Adm. Linda Fagan pledged her “highest priority as commandant will be to transform our policy management system” in remarks following her swearing in as the 27th leader of the Coast Guard and the first woman to lead a branch of the armed services. Speaking Wednesday at the change-of-command ceremony in Washington, D.C., she said, referring to the men and women serving in uniform in the Coast Guard and the service’s civilian employees, “without you, steel doesn’t move.” Fagan, who served as vice commandant since June 2021, said during her tenure as commandant she intended to give them “policy, training [and] … Continue reading New Coast Guard Commandant Fagan Sets Priority on Policy, Personnel