Thank you, Mr. Chair.
From my perspective, prior to becoming elected in 2006, I had not spent a whole lot of time seeing the difficulties or studying the difficulties or becoming aware of the difficulties we faced with respect to our soldiers. And in this particular area, I guess it's why I focus a little bit.... I'm much more aware of it now, but I think it has as much to do with my job as anything else.
The fifth pillar you have is about the communications, both internal and external. You talked a great deal about the internal communications, and that gives me some confidence that you've moved leaps and bounds over the last 20 years.
One of the difficulties I see is the external communications. Whether it be going through the Caring for our Own document or reading the brief on Shoulder to Shoulder and having a chance to even go through a little bit more of the material, part of the issue I see here is public awareness. I wondered if you could very briefly describe how in the past you've worked through making the public more aware of what your responsibilities are and how we serve those who are in the military.