WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Shanti Sethi, a trailblazing Indian American Navy veteran, has joined US Vice-President Kamala Harris’s office as her executive secretary and defense adviser, according to a media report. Sethi, the first Indian-American commander of a major US Navy combat ship, recently joined Harris’ office, Politico news website quoted Vice-President’s senior advisor Herbie Ziskend as saying. In her new role, Sethi coordinates National Security Adviser documentation across the Office of the Vice-President, according to her LinkedIn profile. Sethi commanded the guided-missile destroyer, USS Decatur, from December 2010 to May 2012. She was also the first female commander of a US naval vessel to visit India.