"At least two U.S. officials, a Coast Guard official, and a former Coast Guard official told NBC News on Tuesday that Noem's relationship with the military branch is becoming increasingly strained, especially as she continues to abuse the agency to fulfill her anti-immigration agenda. (The Coast Guard is the only army branch overseen by the Department of Homeland Security.) "You never know what's going to happen," one of the sources said, adding that morale among troops is "terrible." Per the outlet:"
"Sources said tensions began pretty much immediately after she became DHS Secretary, when she reportedly tried to divert resources from an ongoing search-and-rescue mission for a 23-year-old Coast Guard seaman, Bryan Lee. In January 2025, Lee fell off a ship in the Pacific Ocean and had been missing for days when his fellow Coast Guard members used a C-130 aircraft to find him. But Noem allegedly pushed to have the aircraft reassigned to her so-ca"
A Wall Street Journal report described an episode in which Secretary Kristi Noem allegedly threw a first-class tantrum over a misplaced blanket and nearly cost a Coast Guard pilot his job. Multiple current and former Coast Guard and U.S. officials described worsening relations between Noem and the Coast Guard, saying morale is terrible. Her public engagement with rank-and-file members motivates some, while senior officials view the approach as distracting from traditional missions. Noem oversaw a tenfold increase in use of Coast Guard aircraft for immigrant deportations, straining limited resources. Tensions reportedly began when she tried to reassign a C-130 during a search-and-rescue for seaman Bryan Lee.
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