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DHS, not DoD — so SecDef memos and §529B/§1101 do not bind it — but EO 14185 still ordered every DEI office abolished.
The Coast Guard sits in Homeland Security except when operating as a service in the Navy. That governance gap mattered: FY2024 NDAA §§529B and 1101 (S04) and the 2025 SecDef memos (S16) bind DoD components, not the Coast Guard. EO 14185 closed the gap from the top, directing DHS to abolish every DEI office for the Coast Guard (B18).
ALCOAST 026/25 (24 Jan 2025) cancelled diversity-and-inclusion programs, councils, affinity groups, and the Academy D&I action plan (B19). ALCOAST 054/25 (6 Feb 2025) paused six civil-rights Special Emphasis Programs (B20) — reaching further than the EEO carve-out in Army Directive 2025-01 para 4b (S13). Different chain, same ideological project, same need for written teardown.
The build-out, 2020–2024
The Coast Guard's 2019-2023 Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, run by its Office of Diversity and Inclusion (CG-1D1), set the framework for the service's D&I initiatives.
“The 2019-2023 Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) is intended to lay out the framework for the Coast Guard's next major initiatives”
Source: C21: USCG Office of Diversity and Inclusion (CG-1D1) / D&I Action Plan page (dcms.uscg.mil, archived copy)
The Coast Guard announced a RAND study on recruiting and retaining underrepresented minorities, 'Improving the Representation of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Among United States Coast Guard Active-Duty Members.'
Source: C22: USCG: Coast Guard completes study of underrepresented minorities (content.govdelivery.com)
The 2025 rollback
ALCOAST 026/25 cancelled the D&I Education and Awareness Program, Leadership and Diversity Councils, the Affinity Group Program, the Diversity Outreach Program and the Coast Guard Academy D&I Action Plan 2024-2026.
Source: B19: ALCOAST 026/25 Cancellation of DEIA-Related Programs and Activities (DTG 241545Z JAN 25) (content.govdelivery.com); C24: CT Mirror: Trump orders shutter DEI programs at Coast Guard CT academy (ctmirror.org)
EO 14185 sec. 4 directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to abolish every DEI office with regard to the Coast Guard. DoD statutes and SecDef memos do not bind the Coast Guard, which sits in DHS.
“shall abolish every DEI office within the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security with regard to the USCG, respectively”
Source: B18: EO 14185 Restoring America's Fighting Force (secs 2 4 7 name DHS for USCG) (whitehouse.gov)
ALCOAST 054/25 paused the Coast Guard's six civil-rights Special Emphasis Programs pending review.
Source: B20: ALCOAST 054/25 Pause of Coast Guard Special Emphasis Programs (DTG 061730Z FEB 25) (content.govdelivery.com)