Yes, it was.
When our son was ordered out of hospital, there were a lot of restrictions put in place, and I was interested in what you had to say about detainment and defaulters discipline.
He had to live at the duty desk. If he left the duty desk, he had to say exactly where he was going, and he always had to have a phone number with him. He had to be tucked up in his little bed behind the duty desk by a certain time at night, quite early. It was very restrictive, and shameful, because the whole regiment knew that Langridge was under defaulters discipline.
I have to tell you that I have yet to meet a soldier who was prouder to serve than Stu was. From when he was 12, he wore a green uniform in some way or another. It was everything for him, and he was good at it. He was really good at it. He flew the Black Hawk helicopter with the ministry of defence over Afghanistan. He was chosen to represent Canada in Utah as a gunner. He was good, and he loved it.
To go from that place to this defaulters discipline was the worst thing that could have happened, and within 10 days he was dead. Just like that, it was over.