Mr. Chair, perhaps I could put it in a little bit of perspective.
When I was in the military the first time, I spent three years posted in 1 Brigade at a time when we didn't deploy frequently and were not involved in much conflict. There was the Gulf War, which happened so fast we all missed it. At the end of my three years there, I calculated how much time I'd been in Calgary, and it averaged six months a year.
We've always spent a lot of time training. We've always had risks associated. It's part of what the military does. People do self-select. If this is not the life for you, or if it becomes something other than the life for you, there are ways of moving on--with the skill sets that you've picked up in the military.