That's a great question. This is an issue we're grappling with right now.
The buddy system, of course, is an integral part of the army culture. Looking after yourself and looking after your buddy is critical. We've tried to capitalize on that. But you're absolutely right that when soldiers come back, after three months or six months they are reassigned to different units or they leave the military, so they're no longer connected.
Now what we're looking at doing is starting a pilot project to see if we can have what's called a “virtual” commander or first sergeant. This would allow service members to stay connected via webcam, e-mail, telephone so that they can still talk about and share their experiences.
One thing we know about veterans is that someone who has been in combat doesn't want to talk to somebody who hasn't been in combat, and if they talk to somebody who has been in combat, they'd rather talk to somebody who was there with them. The reason for that is quite simple: sometimes it's painful to talk about experiences in combat. Soldiers who have deployed together have a way of using words that explain entire situations without going into detail.
So this is a very strong, powerful social support that we want to try to keep intact. We're going to try to do it through the framework of a virtual buddy, virtual commander, virtual first sergeant.