The Navy makes history today
Posted By HR Partnership on July 29, 2010
Rear Adm. Nora Tyson will assume command of Carrier Strike Group Two in a ceremony onboard the USS George H.W. Bush on Thursday (July 29).
Her new assignment was announced in January, and it marked the first time that a woman has been assigned command of a carrier strike group. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead made the announcement and will be in attendance.
Carrier Strike Group Two is to be embarked on board the Bush, the Navy’s newest carrier, which is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.
Tyson is a native of Memphis, Tenn. She earned her wings as a naval flight officer in 1983.
Included on her resume is a stint commanding the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, leading the Navy’s disaster relief efforts on the U.S. Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and deploying twice to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Posted by Hugh Lessig on Hampton Roads Recon, the military blog at the Daily Press
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