After being fired by Trump on his second day in office, former Coast Guard Commander Linda Fagan was abruptly evicted from her home at Joint Base Anacostia Bolling, and given three hours to vacate.
Fagan, a four-star admiral and the first woman to lead a branch of the military, was removed from her post after the Homeland Security Department cited border security issues and “excessive focus” on DEI.
Coast Guard leaders had given Fagan a 60-day waiver to find new housing, but on Tuesday acting commandant Kevin Lunday was told by DHS officials that Fagan needed to vacate her home because "the president wants her out of quarters." Lunday then informed Fagan, at 2 p.m. Tuesday, that she had three hours to get out.
Shortly after, DHS aides contacted Fagan’s team to instruct them to leave the house unlocked so that it could be photographed.
“I do not authorize them to come into my house, whether I’m there or not,” Fagan told Coast Guard officials. Acting commander Lundey told DHS that an attempt to access the house would amount to trespassing.
Fagan did leave the house “with many — maybe all — of her personal items and household goods still there,” according to a source, leaving U.S. Transportation Command in charge of removing her personal belongings from the home. She spent the night with friends.
“She was given a different place to stay,” a DHS official said. “We’re still providing her housing.” What kind of housing was not specified.
Fagan’s aides say there was no alternative offered.
Fagan, 61, was the Coast Guard’s first female four-star admiral and had served as the Coast Guard leader since June 2022, having been unanimously approved by the Senate in May.
