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We will kick off 2022 with a Maritime Security Dialogue featuring Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander, Fifth Fleet, followed by a special event at the Coast Guard Academy!

Service temporarily suspends discharges for those not currently in compliance with its fat and weight policies.

28 April 2021 Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger (USCG retired) enjoyed a distinguished career in the U.S. Coast Guard. He served as the 29th Vice Commandant until June 2015 when the U.S. Senate confirmed him to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a position he held until January 2017. He was named one of the 25 most influential business travel executives of 2016 by Business Travel News after leading a complete TSA transformation.  Admiral Neffenger holds an MPA from Harvard Unive...

The operations were designed to increase interoperability as part of a regional effort to bolster maritime partnerships with NATO allies. "Working with the Italian Coast Guard and Italian Navy strengthens our maritime partnership and reinforces our shared values," said Capt. Timothy Cronin, commanding officer of USCGC Hamilton. "Our engagements with Italy this week bring unity of effort in the maritime domain through interoperable capabilities and combined operations." More than half of regiona...

April 23, 2021 By Jim Myers Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden continues to meet with members of Congress as he promotes his $2 trillion-plus infrastructure and jobs proposal, but Republicans sound committed to a much more modest approach limited to traditional infrastructure and paid for without repealing tax cuts they view as a signature issue. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said members of his party continue ...

USNI News White House Taps Vice Adm. Linda Fagan for Coast Guard Vice Commandant April 19, 2021 7:23 PM Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, Pacific Area Commander, drops in on chief’s call with Pacific Area Command Master Chief Heath Jones aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) on Sept. 16, 2019. US Coast Guard Photo The Biden administration has tapped Vice Adm. Linda Fagan to serve as the Coast Guard’s new vice commandant, a promotion that would make her the service’s first woman to receive f...

Bidens pick to be the US Coast Guards second in command could be the services first female 4-star admiral rpickrell@businessinsider.com (Ryan Pickrell) © USCG photo Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, speaks with Coast Guard officers while underway in Auke Bay, Alaska. USCG photo President Joe Biden has nominated Vice Adm. Linda Fagan to be the next vice commandant of the Coast Guard. If confirmed, she will be the services first woman four-star admiral....

"I am pleased that President Biden has nominated Vice Admiral Linda Fagan to be the Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement. Fagan aboard a Coast Guard boat in Auke Bay, Alaska USCG photo The secretary further stated that "she is a superb leader who, as the 32nd Vice Commandant, will guide the Coast Guard at a time when its mission of securing our marit...

Fagan Nominated as USCG Vice Commandant Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard) Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan has been nominated by the White House to be the next Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.  She would become the first Coast Guard female four-star admiral and the third woman to serve as Vice Commandant. Pending confirmation, Fagan is expected to relieve current Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Charles W. Ray on June 18. “Vice Adm. Fag...

Vice Adm. Linda Fagan nominated as U.S. Coast Guard vice commandant By (0) Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagans nomination on Monday to U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant would make her the USCGs first female four-star admiral. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard April 19 (UPI) -- Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan was nominated as the next Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday. The nomination by President Joe Biden, pending approval by the U.S. Senate, ...