President Donald Trump will nominate Adm. Kevin Lunday, the acting Coast Guard commandant, to fill the vacancy, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem made the disclosure ...

Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, speaks during the 144th Commencement Exercises at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, May 21, 2025. US Coast Guard Photo Adm. Kevin Lunday ...

Acting Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday (center) was nominated Wednesday to serve as the permanent leader of the service. (Jessica Hill/AP) Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi ...

Trump has nominated Admiral Kevin E. Lunday to serve as the 28th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. Lunday, who has been serving as Acting Commandant since January 21, 2025, will continue in that ...

The Coast Guard is facing a “readiness crisis” that has been “decades in the making,” Adm. Kevin Lunday, the acting commandant of the service, acknowledged Monday. Lunday and Homeland ...

Kevin Lunday said as he testified before the homeland ... Lunday, who previously served as the vice commandant, took command of the Coast Guard on Jan. 21 after Trump fired Adm.

A spokesperson for the DHS told Newsweek Admiral Kevin Lunday will now be serving as acting U.S. Coast Guard commandant. Lunday served as vice commandant under Fagan.

Kevin Lunday said in a message Monday to all Coast Guard members. The policy defined “harassing behavior” to include harassment, sexual harassment, bullying, hazing, retaliation and reprisal.

Lunday and Noem announced last month Force Design 2028, a plan for bringing about “transformational change to renew the Coast Guard," Lunday said at the time. The plan consists of four main ...