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Well, yeah, we are from the Marines. Like I said, my career in the Marine Corps was, I was a Marine Corps sniper. It's been 17 months in the jungle down in the mountains. So I've seen quite a bit of stuff. And like I said, you guys talk about the homeless, and it kind of brings it to my heart. I lived amongst the homeless for weeks at a time in B.C. And the majority of them, 99% of them, were veterans fighting with the VA. That makes complete sense, man. And soldiers here in Canada are doing the same thing. Fighting with veterans fierce, constantly. A buddy of mine was in the military, he was deployed, he was in the Army. And he was deployed to Canadaher, I believe it was. And he was in a, he called it a light armored vehicle. I'm not sure what that is, if it's a Humvee or what it is. But he said they were in a light armored vehicle, and an IED blew up underneath it, and two of the people were killed. And one survived, but he wasn't in good shape. And my buddy survived, and he was in pretty decent physical shape. He was absolutely shell shocked as a result. And now he's out of military, he's on disability, and permanent disability through veterans affairs. And they just treat him like crap. They just treat him, it seems, once they get the blood from you that they're going to get, it's almost like they toss you to the side. And I guess that's a problem in both Canada and the United States, because we hear stories of that north of the border here in Canada as well. So it's not a great situation that veterans find themselves in. You know, if you weren't immediately able to find work after your deployment, or after your years of service, then you end up on the streets. And who's going to look after you then? Not the country you fought, and potentially would have given your life for. I don't get that one bit. I really don't. But Jay, do you want me to keep you on the roundtable list, in which case you'll get called on again, or I can put you down as one and done. Go ahead. I will go on the list. I just want to say one other thing. My nephew took his life in 2014. He served five tours. And the agent was like fighting the VA, which is disability. And I tried to take my life in 2014, and come to find out the medication that I was owed by the VA were all wrong. And I spent three and a half weeks in a psychiatric hospital, and the hospital saved my life. All right, this is KD3, and JAY will be standing by. You know, and that never should be, man. You know, the right services, mechanisms, all that stuff should be put in place for the people who are willing to give their lives to protect the various countries, be it Canada, the United States, any free world country. You know, if you're willing to give your life for your country, you should be taken care of for the rest of your life by the country that you've sworn to defend. That just makes sense to me. It really does, you know, and it's not cool. Did you say keep you on the list, or one and done? JAY, go ahead. Hey, keep you on the list. Sounds good, man. We'll get back around to you again as we pass it around in the group here. We can offer you a minute, but we'll definitely get back around to you again at least once more, possibly twice. Next up, Kilo Romeo 4, Broad Golf Hotel. The mic is yours. Not sure on your first name, if you could fill me in. That would be lovely. V01 UKZ.