Jan E. Tighe

Jan Tighe
Born	(1962-09-16) September 16, 1962 Bowling Green, Kentucky
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1984–2018
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands	Director of Naval Intelligence United States Tenth Fleet Fleet Cyber Command
Battles / wars	Gulf War
Awards	Navy Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Jan Elizabeth Tighe (born September 16, 1962) is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare/66th Director of Naval Intelligence from July 15, 2016 to July 2018. Prior to that, Tighe served as the Commander of the Tenth Fleet/Fleet Cyber Command.

Early life and education

Jan Tighe was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and raised in Plantation, Florida. Tighe is a 1984 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned as a cryptologist. She studied Russian at the Defense Language Institute. She graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, in 2001 with a doctorate in electrical engineering and a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics.

Naval career

Tighe's previous tours include duty with Naval Security Group Activities in Florida, Virginia, Japan, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (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, United States 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 commander, United States Fleet Cyber Command/Commander, United States Tenth Fleet; United States Cyber Command Deputy J3; Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) N2N6 director, Decision Superiority; Naval Postgraduate School interim president; and deputy commander, United States Fleet Cyber Command/United States Tenth Fleet.

In July 2016, Tighe assumed duties the deputy chief of naval operations for Information Warfare, and the 66th director of Naval Intelligence. Tighe retired from active duty in August 2018.

Tighe wears both the information 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.

Awards and decorations

	Information Dominance Warfare Officer Badge
	Naval Aviation Observer Badge
	Command Ashore insignia

	Navy Distinguished Service Medal
	Defense Superior Service Medal
	Legion of Merit
	Defense Meritorious Service Medal
	Meritorious Service Medal with one gold award star
	Air Medal with bronze Strike/Flight numeral 1
	Navy Commendation Medal with three award stars
	Navy Achievement Medal
	Joint Meritorious Unit Award with one bronze oak leaf cluster
	Navy Unit Commendation
	Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
	National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
	Southwest Asia Service Medal with three service stars
	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
	Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
	Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon
	Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
	Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
	Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal

Tighe is a member of the Acquisition Professionals Community and holds a Level III Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification in program management.