{"id":2393759,"date":"2025-01-22T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coast-guard-announces-immediate-action-fleet-heads-to-gulf-of-america\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T12:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:36:57","slug":"coast-guard-announces-immediate-action-fleet-heads-to-gulf-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coast-guard-announces-immediate-action-fleet-heads-to-gulf-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard Announces \u2018Immediate Action,&#8217; Fleet Heads to Gulf of America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcoast-guard-announces-immediate-action-fleet-heads-to-gulf-of-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393759&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States coast Guard\u200c announced immediate actions in response to President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive orders \u2064aimed at protecting American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">territorial integrity<\/a> and \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-end-in-sight-for-gas-above-3-00-says-executive\/\" title=\"No End In Sight For Gas Above .00, Says Executive\">addressing illegal immigration<\/a>. Acting Commandant Adm.\u200c Kevin Lunday\u200c stated that \u200cthe Coast Guard would enhance its presence along crucial maritime\u2062 borders, particularly \u200cnear Florida, to prevent mass migrations from Haiti\u2062 and \u200bCuba. additional deployments are planned for regions including Alaska, Hawaii, and several U.S. territories.\u200c Coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of \u2063Defense, the Coast Guard aims to detect and interdict illegal activities before they reach U.S. borders. The\u200c proclamation \u2062follows the dismissal of Adm. Linda\u2063 Lee \u2063Fagan, who was\u200c criticized for her handling of border security and other key\u2064 management issues within the Coast Guard.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The United States Coast Guard announced on Tuesday that various assets would work to achieve the objectives described in President Donald Trump&rsquo;s first executive orders about American territorial integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Adm. Kevin Lunday, the Coast Guard&rsquo;s acting commandant, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.uscg.mil\/Press-Releases\/Article\/4035591\/coast-guard-announces-immediate-action-in-support-of-presidential-executive-ord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emergency-wisconsin-lawsuit-to-stop-certification-challenges-nearly-160000-votes\/\" title=\"Emergency Wisconsin Lawsuit To Stop Certification Challenges Nearly 160,000 Votes\">news release<\/a><\/a> that the &ldquo;world&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">premiere maritime law enforcement agency&#038;rdquo<\/a>; would fulfill its mission of &ldquo;protecting America&rsquo;s maritime borders, territorial integrity and sovereignty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those actions especially relate to the threat of illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Per the President&rsquo;s Executive Orders, I have directed my operational commanders to immediately surge assets&mdash;cutters, aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces&mdash;to increase Coast Guard presence and focus,&rdquo; Lunday said.<\/p>\n<p>The surge of assets will take place in the area approaching Florida to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brutal-turn-boat-full-migrants-coast-guard-cutter-intercepts-right-off-us-shores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maritime mass migrations<\/a> from Haiti and Cuba, as well as the maritime border between Florida and the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Other assets were deployed to Alaska and Hawaii, plus territories such as Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Together, in coordination with our Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense teammates, we will detect, deter and interdict illegal migration, drug smuggling and other terrorist or hostile activity before it reaches our border,&rdquo; the release added.<\/p>\n<p>Coast Guard assets will also establish an increased presence in the &ldquo;southwest maritime border between the U.S. and Mexico in the Pacific&rdquo; and the &ldquo;maritime border between Texas and Mexico in the Gulf of America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-announces-changing-name-gulf-mexico-gulf-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">renamed<\/a> the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America soon after his inauguration by means of executive action.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order<\/a>, entitled &ldquo;Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,&rdquo; pointed to the history of the United States in developing the maritime activity and natural resources of the Gulf of America.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Gulf will continue to play a pivotal role in shaping America&rsquo;s future and the global economy, and in recognition of this flourishing economic resource and its critical importance to our Nation&rsquo;s economy and its people, I am directing that it officially be renamed the Gulf of America,&rdquo; Trump said in the order.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also restored the name of Mount McKinley in Alaska in recognition of President William McKinley.<\/p>\n<p>Under his leadership &ldquo;the United States enjoyed rapid economic growth and prosperity, including an expansion of territorial gains for the Nation,&rdquo; according to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>President Barack Obama had changed the name to Mount Denali in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The moves from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/coast-guard-releases-chilling-never-seen-video-titan-submersible-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coast Guard<\/a> also come shortly after the dismissal of Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, who served as commandant of the Coast Guard since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>One senior official in the Department of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/coast-guard-surging-assets-gulf-america-other-waterways-support-trumps-executive-orders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Fox News that Fagan was terminated because of her failure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-gop-campaign-chief-to-democrats-you-can-either-retire-or-lose-next-fall\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 House GOP Campaign Chief to Democrats: \u2018You Can Either Retire, or Lose Next Fall\u2019\">handle border security<\/a>, mismanagement of efforts to secure icebreakers and helicopters, and poor results with recruitment and retention.<\/p>\n<p>The official also cited her excessive focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at the Coast Guard, plus a mishandling and cover-up of an internal investigation related to sexual assault cases at the Coast Guard Academy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Adm. Kevin Lunday, the acting commandant, stated in a press release that the &#8220;world&#8217;s leading maritime law enforcement agency&#8221; is committed to safeguarding America&#8217;s maritime borders and sovereignty, particularly against illegal immigration threats. He instructed operational commanders to rapidly increase assets\u2014such as cutters, aircraft, and specialized forces\u2014to enhance Coast Guard presence near Florida and along maritime borders with Haiti, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Additional resources were also sent to Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Coast Guard aims to collaborate with Homeland Security and Defense departments to detect and prevent illegal migration and drug smuggling before they reach U.S. borders while also increasing its presence along the Pacific border with Mexico following Trump&#8217;s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America through an executive order aimed at honoring American history related to this region&#8217;s economic significance. These developments follow Adm. 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