Thank you, Chair.
It's been an interesting morning. I thank you for it.
I just want to make a comment on the conflict between putting your hand up and your career aspirations. It certainly is a very courageous thing to publicly put your hand up in the company of your peers, particularly if you are warriors. I was especially impressed by the senior leadership at the Caring for our Own symposium, where there was a meaningful sharing from people who are senior warriors. I think if more of that went on it would be very helpful to the de-stigmatization.
On the secondary comment with respect to suicide, I'll have to show you an article and get your comment on it, because it is at variance with your testimony. But I'm not going to pursue that point.
The one question I do want to ask is with respect to that soldier who disagrees with his deployability or employability. You have an employment population of about 90,000 people, give or take. It would be absolutely astounding if every one of them were happy. At some point or another they're going to leave the armed forces, possibly not entirely of their own volition.
If a person is being discharged, or they're offered compensation that they think is inadequate, does the military have a relatively neutral fact-finding or adjudicatory process that allows for the settlement of that type of dispute?