I think that when folks deploy to serve their country, they deploy with the belief that they're going to do their job and do what's asked of them, with the mindset that it's their duty and their commitment to Canada. It's their pride in the country and their pride in everything that's related to that. I don't believe they deploy to think about the what-ifs should things go south and go terribly wrong.
I think they deploy with the trust that their colleagues, their leadership and their chain of command—and certainly the institution, the government and the country we represent—support us in what we do. Otherwise, why would we be sent to these different parts of the world?
There's the mindset that if something goes bad on those most terrible days that are unimaginable, they will be taken care of. There's that institutional trust that while we are socialized, if you want to use that term, upon joining the military, you will operate in a certain fashion, with these ethical principles and moral obligations, and you will also have trust in the institution, which extends far beyond the unit you're deploying with. I believe they have that trust in place should those bad moments occur. I think what we're seeing in some of the testimony today is that the trust has been questioned.
Certainly, when you deploy, you know where you're going, generally, and you have that obligation.