joint personnel support unit. I've been told that he's being transitioned out of the military. He's what they call a “complex case”, so there's no timeframe. He's not a six-month, he's not a nine-month; he could be two more years.

National Defence committee  He's been with the JPSU since, I believe, March of 2010.

National Defence committee  He redeployed on September 8, 2008.

National Defence committee  No, he definitely presented as a normal soldier. He was even promoted from corporal to master corporal. He was made a 2IC, a second-in-command, out of his unit in Afghanistan, and was well thought of. He was fast-tracked to become a sergeant.

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  Of the $270,000 that's available as a disability award to soldiers, he's been capped at 58%. That's all he's going to get as a disability award. And they told him he was lucky; they'd never seen anybody get over 58% with PTSD. To me, that's a characterization of injury/illness,

National Defence committee  I would say so, yes.

National Defence committee  My feeling is that it should. When he got back from Afghanistan, first of all, he had an 11-month-old baby. His wife, who's a medic, was sent to Gagetown on a training course. Basically, three weeks after getting back from Afghanistan, he was looking after an 11-month-old child.

National Defence committee  It was never accepted as PTSD. They called it OSI, an operational stress injury. They said it was any number of factors, but they treated him more or less as an addict.

National Defence committee  Absolutely, forewarned is forearmed, and if they had been sat down, or had somebody from OSISS primarily who had suffered an operational stress injury.... They could perhaps tell the people going that there are signs to look for that they should be aware of: if you see something

National Defence committee  I was told by Dr. Ewing at CFB Borden that they were doing that now, and I wondered why Jon wasn't there. They sent him to rehab three times. It's been a failure every time because he's never ever been treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. He's been treated for alcohol abus

National Defence committee  He's been on two tours.

National Defence committee  Yes, both were to Afghanistan. The first time was on the OMLT tour, where he was in the rear party. He volunteered and they sent him over. He worked with U.S. Special Forces. That's when his first bunkmate, Matthew McCully, was killed. I don't remember the name of the operation