Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and Mr. Griffis, again.
Sir, the other day, at an air force reception, I met a gentleman who had served in Afghanistan. He said something to me I hadn't thought of before. He said that the mission in Afghanistan will not be finished until the last person who serves in that mission dies. Basically, what he was referring to was that assistance for some of these individuals who come back will be lifelong. If they come back with PTSD or physical or mental injuries of some kind, for them and their families, the care from the government will probably be for the rest of their natural lives. I thought that was extremely poignant.
Would you agree with the statement that a mission is not completed until the last person who served in that mission is gone? In other words, he was saying that care for the veteran should go from the time they're in the service right to their headstone.