{"id":130288,"date":"2025-10-27T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/10\/27\/trump-nominates-lunday-as-coast-guard-commandant\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:12:53","slug":"trump-nominates-lunday-as-coast-guard-commandant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/10\/27\/trump-nominates-lunday-as-coast-guard-commandant\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump nominates Lunday as Coast Guard commandant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump has formally nominated Adm. Kevin Lunday to fill the Coast Guard commandant role in a permanent capacity, according to a congressional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/nomination\/119th-congress\/619?s=1&amp;r=4\" rel=\"\">notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The notice, which was sent to the Senate on Thursday and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, comes after Lunday has been serving as acting commandant since his predecessor, Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/01\/21\/coast-guard-commandant-fired-after-trump-returns-to-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/01\/21\/coast-guard-commandant-fired-after-trump-returns-to-white-house\/\">abruptly fired<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lunday, 60, joined the Coast Guard in 1987<i><b> <\/b><\/i>and previously served as vice commandant under Fagan from June 2024 until filling the acting commandant opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signaled Lunday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/05\/21\/lunday-picked-to-serve-as-next-coast-guard-commandant\/\" rel=\"\">nomination<\/a> to the service\u2019s top leadership post during a U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremony in Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/05\/21\/lunday-picked-to-serve-as-next-coast-guard-commandant\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25141589236921.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Lunday picked to serve as next Coast Guard commandant<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The acting leader of the service was announced as President Donald Trump&#039;s pick to fill the top Coast Guard post permanently. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow is the time for fundamental change,\u201d Lunday said in his speech at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wlc6zq3O5Bo\" rel=\"\">ceremony<\/a>. \u201cAnd we will become a stronger, more capable, and more agile force to meet the challenges ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lunday has directed operations in the Atlantic area and the Indo-Pacific and is experienced in cyberspace operations, according to his Coast Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/Biographies\/Article\/3806239\/admiral-kevin-e-lunday\/\" rel=\"\">biography<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe also directed remote and deployable cyberspace operations to protect U.S. maritime critical infrastructure from cyberattack,\u201d Lunday\u2019s biography reads. \u201cPrior to this role he served as Director of Exercises and Training (J7), U.S. Cyber Command where he directed the joint training and certification of the DoD Cyber Mission Force, the nation\u2019s cyberspace warriors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is a graduate of the National War College, George Washington University Law School and the Coast Guard Academy, according to his biography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fagan\u2019s firing in January was part of numerous leadership turnovers in the days following Trump\u2019s second inauguration. Officials said her termination was a result of failure to properly address border security threats, poor responses to cases of sexual assault in the Coast Guard Academy and giving DEI policies too much priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dismissal angered Democrats who believed the firing set a bad precedent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe complexity of the Coast Guard\u2019s diverse missions require continuity to protect lives and American interests,\u201d Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cantwell.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/on-cnn-cantwell-slams-trump-decision-to-fire-coast-guard-commandant-who-took-on-sexual-assault-culture-its-appalling\" rel=\"\">press release<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fagan was the first woman to lead a military branch after her installment in June 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lunday\u2019s Senate confirmation hearing has yet to be scheduled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lunday has held the service&#8217;s top leadership post in an acting role since Trump fired Adm. 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