Coast Guard commandant

Commandant testifies on USCG efforts to address sexual assault and harassment

Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan is not getting wholly rave reviews following her testimony at a hearing entitled “Coast Guard Oversight: Sexual Assault and Harassment,” held Tuesday before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC).

You can see video of part of the hearing below (the full hearing is available on C-Span)

A focus of the hearing was Operation Fouled Anchor (OFA), a sprawling, years-long...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/commandant-testifies-on-uscg-efforts-to-address-sexual-assault-and-harassment/

Admiral Linda Fagan confirmed as Coast Guard commandant

The Senate has confirmed Admiral Linda L. Fagan as commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. Fagan, whose nomination was announced in April, will be the first woman to hold the position.

President Biden issued this statement:

“It is with deep pride that I congratulate Admiral Linda L. Fagan on her confirmation by the Senate as commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. Admiral Fagan is the Coast Guard’s first woman to hold the rank of four-star admiral. Today, she again makes history not only as the first...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/admiral-linda-fagan-confirmed-as-coast-guard-commandant/

Admiral Linda L. Fagan nominated to be next USCG commandant

President Biden has nominated Adm. Linda L. Fagan to serve as the 27th commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. On confirmation, she would be the first woman to serve as commandant of the Coast Guard.

Previously, she served as commander of the Coast Guard Pacific Area overseeing operations from the Rocky Mountains to the waters off the East Coast of Africa/

Adm. Fagan is expected to relieve the current commandant, Adm. Karl L. Schultz, during a change of command ceremony planned for June 1, 2022 in...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/admiral-linda-l-fagan-nominated-to-be-next-uscg-commandant/

Coast Guard to name two new cutters after 9/11 heroes

The Coast Guard announced yesterday that two of its new Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRCs) will be named in honor of two extraordinary public servants who served in the Coast Guard and also served in the New York City Fire Department and New York City Police Department, with both losing their lives responding on 9/11.

Adm. Karl Schultz, Coast Guard commandant, made the announcement in New York City’s Battery Park flanked by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD Commissioner James...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-to-name-two-new-cutters-after-9-11-heroes/