Acting Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Kevin Lunday said hate symbols including swastikas and nooses remain prohibited as the service clarifies its existing policy.

The claims that the U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses or other extremist imagery as prohibited symbols are categorically false.” ...

Any display, use or promotion of such symbols, as always, will be thoroughly investigated and severely punished,” Admiral Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the Coast Guard, said.

The U.S. Coast Guard released a new policy on hateful symbols such as swastikas and nooses Thursday after a Washington Post ...

The US Coast Guard on Thursday issued a memo that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols,” in a rapid about-face after facing intense scrutiny for a previous policy change which downplayed ...

From a November policy change labeling the symbols "divisive" to a late night memo banning them again — here's a timeline.

According to a November 2025 Coast Guard policy, symbols like swastikas and nooses were "potentially divisive" rather than ...

The Coast Guard is reacting to reports that it had downgraded swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols in its new harassment manual. A new policy debuted overnight.

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued updated guidance about the display of swastikas and other hateful iconography, following reports that it appeared to have eased its rules around hate symbols.

While the term "hate incident" may no longer be used, the Coast Guard policy guideline stated that the displays of swastikas, ...

The new policy also prevents Coast Guard officers from immediately removing white supremacist symbols upon discovery.