She graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1985, one of 16 women who graduated her year in the sixth class to include women.
Admiral Linda L. Fagan shattered the military's glass ceiling, Wednesday, to become commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces.
"It's about time," President Joe Biden said, Wednesday."When the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, sent me your name, I said, 'What in the hell took you so long?'" "We're a learning organization striving to be more diverse and representative of the great nation that we serve," Schultz told crowds gathered at Wednesday's ceremony."To be the world's best, we must also be the world's most inclusive."
"At the time, the executive officer when I did my end brief, said actually we thought about canceling your orders. We didn't want only one woman on board," Fagan formerly told CBS News."And thankfully it did not, and it was an incredible first tour for me."
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