Coast Guard commandant suspended over border violations, DEI spotlight: source

EXCLUSIVE: The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been fired because of border issues, hiring problems and an “undermining of trust,” a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News.

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamin Huffman Administrator Linda Lee Fagan has been fired, an official said.

Fagan demonstrated leadership deficiencies, operational failures, and a failure to advance the Coast Guard’s strategic goals.

Admiral Linda Fagan. (US Coast Guard)

These include a failure to address threats to border security, insufficient leadership in recruitment and retention, mismanagement of key assets such as icebreakers and helicopters, an overemphasis on diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives, and “undermining of trust” due to mismanagement. and the cover up of Operation Contaminated Anchor.

Fagan served as the 27th Commandant of the Coast Guard beginning June 1, 2022. She was tasked with overseeing all global Coast Guard operations and 42,000 active duty, 7,000 reserve and 8,700 civilian personnel, and supporting the 21,000 volunteer Coast Guard Auxiliary.