Mm-hmm.

We had to prepare for all that stuff.

Our mission for CHFA was to protect ground troops.

And to do that, eighty percent of the casualties at the time were due to roadside bombs.

So flying people by air was the safest way to do it.

And Canada basically bought these Chinooks to put them there so that we wouldn't have to rely on partner nations to move our own troops.

In order to put the Chinook there and keep it safe, it needed an armed escort, which we decided to put the Griffon there in that role.

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