Kulturkampf

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dei-focused-coast-guard-commandant-linda-lee-fagan-fired-over-erosion-of-trust/ar-AA1xBHmU?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=5c6c3d2176064c02b22ce84de44cc9f6&ei=28
The commandant of the US Coast Guard — who once called Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) an “operational imperative” — was terminated Tuesday over lagging recruitment and an “erosion of trust” in the service branch.

A senior official at the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News that Fagan, 61Fagan, (the first woman to lead any US service branch), had failed to meet benchmarks for new enlistees or reservists and mishandled an internal probe of sex assault cases at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn.

Confirmed in June 2021, Fagan presided over multiple years when the service came up short on its recruitment goals by as much as 20%, before barely exceeding the threshold for active-duty and reserve coasties in fiscal year 2024.

“We have heard from service members concerned with trainings and events they believe to be extraneous to mission-critical tasks, specifically Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) inclusivity training programs, including … examples of official USCG announcements encouraging service member participation in Transgender Shipmates Inclusion Training,” they added.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) also highlighted how so-called “woke” Coast Guard policies affected other service branches.

“Our service academies are critical institutions for the security of our nation, not laboratories for the far-left’s social experiments,” the now-senator told The Post in October 2023. “Forcing radical gender ideology on the young men and women who want to serve their country is dangerous and wrong.”

Banks especially excoriated officials for implementing a policy at the Merchant Marine Academy on Long Island that let midshipmen undergoing gender transitions seek exemptions from their military service requirement.

RIP one more DEI Bozo.

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