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Maddow: How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you're a family member or a shipmate of...
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
— Rachel Maddow (@maddow.bsky.social) 2026-02-17T15:17:01.472Z
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Noem's use of Coast Guard resources strains her relationship with the military branch, sources say
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s relationship with U.S. Coast Guard officials has become strained throughout her first year leading the department, according to two U.S. officials, a Coast Guard official and a former Coast Guard official.
The tensions between Noem and the only branch of the U.S. military overseen by DHS stem from some early decisions she made that rankled Coast Guard officials, including a verbal directive to shift Coast Guard resources from a search and rescue mission to find a missing service member, the sources said.
Noem’s leadership at DHS has created a specific split in the Coast Guard. Many rank-and-file members are motivated by her approach, in which she showcases their work by joining them on operations and visiting their ships. Some more senior officials, however, see that approach as taking away from the Coast Guard’s traditional missions.
The dynamic with more senior officials has only worsened in recent months as Noem oversaw a tenfold increase in the use of the Coast Guard's aircraft for immigrant deportations, which has strained its limited resources, the sources said. The increase was captured in data compiled by ICE Flight Monitor, a nonprofit group that tracks deportation flights.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/noems-use-coast-guard-resources-strains-relationship-military-branch-s-rcna258904
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s relationship with U.S. Coast Guard officials has become strained throughout her first year leading the department, according to two U.S. officials, a Coast Guard official and a former Coast Guard official.
The tensions between Noem and the only branch of the U.S. military overseen by DHS stem from some early decisions she made that rankled Coast Guard officials, including a verbal directive to shift Coast Guard resources from a search and rescue mission to find a missing service member, the sources said.
Noem’s leadership at DHS has created a specific split in the Coast Guard. Many rank-and-file members are motivated by her approach, in which she showcases their work by joining them on operations and visiting their ships. Some more senior officials, however, see that approach as taking away from the Coast Guard’s traditional missions.
The dynamic with more senior officials has only worsened in recent months as Noem oversaw a tenfold increase in the use of the Coast Guard's aircraft for immigrant deportations, which has strained its limited resources, the sources said. The increase was captured in data compiled by ICE Flight Monitor, a nonprofit group that tracks deportation flights.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/noems-use-coast-guard-resources-strains-relationship-military-branch-s-rcna258904
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https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/us-coast-guard-waesche-missing-seaman-bryan-k-lee-rancho-cordova/
He apparently went overboard (no witnesses) on Feb. 4, 2025 and the Coast Guard searched for him until Feb. 18th.
Search suspended for seaman from Rancho Cordova missing in Eastern Pacific Ocean
By Cecilio Padilla
February 18, 2025 / 10:52 AM PST / CBS Sacramento
U.S. Coast Guard officials say the search for a missing crew member from the cutter Waesche has been suspended.
Seaman Bryan K. Lee – a 23-year-old from Rancho Cordova – was discovered unaccounted for back on the morning of Feb. 4, officials say. The Waesche was operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean about 300 nautical miles south of Mexico at the time, doing routine counter-drug patrols.
By Cecilio Padilla
February 18, 2025 / 10:52 AM PST / CBS Sacramento
U.S. Coast Guard officials say the search for a missing crew member from the cutter Waesche has been suspended.
Seaman Bryan K. Lee – a 23-year-old from Rancho Cordova – was discovered unaccounted for back on the morning of Feb. 4, officials say. The Waesche was operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean about 300 nautical miles south of Mexico at the time, doing routine counter-drug patrols.
He apparently went overboard (no witnesses) on Feb. 4, 2025 and the Coast Guard searched for him until Feb. 18th.
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