National Defence committee  The medical files are looked after by either medical personnel or by medical clerks who deal with those files exclusively. They are not part of the normal personnel file that transfers. Medical files are kept separate from every other file, so I'm fairly confident about the integ

National Defence committee  It's the same thing in the air force. We do not deploy individuals; we deploy units and task forces. When we send reservists to augment any of the task force elements going over to theatre, they become part of that element, and their medical files go with that element and come ba

National Defence committee  From an air force perspective, the air reserve is significantly integrated into the regular force operations. We have very few stand-alone units like the army reserve has or the naval reserve has. Our people are employed in the air force. They don't train and deploy in the same m

National Defence committee  I'm Brigadier-General Eldren Thuen. I'm deputy commander of mission support at 1 Canadian Air Division, and I'm also the director general of the air reserve, here in Ottawa. I'm the senior reserve adviser for the chief of the air staff. I'm also the developer and implementer of r