One way of avoiding problems is to ensure that soldiers are able to keep in touch with their families while deployed in a theatre of war. I think this is good for troop morale. I saw this first hand when I visited Bosnia. Each soldier had been given a phone card to keep in touch with family.
Are soldiers on deployment given enough opportunities to communicate with their families, whether by mail or telephone? They should also have access to webcams. I read one interesting story about a soldier who, thanks to a webcam, was able to see his child who had been born only a few hours earlier.
If Canadian Forces provided more opportunities for soldiers to correspond and communicate with their families, do you think this would have a positive impact on them?