Carlos Gimenez actually said...

This is something that I learned a long time ago when I was a fire chief before I was a mayor, and the firefighters always wanted a certain ...

It may be OK for people that may be single or not attached, but people who have families, that is a really tough thing.

I work closely with Admiral Karl Shultz and his initiatives to strengthen the service and look forward to doing the same with Admiral Fagan.

The Coast Guard has an increasingly complex, difficult mission and faces a number of critical homeland security challenges.