VADM Jan Tighe, USN, Nominated for Director of Naval Intelligence (N2/N6)

VADM Jan Tighe, USN, Nominated for Director of Naval Intelligence (N2/N6);
Will keynote Navy Information Warfare Day, June 14 2016 at Engility Heritage Center, Chantilly, VA

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has announced the President’s nomination of VADM Tighe as the next Director of Naval Intelligence (N2/N6), replacing VADM TED ”Twig” Branch, who will transfer to the retired list.

Vice Admiral Jan Tighe was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and raised in Plantation, Florida. In April 2014, she assumed her current duties as the commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. 10th Fleet.

Tighe’s previous tours include duty with Naval Security Group Activities in Florida, Virginia, Japan, VQ-1 and Naval Information Warfare Activity. She also had staff assignments on the Headquarters of the Pacific Fleet, Naval Security Group, Naval Network Warfare Command, and served as executive assistant to Commander, U.S. Cyber Command. Tighe commanded more than 2,800 multi-service and multi-agency personnel at the National Security Agency/Central Security Service Hawaii in Kunia. As a flag officer, Tighe served as U.S. Cyber Command Deputy J3; OPNAV N2N6 director, Decision Superiority; Naval Postgraduate School interim president;  and deputy commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. 10th Fleet.

Tighe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned as an ensign (special duty cryptology) in 1984. She attended the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, where she studied Russian. She also attended the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and in 2001 was awarded a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Applied Mathematics.

Tighe wears both the Information Dominance Warfare pin and Naval Aviation Observer wings, earned while deployed as an airborne special evaluator aboard VQ-1 EP-3E aircraft in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. She is also a member of the Acquisition Professionals Community and holds a Level III Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification in Program Management.

Tighe has been awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (second award), the Strike/Flight Air Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (fourth award), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.