Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to both of our witnesses for being here and for your testimony. I know you're both here to make the system better, and I appreciate that.
My questions are for Mr. White.
You said something that I found quite interesting. Actually, your whole testimony was eye-opening, interesting and unfortunate. One thing you said that stood out to me was that in order to change the culture, you have to make people “more afraid of doing wrong than doing right”.
I think one of the big reasons why justice isn't really served within the military is that people are afraid of coming out and complaining. I know it's gotten better. I think the complaints have increased because people have heard that changes are going to be made. Have those actually happened? They haven't yet, from what I'm hearing.
I'm wondering if you can explain a bit further why people are afraid and what consequences could be placed against someone. I'm new to the idea of that. Could you express it?