I can share later the exact numbers, but I give you, for example, in Raven last year, 27 started the course. Sorry. I'll go a year back because the data is now old. Forty joined the course, 37 finished the course and five went into the reserves. The numbers varied from year to year. The previous year there were actually eight who joined the forces. Bold Eagle is a much larger program in the Prairies. Out of the 114 who started, 102 graduated from the course and 30 were retained. Turning to the east coast, in the Atlantic programs, out of the 40 who started, 32 graduated and 50% joined—16 joined. So, the numbers vary.
I see the trend. Last year's numbers are not finalized, but I expect a growth in retention—i.e., they joined and stayed in the forces—by about 30% across the two main army programs, for different reasons—the experience, as the word goes around and they see the success.
What I was told by the first FISM...when I was there for the graduation last year is the simple fact of having on your CV that you're a graduate of Black Bear is a mandatory key to employment in the civilian world. A lot of people join with no intention whatsoever. They want to acquire skills. They want to learn about leadership, ethics, ethos, to exceed their own limitations so that they don't perceive limitation by doing a military program. That explains a lot about those we do not retain when we do what we call the exit survey discussion: “Why didn't you join?” “Well, I wasn't interested. I wanted to get the experience.”