Capsizing Culture

Understanding Why the Culture Needs to be Corrected

Clicking on the types of harassment in the image below will take you to anchor reports which illustrate the scope, depth, and breadth of the cultural crisis in the U.S. Coast Guard. Through these reports, learn more about why the culture is capsizing the service. Once you have explored the reports below, please share them with your network to increase awareness of the many ways people have and continue to experience harm.

Bullying

Retaliation

Racism

Sexual Assault

Coalition Letter

Read our coalition letter, signed by more than 12 organizations, that demands justice, dignity, and accountability for all forms of violence.

Why Whistleblowers Matter

Read a letter sent to United States President Joseph Biden, calling on him to recognize and correct harms against Federal Whistleblower Commander Kimberly Young-McLear.

Notable Media Coverage

A docked Coast Guard vessel
Panayiota holding a sign stating "Every 30 minutes a rape occurs in the US military"
Lieutenant Commander Kimberly Young-McLear in front of a wall of heroes
Coast Guard cadets
Former House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings
Stockpile of firearms and ammunition that belonged to Christopher Hasson
Lieutenant Commander Kimberly Young-McLear, Ph.D. testifying before Congress
An aerial view of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. with Admiral Karl Schultz, the Coast Guard's commandant
GEICO’s Military Person of the Year in 2013 Claude Morrissey
Female cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy line up during commencement
Lieutenant Commander Kimberly Young-McLear, Ph.D. testifying before Congress
Former Coast Guard cyber specialist and 2019 military IT award Monique Garbutt
Headshot of Command Master Chief Brett VerHulst
Retired U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technicians 1st Class Sara Faulkner
Cadets in front of a computer with Lady Justice

Records from Navy and Coast Guard Offer New Details on How Military Investigated Incidents of White Supremacy Among Members

American Oversight

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Coast Guard vessel and helicopters out at sea
U.S. Coast Guard painted on the side of a ship
Former Coast Guard Academy's sexual assault response coordinator Shannon Norenberg
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan infront of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee
Sign outside of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy
U.S. Coast Guard cap
Current and retired members of the Coast Guard are sworn into a hearing for sexual assault and harassment
U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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