Coast Guard abruptly deletes swastika, noose entry from policy manual
Source: Washington Post
Updated December 19, 2025 at 12:52 a.m. EST
The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday deleted language from its new workplace harassment policy that had downgraded the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to “potentially divisive,” an abrupt turnaround after the more lenient interpretation of those items was allowed to take effect this week despite objections from Congress.
In a message to all Coast Guard personnel, Adm. Kevin Lunday, the service’s top officer, said those revisions had been “completely removed” from the policy manual. The document, a copy of which was reviewed by The Washington Post, now shows a large black bar obscuring the relevant chapter in its table of contents and a message directing readers to a separate manual outlining the Coast Guard’s civil rights policies.
Lunday’s message says that a separate directive he issued last month categorically prohibiting swastikas and nooses also “remains in full effect.”
The sudden turn of events paved the way for a late-night Senate vote to confirm Lunday as the Coast Guard’s full-time commandant, a significant promotion for the admiral. Two Democratic senators, Tammy Duckworth (Illinois) and Jacky Rosen (Nevada) had put holds on his nomination, citing their disapproval of the new policy’s wording. Both relented after Lunday issued the retraction.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/18/coast-guard-swastikas-nooses-kristi-noem/
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