
Cameron Hamilton/ X
CV NEWS FEED // President Donald Trump named former Navy Seal Cameron Hamilton as the new interim director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Jan. 20. Hamilton has consistently criticized FEMA’s mishandling of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.
Hamilton announced the appointment on his X page on Jan. 20,, writing, “I’m honored to serve.”
On the same day, former FEMA director Deanne Criswell announced on X that she is stepping down, writing that it has been an honor to serve as FEMA’s administrator for four years.
Tony Robinson is now the acting administrator of FEMA, and the X account has been changed over to his name.
Hamilton is the vice president of Feds for Freedom, a nonprofit accountability group made up of government workers who fight for “accountability, transparency, and reform,” according to their website.
Hamilton has been a member of the organization since its founding in 2021, Feds for Freedom said in an Instagram post. He became vice president after he lost a bid to serve as a Virginia congressman. During Hamilton’s 10-year service as a Navy SEAL, he was also in Special Operations Combat Medic/Special Operations Independent Duty Corpsman in four deployments, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
After serving in the Navy, Hamilton became the Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist for the U.S. Department of State (DOS), Directorate of Operational Medicine. He also supported the Diplomatic Security Service and other U.S. governmental elements by serving as a rapidly deployable protective medical resource.
Hamilton also is the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Emergency Medical Services Division.
In a podcast episode of Feds for Freedom, Hamilton discussed how the federal government prioritized spending money on foreign wars over supporting American citizens affected by Hurricane Helene. He urged American citizens to help those who were negatively impacted by the hurricane and to petition the local and federal government to prioritize Americans in need. He encouraged donating to private charitable organizations, not the federal government, to support victims of the storm.
