A senior DHS official said her removal was due to a range of alleged problems, including DEI initiatives and border security issues.
The deployment was ordered after the Trump administration signaled its intent to rename the Gulf of Mexico and moved quickly to fire the Coast Guard commandant.
According to Fox News, Fagan was dismissed from her role as U.S. Coast Guard Commandant by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman.
The first woman to lead a branch of the armed forces was relieved of command within 24 hours of President Trump’s inauguration.
The Trump administration ousted Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan, who is the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military.
President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, who made history as the first female uniformed leader of a U.S. military branch, was unexpectedly ousted by President Trump less than 24 hours into his second term.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it will be surging ships, boats and aircraft to South Florida and other areas of the country to bolster anti-maritime migration efforts to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to use the nation’s military to defend the border.
Five people were arrested after a raid conducted by the Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) team at a drugs manufacturing unit in Khambhat area of Anand district, police said on Friday. ATS Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Sunil Joshi said that drugs worth crores of rupees were seized during the raid.
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Cabra's strategic maneuvering has kept the Chinese Coast Guard vessel 3103 from getting closer to the Zamba
A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin freeing the vessel.