Nora W. Tyson
| Nora W. Tyson | |
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| Born | 1956/1957 (age 60–61) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1979–2017 |
| Rank | Vice admiral (United States) |
| Commands held |
USS Bataan (LHD-5) Task Force 73 Carrier Strike Group Two United States Third Fleet |
| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan |
Nora Wingfield Tyson is a retired United States Navy officer. In 2015, she was installed as the new commander of the Navy’s Third Fleet, making her the first woman to lead a U.S. Navy ship fleet. She retired from service in 2017. Tyson previously served as the commander of Carrier Strike Group Two (CCSG2), from July 29, 2010 to January 12, 2012; she was the first female commander of a U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group. She then served as Vice Director of the Joint Staff beginning in February 2012. In July 2013 she was promoted to Vice Admiral and named as Deputy Commander, US Fleet Forces Command.
A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Nora Wingfield Tyson attended St. Mary's Episcopal School, graduating in 1975. Tyson graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1979, majoring in English. Later that year, she attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned in December 1979. In 1995, Tyson earned her Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Affairs from the U.S. Naval War College.
After a tour in Washington D.C, Tyson became a Naval Flight Officer in 1983. She then served three tours in Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Four (VQ-4) in both Naval Air Station Patuxent River and Tinker Air Force Base, one of which as a commanding officer. Ashore, she served as airborne communications officer course instructor and officer-in-charge at Naval Air Maintenance Training Detachment 1079, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.
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