
Lt.j.g. Jeanine McIntosh becomes the first African American Female in the Coast Guard to get her wings, June 24, 2005, at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by PA2 Andrew Kendrick
On this day in Jamaican history: Jamaican-born US Coast Guard , Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG), received her wings on June 24, 2005, making her the first black female aviator in the history of the Coast Guard.