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Coast Guard Alumni Serve Ships and Shores


August 11, 2021

Zeita Merchant presided over the change-of-command ceremony for fellow GW alumnus Lieutenant Commander David Ruhlig, MPA ’18 (left).

As Coast Guard officers, TSPPPA alumni like Captain Zeita Merchant, MPA ’10, are trailblazers, lifesavers and among the nation’s leading military minds.

Read more at:
https://columbian.gwu.edu/coast-guard-alumni-serve-ships-and-shores

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