Talk about a year. A record hurricane season, renewed focus on the Arctic and counternarcotics, vessel construction, even greater emphasis on professional development, COVID-19, and a continued focus on diversity efforts the U.S. Coast Guard saw a little bit of everything in 2020. In it all, the common denominator was people. The Coast Guard would not have been able to continually answer the call if not for its service men and women. It has always understood the power of a diverse workforce in race, gender, experience, education, and opinion and it leverages those differences to be the world’s best coast guard.
The Douglas Munro, the last of the high-endurance U.S. Coast Guard cutters, was decommissioned in Kodiak on Saturday, an event that attracted high-level Coast Guard officials and state legislators to the island. Â
Among the attendees were Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz; Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, commander of Coast Guard Pacific Area; and Rear Adm. Nathan A. Moore, commander of District 17.Â
Representatives from the U.S. and state legislatures were also present, including U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and speaker of the state house Rep. Louise Stutes (R-Kodiak).Â
The group met with veterans and constituents at American Legion Post 17 in downtown Kodiak on Friday evening.Â
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 to work on a traditional infrastructure proposal that would cover roads, bridges, ports and broadband and a “more credible way to pay for it.”
“This proposal is a Trojan horse to roll back the historic 2017 tax reform plan that helped spur big-time wage growth and the best job market in a generation before COVID-19,” McConnell said of Biden’s proposal.
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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 Coast Guard Pacific Area, is up for a promotion to receive four stars and become the new vice commandant.