Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.

Summary

Trump evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her military housing with just three hours’ notice, despite an earlier 60-day waiver.

Fagan, the first woman to lead a military branch, was dismissed on Trump’s second day in office over concerns about DEI policies and border security.

Homeland Security officials cited her termination as justification, though sources called it a “petty” move.

Fagan was forced to leave most belongings behind, spending the night with friends while awaiting relocation of her personal items.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I wouldn’t take a butter bar’s advice, neither. Not unless a sergeant had just them what to say.

      • deranger
        3·
        2 months ago

        Any O1 is a butter bar. It’s what the rank insignia looks like for all branches.

          • deranger
            2·
            2 months ago

            I wouldn’t call them a butter bar to their face. Lieutenant is the proper term for the most junior Army officers.

            • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
              1·
              2 months ago

              I was honestly too busy grading their work to come up with derogatory terms for my students. I guess we called them freshies, and newbies, when we didn’t just call them the ensigns