President Donald Trump will nominate Adm. Kevin Lunday, the acting Coast Guard commandant, to fill the vacancy, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem made the disclosure Wednesday while addressing the graduating class at the Coast Guard Academy in New London,

The U.S. Coast Guard is facing its largest readiness crisis since World War II. That's according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who promised an overhaul of the service that she called the “point of the spear” in the nation’s defense.

Adm. Kevin Lunday will be nominated to serve as the 28th commandant of the Coast Guard, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday at the service academy’s 144th commencement in New London,