New Yorker to Become Highest Ranking African American Woman in the US Coast Guard's 233-Year History

Capt. Zeita Merchant, commander of The Port of New York, will make history in April when she attains the rank of rear admiral, becoming the highest-ranking African American woman in the U.S. Coast Guard's (USGC) 233-year history.

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