Also, in Cyprus there are five briefings that the troops have to attend. There's one mandatory--battle mind--that everybody has to do, and then on the second day there are four, out of which they have to choose two. The briefings were battle mind, as I said; healthy relationships; leadership after the action; coping with stress and anger; and OSISS. The OSISS was by far the most attended briefing in my three and a half weeks, and I believe when Shawn was there as well. As Shawn referred to earlier, the comments were that they were quite happy that they were talking to ex-military people who had been on tours. We've been through the wringer, so to speak, and they look at us as mentors or as somebody they can look to, when they get home, for some help.
On March 11th, 2008. See this statement in context.