Presented by Lockheed Martin —{beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security PRESENTED BY LOCKHEED MARTIN The Big Story Trump on the warpath: First female Coast

A Michigan lawmaker is among those calling out the Trump administration’s “middle-of-the-night firing” of Adm. Linda Fagan, who served as the first female commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first woman to head up a branch of the U.

The Trump administration has fired US Coast Guard commandant Admiral Linda Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of an Armed Forces branch, with reports citing her focus on diversity as a reason for her removal.