Exclusive: The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been fired due to concerns about the border, recruiting concerns and a “loss of trust,” a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamin Huffman has fired Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the official said.
Fagan has demonstrated a lack of leadership, operational failures, and an inability to advance the Coast Guard’s strategic objectives.
Admiral Linda Fagan. (US Coast Guard)
These include failure to address border security threats, inadequate leadership in recruitment and retention, mismanagement in procuring major acquisitions such as icebreakers and helicopters, excessive focus on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and mismanagement and “erosion of trust” over cover-ups. Over Operation Fouled Anchor.
Fagan served as the 27th Commandant of the Coast Guard effective June 1, 2022. She was tasked with overseeing all global Coast Guard operations and support of 42,000 active-duty, 7,000 reserve, and 8,700 civilian personnel, as well as 21,000 Coast Guard auxiliaries. Volunteer.
