We have certainly learned over the 20 years. It's one of our great sources of pride. From our time in our engagements a few years ago, I was leading for the army the organization that was fundamentally responsible for taking those lessons learned and kicking them back into the system.
The thing, though, that we need to remember about risk mitigation is that the chief of defence never relinquishes full command of our forces. I have a responsibility to the chief of defence as we deploy into any theatre to address risk. It is the first thing I think about in the morning when I get up, and it is the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night.
We look and work very hard at the array of challenges that face our people, and we alone are responsible. They will get Canadian rules of engagement. They will have the authority to defend themselves, and we work within the context of a coalition of MINUSMA.
In this particular case in MINUSMA, we are flying helicopters. We will be judged against the aeromedical task logistics and sustainment. We take the matters, everything ranging from flight safety, which General Meinzinger will be responsible for very soon, all the way through the threat environment that we'll be dealing with in Mali to the environmental. It's a harsher environment than we have previously experienced.