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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 four stars, the Coast Guard announced today. In a release, the service said that Fagan, who leads Coa...

Biden's pick to be the US Coast Guard's second in command could be the service's 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 service's first woman four-star admiral. The Biden administration has put importance on elevating women in the armed forces. President J...

"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 maritime borders, ports, and waterways has never been more important." "We are grateful to Vice Admiral F...

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. Fagan is an outstanding leader with 36 years of Coast Guard operations, policy-making, joint service, a...

Vice Adm. Linda Fagan nominated as U.S. Coast Guard vice commandant By (0) Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan's nomination on Monday to U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant would make her the USCG's 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, would make Fagan the Coast Guard's first female four-star admiral, the branch said in a press rele...