Let me address that in two parts. First of all, I'll talk about the morale of the uniformed members of the Canadian Armed Forces, and then I'll talk about the morale of the families.
First, what really drives morale in the Canadian Armed Forces and keeps it high is having good missions, good training, and good leadership. I believe in all those areas we have that clearly identified for members of the Canadian Armed Forces. We now have members of the Canadian Armed Forces deployed on 19 missions around the world, including places such as Iraq and Kuwait. We are also participating on the African continent, in the Middle East, and in Europe. In each one of these missions, our people have worthwhile goals that keep them well employed and well occupied so that they can make a difference.
This has to do with the quality of the training we provide our men and women. It doesn't matter whether you're flying something or part of a crew that's flying something, whether you're on a ship or in land formations, or whether you're in any of the support occupations, we put a high premium on high-quality training so that our men and women feel prepared for the jobs they do. Where we see this being received, and received well, is in how they're appreciated by the coalitions to which we belong. All of the coalition members, whether they are NATO organizations or members of some other organization, are grateful to have Canadian men and women in uniform. That drives the morale wherever we go.
On top of that, there's the leadership. We put a high emphasis on development of our leaders, and that includes not only leaders in the officer corp but also our non-commissioned members, our men. At the corporal, master corporal, and sergeant-on-up levels, we spend a tremendous amount of time developing leadership skills. You take that combination, along with some good support programs, and the next thing you have is a very high level of morale for our men and women in uniform.
If I can switch over to the families for a second, they are also something of great importance. You can say it's something we've been putting a lot of emphasis on. We've put in programs to support the families, whether it's recreational programs on bases or the military family resource centres, there's a tremendous amount of energy spent on making sure we support families.
I can't say we're exactly where we want to be. As a matter of fact, the CDS, with the support of the DM, is looking to make sure that our morale and welfare systems are well in place to support the families. When we're moving families across Canada from posting to posting, we ensure that they're well supported in those moves. We want to facilitate how those families are supported as they depart a location and how they get themselves into their new locations.
When you consider how we look after our members and how we look after our families, you see that we're putting forth a fair amount, actually a large amount, of effort towards making sure morale is good in the Canadian Forces.