Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, there is. You can find several examples where we have amputees, people who have lost sight, limbs, they have other disabilities, even up to certain ratings for PTSD, within the service. If they're not part of the active component we have National Guard, Reserve, and active c

Veterans Affairs committee  I hesitate to speak for your Canadian Forces, but for the Americans I think it would make the member more willing to, as long as they trusted that the system wasn't going to harm them on the back end.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have what's called the integrated disability evaluation system. I don't know if you were apprised of that during your tour, but essentially that is a way for the service to keep a member in, regardless of branch, if that member wants to stay in. If you lose a limb, or whatever

Veterans Affairs committee  I think it's of value for several reasons, not the least of which is because that individual gets to model continued service for his or her fellow service members. I believe the term you use here in Canada is “universality”. It also gives the member agency so that they have initi

Veterans Affairs committee  Many of your witnesses have commented about changing the culture. I think the apparatus itself is well in place and the interventions are good. Having caseworkers who are former members is a huge benefit. He looks like you, sounds like you, understands what you've been through, a

Veterans Affairs committee  I think the trust factor is big. As far as competency goes, no. I think any military family member or just even a civilian.... That can even be a benefit in itself. When I look across at a caseworker and I see a civilian, he or she has volunteered to be there. They've opted into

Veterans Affairs committee  Sure. I'm on the board of directors for an art foundation named for the soldier, in fact, who rode in my vehicle and was killed by an IED, the David J. Drakulich Art Foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to offer art as a medium for military-connected community, to reassim

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  We call it the “flash to bang”. The nasty part of the post-traumatic stress is that “post” word because there is that point of injury, whether it's trauma, which grossly has to do with the experience, or moral injury, which has to do with the connection between people and the mor

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair, and members of the committee. I appreciate the opportunity to address you in this inquiry on barriers to transition. If I let any of my “Californianisms” slip, and that becomes a barrier, please make that apparent. My wife tells me I'm not great at taking socia