Veterans Affairs committee  A few years ago, we could actually consider that the old veterans associations, that is to say, former soldiers, that were well-established, did not take young veterans sufficiently into account. I think things are changing. At the same time, although they are not very powerful,

Veterans Affairs committee  As for the veteran's card, ONACVG's mission is to go to the regiments, the military training, to explain to those being deployed on an external operation that they can request this card. As I have already said, they can do so as soon as they have accumulated 120 days of external

Veterans Affairs committee  This is something that the Ministère des Armées also considered. A few years ago, it created the Thémis unit, the role of which is specifically to consider questions like that. Anyone can contact the unit's telephone service to report cases of harassment or other actions like tha

Veterans Affairs committee  Actually, in military training many soldiers may be deployed. So they must be able to take part in an external operation. There are also a number of civilians who are generally assigned support tasks, like fixing or maintaining equipment, for instance. With any military training,

Veterans Affairs committee  Right. The office had 10 vocational retraining schools. These schools were created immediately after the First World War to enable disabled veterans to learn a new trade. We have seen that, for years, these vocational retraining schools were no longer receiving soldiers or vete

Veterans Affairs committee  I think so. They might talk more about their injuries, which may or may not be obvious, if they were sure they wouldn't be forced to leave the service.

Veterans Affairs committee  I spoke earlier about the office's territorial network. It has a service in all the regions that, I think, were established at the time of the French Revolution, so some time ago. The principle was, if I'm not mistaken, that anyone could cross the department on horseback in one d

Veterans Affairs committee  The new groups, as you call them, are struggling to establish a presence. There are large associations that are very well established in the landscape and they still work a lot for veterans, especially of Algeria. They are also becoming interested in young people from external op

Veterans Affairs committee  In France, there are reserved jobs that prioritize injured veterans. They have bridges to connect more easily with the public service. Your question deals more specifically with the private sector. Some sectors of our economy are interested in recruiting veterans and perhaps inj

Veterans Affairs committee  Earlier, we were talking about the esprit de corps, something that translates in France as well. The armed forces, particularly the army, are trying to keep in their units people who have been wounded, either in uniform or in civvies. This is a relatively common practice in the F

Veterans Affairs committee  Historically, this also happened in France. Right after the First World War, it is true that the government was fairly restrained. Veterans associations organized themselves to set up their own structures and assistance programs. For example, it was these veterans associations

Veterans Affairs committee  We are talking about the board of directors of the office. Its members are appointed by the minister who is responsible for matters relating to veterans. Very often, in fact, it is the associations that propose names. Often, they are the national presidents of these associations.

Veterans Affairs committee  There have certainly been more since Afghanistan. Earlier, I spoke about the veteran's card, which is issued by the office. The challenge we must face is encouraging young soldiers who have taken part in external operations and who are now leaving the service to request the vete

Veterans Affairs committee  They need to apply, and we encourage them to. Some communications campaigns, targeting young soldiers, are meant to encourage veterans to apply for the card as soon as they leave the service.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a bit complicated for us to talk about it because we're thinking about it. I will try to present things simply. As you certainly know, we are fighting terrorism, both abroad, in the context of what we call external operations, and domestically. I will come back to the topi