Adm Karl L. Schultz was eliminated as Commandant of the UNITED STATE Coast Guard byAdm Linda L. Fagan throughout an armed forces change-of-command event supervised by President Joseph R. Biden, Wednesday at UNITED STATE Coast Guard Headquarters.

“Today we witness a tradition longstanding in the USCG. Change of Command, as a new admiral assumes leadership of our nation’s oldest continuous seagoing service. It’s both a connection to the earliest days of our nation, plus a new milestone in our history. We’ve used those phrases lightly, but this is a big deal,” Biden claimed.

“Throughout her decades of service, she’s demonstrated exceptional skill, integrity and commitment to our country. There’s no one more qualified to lead the proud men and women of the Coast Guard. And she will also be the first woman to serve as Commandant of the Coast Guard, the first woman to lead any branch of the U.S. armed forces. And it’s about time.”

“With her trailblazing career,” Biden claimed, “Adm. Fagan shows young people entering service that we mean it when we say, “There are no doors closed to women.”

Keeping with the custom of using shoulder boards gave from an elderly policeman,Adm Fagan used the shoulder boards of theAdm Owen Siler. As the solution’s 15th Commandant, he opened up the Coast Guard Academy’s doors to females in 1975. Despite having actually fulfilled Silor just as soon as,Adm Fagan recognized “the outsized impact of that decision.”

“If it were not for [Adm.] Owen Siler’s courage, I would not be here today,” claimedAdm Fagan. “I’m wearing his shoulder boards that he wore as commandant, just to acknowledge the long blue line.”

The 27th Commandant guided her statements to the Coast Guard labor force. “I’m honored and humbled to serve as your Commandant. I’ve always been inspired by the Coast Guard professionals serving in all our missions around the world,” she claimed. “Thank you for your dedication, your hard work, and your service. It is my greatest privilege to work on your behalf.”

Immediately adhering to the change-of-command,Adm Schultz relinquished the Coast Guard after 39 years of solution to theNation He was granted the Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal from Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Department ofHomeland Security Secretary Mayorkas praisedAdm Schultz for looking after a 20% boost in the Coast Guard’s budget plan and also its biggest shipbuilding initiative given that World War 2.

“The men and women of the Coast Guard deserve all the credit for what we have accomplished,” claimedSchultz “I’m humbled to have led the world’s best Coast Guard as Commandant during the last four years, which presented some unique challenges. Our collective resolve, bias for action, unrivalled devotion to duty, true grit and dogged determination burnished the Service’s brand and standing, both in the homeland and abroad.”

Schultz came to be the 26th Commandant of the UNITED STATE Coast Guard on June 1, 2018. An element of the Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard is consisted of over 57,000 active service, get and also noncombatant Coast Guardsmen and also greater than 21,000 volunteerCoast Guard Auxiliarists Schultz’s visionary management elevated the account of the Service both below in your home and also around the world as the Coast Guard experienced an unmatched need signal for its functional abilities and also partnering abilities. During his four-year period, Schultz promoted an engaging “Readiness Narrative” that elevated the Service’s financing degrees permitting restored interior concentrate on the Coast Guard’s Mission Ready Total Workforce, in addition to respected shipbuilding, aeronautics possession recapitalization, and also a trademark technological change.

Fagan thought the responsibilities as the 27th Commandant following her solution as the 32ndVice Commandant As Vice Commandant, Fagan functioned as the principal running policeman, in charge of carrying out the Commandant’s Strategic Intent, handling interior business administration, and also working as the part procurement exec. Fagan is the Coast Guard’s initial female to hold the ranking of four-star admiral. Today, she once again made background not just as the initial female to lead the Coast Guard– however additionally as the initial female solution principal of any type of united state army solution.

“The Coast Guard is a more ready, relevant, and responsive service thanks to the incredible leadership of Admiral Schultz,” claimedFagan “I thank Admiral Schultz and Mrs. Dawn Schultz for their selfless service over the last four years and wish them fair winds and following seas.”

An adjustment of command is a classic event that symbolizes the outright transfer of obligation, authority and also responsibility from a single person to one more.