Thank you.
I'm not sure I expressed my question very well last time, but we just travelled to some bases and we're looking forward to visiting a couple more very quickly--I think Valcartier and Petawawa. You mentioned incident reports and how vital they are to us--tracking medical records and making sure we can provide veterans with the coverage they need, pensions, and everything else.
I was surprised that at the base I visited last summer it was totally the opposite to what we saw last fall. Last fall they stressed incident reporting. Everything had to be written down and documented. You've been through a whole life of this, so you know how important that is.
When I was on the base, reservists were being trained, and a lot of them were sent to Afghanistan after that. You mentioned your sergeant yelling at you. I experienced that firsthand. There was no way that anybody who was hurt in this whole group we were with was ever going to report anything. The lieutenant was adamant that if you got hurt you shut your mouth and did not say anything to anybody. I was surprised at that because, being reservists, these people wouldn't have had that background on how important the incident thing was. I think it's something we have to standardize through all levels of the military. Whatever service they're in, they have to document that.
I just want your comments on that. Have you noticed, throughout your long experience, different levels of tracking systems and service?