President Joe Biden announced he is nominating Adm. Linda Fagan to serve as the next Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, which would make her the first woman to ever lead a U.S. military branch if ...

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan delivers remarks during the commissioning ceremony of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun (WMSL 759), April 20, 2024, in North Charleston, South Carolina..

Coast Guard Admiral Linda Fagan smiles as she is introduced during her nomination hearing to be commandant of the Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, Thursday, April 28, 2022, before the ...

Admiral Linda L. Fagan shattered the military's glass ceiling on Wednesday to become commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces.

Trump administration fires Coast Guard chief, the first woman to lead a U.S. military branch 03:17. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan was ousted by the Trump administration Tuesday, on ...

President Donald Trump has removed Admiral Linda Fagan, the first woman to lead a United States military service, as the head of the Coast Guard.The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ...

Fagan is also the Coast Guard’s first-ever Gold Ancient Trident, an award created in 2016 and given to the officer with the longest service in the marine safety field. Biden nominated Fagan for ...

President Joe Biden plans to nominate Adm. Linda Fagan to be the next commandant of the Coast Guard. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to lead a military service branch. Since June 2021 ...

Fagan’s firing is part of Trump’s broader shakeup of the military. His nominee for the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, previously said that women should not serve in combat roles.

Admiral Linda Fagan’s termination reflects on gender equality, Kansas City’s military ties and the future for women in U.S. armed forces.

Fagan has 36 years of Coast Guard service and has served on all seven continents, according to her military biography. As the Coast Guard’s vice commandant, Fagan was the service’s first ...

President Donald Trump fired the highest-ranking woman in the military while at a ball celebrating his role as commander in ...