U.S. Senator Katie Britt, R-Alabama, on Monday joined the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast Guard, along with fellow members of the Alabama congressional delegation Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, and United States Representative Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, in announcing the selection of the former Birmingham-Southern College campus to serve as a new Coast Guard training center.
In the announcement, Britt said in part, “I am deeply proud to have advocated directly to Secretary Noem for a new training center in Birmingham to support our outstanding Coast Guard personnel, especially as the Coast Guard continues to recruit servicemembers to combat 21st century threats … As chair of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, I will continue fighting to give the Coast Guard the resources and tools needed to fulfill its critical mission and keep Americans safe.”
In addition to her role in the Coast Guard’s decision to establish a new training center in Birmingham, Britt said she has worked to strengthen Alabama’s leadership in military readiness by advocating directly to President Donald Trump to permanently base Space Command headquarters in Huntsville, supporting a 3.8 percent pay raise for servicemembers, and working to secure more than $169.4 million for military construction projects at Alabama bases in the FY26 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
