President Trump ordered the firing of Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan Tuesday for neglecting readiness to curry favor with the trendy DEI set in the Biden’s inept and corrupt administration; see ‘You’re Fired!’: Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan Immediately Gets Walking Papers for Focusing on DEI – RedState.
U.S. Naval Institute News reviewed a message from the acting secretary of Homeland Security explaining that Fagan had been removed from her position.
“Under my statutory authority as the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security I have relieved Admiral Linda L. Fagan of her duties as Commandant of the United States Coast Guard,” the message reads. “She served a long and illustrious career, and I thank her for her service to our nation.”
Fox News initially reported on Fagan’s firing, citing a senior DHS official who described an “erosion of trust” regarding Fagan’s tenure. The report also points to her “failure to address border security threats” and an “excessive focus on [DEI] initiatives.”
If that is going to be the standard, a lot of generals and admirals will be packing their crap and getting the hell off the battlefield. Take, for instance, the case of USMC Commandant General Eric M. Smith.
The forum is the January 15 Defense Writers Group forum. This is the day after Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, where he hammered away on warfighting, readiness, and the corrosive effect of DEI; see Pete Hegseth Brings His ‘A’ Game and Gets the Job Done – RedState.
Moderator: Next is Eric Schmitt, New York Times.
DWG: Thank you.
I wanted to ask you a little bit about yesterday’s hearing on the Hill, if you watched any of it, in particular about Mr. Hegseth’s clear focus on, if he’s confirmed to be Defense Secretary of the Trump administration, to scale back DEI programs in the Defense Department. I wanted to ask you about any reaction you had to the hearing, but more specifically, do you think there are DEI programs that have been in place over the last few years that could be scaled back to improve readiness, combat effectiveness in the military and particularly in the Corps?
General Smith: I’ll be candid. I didn’t watch the hearings precisely because to me it doesn’t matter. The SecDef is going to be the SecDef. He will be or she will be approved by the Senate, appointed by the President.
As far as DEI, the Marine Corps has not had DEI programs. We have a meritocracy-based system. You can be anything you want to be. If you’re a Sophie Mundell you can be an artillery officer as long as you can sling a 95-pound shell and you meet the physical standards, you meet the academic rigorous standards, you can be anything you want. If you’re Jasmin Moghbeli, you can be a Cobra pilot. If you’re Nicole Mann you can be an F-18 pilot and a NASA astronaut. Both of those two ladies happen to be NASA astronauts.
We don’t do DEI in the Marine Corps, we never have. We’re a meritocracy-based organization. We always have been. If you want to apply for an MOS, strap on your pack, grab your rifle and make a run at it.
We don’t do DEI in the Marine Corps, we never have. We’re a meritocracy-based organization. We always have been. If you want to apply for an MOS, strap on your pack, grab your rifle and make a run at it. […]
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