I understand, General. I see that you have a chart. That should be handed out to everyone and then I can move on to my other questions. Is that all right with you?
There are physical injuries, but there are also psychological ones. With regard to that issue, there are many taboos and we still don't really understand post-traumatic stress syndrome. I would like to know two things. First, we have been told that when our soldiers are sent on three or more deployments, there is a higher level of post-traumatic stress syndrome. I would like you to explain this phenomenon to us.
This leads me to the decompression stage. After every deployment to a theatre of operations, before going home, there is an important period of decompression. I was told that this happens in Cyprus and Thailand. In any case, the soldiers are guided through a process of decompression. I would like you to explain to us what happens when a soldier goes through the decompression process. But could you first tell us whether you are concerned that the post-traumatic stress level increases after several deployments.