Posted on 01/24/2025 6:58:30 PM PST by algore
President Donald Trump fired Coast Guard commandant, Admiral Linda L. Fagan, almost immediately after taking office, but she did not hear about it until she was at the Commander in Chief Ball that evening.
Fagan found out she was fired as she was waiting to have a photo taken with Trump at the ball, according to a military official speaking to the New York Times. Fagan did not respond to a request for comment.
The Department of Homeland Security sent the bulletin featuring news of her job termination to the Coast Guard leadership the morning after Inauguration Day
'She served a long and illustrious career, and I thank her for her service to our nation,' the message read from acting DHS Secretary Benjamine C. Huffman said shortly.
The department revealed in a statement that Admiral Fagan was removed because of 'leadership deficiencies, operational failures and inability to advance the strategic objectives of the U.S. Coast Guard' including a failure to secure the border and stop drugs from entering the United States.
The statement also accused Fagan of failing to recruit and retain personnel and had an 'excessive focus' on DEI programs.
Admiral Kevin Lunday, Coast Guard's No. 2 in command, was named acting Coast Guard commandant in her stead.
Biden nominated Fagan as Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in April 2022, as her supporters hailed her as the first female admiral in a position of leadership of one of the armed forces branches.
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Probably because they did not report it on The View.
The military stop heavy. Anyone with 20 years should get discharged.
The Second World War was fought with only a mere handful of four-star generals and admirals on the US side. Today we have literally some forty or so cluttering up the upper ranks, just so much deadwood.
Time for a little “scientific” forest management.
I don't believe that for a second.
That's awesome. From belle of ball to butt of the joke...
Boo...Hoo...
“What are you doing here?”
“What do you mean?”
“Haven’t you heard?
She retires with a six figure pension. So she will be okay. Just a crushed reputation and a rough exit.
And now every flag officer has Adam Shif eyes wondering who’s next.
Well...wow....she’s the first woman(I presume) who got fired for failure to carry out her prescribed duties. She also spent too much time on dei initiative. Always a first time.
Different world . Many more theatres...but we certainly need kick-a** generals, no matter how many.
I remember back in the late 70s there was an old guy on my paper route who had a picture of Eisenhower, himself and those 7 generals.
He said he was on Eisenhowers General staff and wanted to tell stories, but I was too young to really pay as much attention as I should have.
She flat-out said, "The mission of the Coast Guard is diversity."
Fagan found out she was fired as she was waiting to have a photo taken with Trump at the ball
Did she at least get a pic?
Correct. And our current force is roughly 15% of what we had in WW II.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Too good!
That’s a neat story. Do you remember his name?
In 1939, the US only had 28 usable tanks.
Domestic enemies incorporated or dei is being shutdown. Happy days. So much winning
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