USCG Adm. Lunday Orders Surge of Assets Toward Border Protection

The Coast Guard announced immediate action on executive orders issued by the White House Tuesday.

“The U.S. Coast Guard is the world’s premiere maritime law enforcement agency, vital to protecting America’s maritime borders, territorial integrity and sovereignty,” said Adm. Kevin Lunday, the Coast Guard’s acting commandant. “Per the President’s Executive Orders, I have directed my operational commanders to immediately surge assets—cutters, aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces—to increase Coast Guard presence and focus starting with the following key areas:

Coast Guard Vice Adm. Kevin Lunday, Atlantic Area Commander, presents the crew of the USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB-4) with the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon on Aug. 22, 2022. With the Trump administration's firing of Commandant Linda Fagan, Adm. Lunday today serves as the Coast Guard’s acting commandant. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee.)

• The southeast U.S. border approaching Florida to deter and prevent a maritime mass migration from Haiti and/or Cuba;
• The maritime border around Alaska, Hawai’i, the U.S. territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American
• Samoa, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands;
• The maritime border between the Bahamas and south Florida;
• The southwest maritime border between the