Keeping Faith
On December 15, 2025, although continuing its prohibition of both, the U.S. Coast Guard implemented a controversial change to its workplace harassment policy that reduces its definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to “potentially divisive.”
On D-Day, as the little LCVP pitched in the surf of Omaha Beach, Chief Photographers Mate Robert E. Sargent, United States Coast Guard, stood up in the face of fierce enemy fire and made this iconic photograph. I wonder what Chief Sargent would have to say about the Coast Guard’s relaxed definition of the swastika today.
Philip Padgett examines history by applying skills developed during 40 years of national security and preparedness research and analysis in the military, government, and the private sector. As Deputy Intelligence Adviser at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, he supported from Washington teams negotiating five international treaties and agreements. Read more >>