Nunan covered a historic painting with shower curtains because some outsiders were offended by a portrait of Jesus. The “Christ on the Water” painting was created after World War II and depicted Christ watching over distressed mariners at sea. It hung on the wall of the former chapel, that is now used as an administrative building, for nearly 80 years. Nunan removed and relocated the painting to the basement of the new chapel next to the bathrooms where a humid environment may ultimately destroy it, as the basement is known to flood.

Despite the Defense Department rescinding the COVID vaccine mandate on Jan. 10, 2023, Nunan kept the mandate in place at USMMA until March 10, 2023. The application deadline for the 2023–24 school year was March 1, 2023, so her extension of the mandate required all those applicants to be vaccinated.

Nunan appointed Anton Tripolskii as the sexual assault response director of USMMA at a salary of $143,000 per year. Tripolskii went on bigoted social media rants: exclaiming, “We don’t have forces who do right by survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence because we don’t have forces who don’t abuse Brown and Black people. Same forces, same reasons. Misogyny and racism grow from the same white, male root.” Tripolskii also sent an email to all midshipmen about an event sponsored by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office that would “support LGBTQ+ community members” because they are “marginalized in our society, making it more difficult to report and seek assistance for sexual violence.” In 2020, Tripolskii posted a picture on Twitter depicting a church being closed and blocked by the police. His caption was, “This is my heaven.” He also retweeted a post that read “let that be a lesson to anyone who dares to challenge the great Satan” and advocated for defunding the police.

In Oct. 2023, Rep. Banks sent another letter to Nunan, this time demanding answers regarding her policy that allows midshipmen to receive a military service exemption if they pursue gender transition.

Reportedly Nunan asked a midshipman to conduct a poll regarding the term “midshipmen” because some in leadership felt the term was a “threat to diversity and inclusion.” A suggested alternative was “midship-people.” The polling results indicated 100 percent of the midshipmen were in favor of not changing the longstanding means of addressing the students.

Nunan was previously the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) chief at the Coast Guard Academy no doubt was a plus for the woke Biden administration.

Photo Source: USMMA