[8] A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Nora Wingfield Tyson attended St. Mary's Episcopal School, graduating in 1975.

[10] In 1995, Tyson earned her Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Affairs from the Naval War College.

[10] Ashore, she served as airborne communications officer course instructor and officer-in-charge at Naval Air Maintenance Training Detachment 1079, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.

[11] Other shore duty assignments included serving as a political-military planner and assistant in the Asia-Pacific Division of the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Director of Staff for the Commander of Naval Forces Europe, and an executive assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations.

[10] In September 2007, Tyson was promoted to rear admiral (lower half) and took command of Task Force 73 in Singapore.

Bush as its flagship, becoming the first woman to command a United States Navy aircraft carrier task group.