Absolutely, and that is what our group does. We just talk to each other. We all pretty well know each other, or we know the same people. A lot of these guys are still serving. We have health professionals, doctors, and all kinds of people in there. We all help each other, and we can come to each other. Absolutely, that is what helps us, coming to each other and saying, “I am going through this issue right now. Has anybody else gone through a similar issue, or can somebody guide me through something?” It is very open. We have sergeants, privates, colonels, all talking from the heart.
It is a closed group. It is secret, or whatever you call it, so you can speak. There is no rank in it, essentially. You can talk and say how you are feeling, and then other people will help guide you into the right channels, whether it is to go set up an account, branch out to somebody in British Columbia, because that is where you currently are, or go through paperwork with Veterans Affairs Canada. Yes, we all help each other out.
One guy needed some food. He is an old-time veteran, and he needed some food because his wife got hurt or something and he ran out of money. It is very simple little things.
We had one guy who was stuck in South America. We just got together, got the money together ourselves from own pockets, not through any organization, and got him a plane ticket back.
Talking to each other is easy. We can be vulnerable. We all understand that we fail sometimes.