This is a request under an increase in appropriation for vote 1. The training mission I have already referred to ends in March 2014, with the expected closure of activities to conclude by August. We expect the operating cost of the training mission in Afghanistan to be $522 million, over the four-year duration of that mission.
In December 2011, the Treasury Board approved funding of $172.4 million for the fiscal year 2012-13. This was actually a decrease of $28.4 million, to $144 million, so the $144 million that we are requesting today will be spent on the following items: salaries and allowances, $36.6 million; real-life support, so food and supplies and accommodations, $60 million; vehicle and equipment—much of the vehicle support there is rented SUVs, vehicle maintenance, supplies; communications equipment, so computers and satellite communication, accounts for $4 million; the movement, so the in-and-out rotation of personnel, theatre visits, and relief; pre-deployment training accounts for $7 million of that amount; and personnel support, which is $15 million, for the morale, welfare, local engagement, home leave travel, etc.