Mr. John O'Mahony:

There is a spirit of fear enveloping the Coast Guard. It prevents many of the Coast Guard’s serving members from becoming part of our association. We have these conversations with them. We have met them and sat with them. They keep our name out of it, but they make us aware. We are speaking not just with volunteers throughout the country, but also with officers in charge of units who support what we are doing. They cannot say that publicly or identify themselves to the Coast Guard because they would then become targets. There is a spirit of fear.