Rear Admiral Gretchen Herbert

Today the Secretary of the Navy and the 

Chief of Naval Operations 

announced that

Rear Admiral Gretchen Herbert will become the 

Commander, Navy Cyber Forces Command. 

A native of Rochester, N.Y., Rear Admiral Herbert graduated from the University of Rochester in 1984. She holds a Masters degree in Systems Technology (Space Systems Operations) from the Naval Postgraduate School (1991) and a Masters degree in Military Studies from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College (1998).

Herbert served within the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System at Naval Facility Bermuda; at commander, Oceanographic Systems Atlantic; and at Naval Ocean Processing Facility, Dam Neck.

Additional shore assignments include satellite communications officer at Headquarters, U.S. Naval Forces Europe; executive officer, Fleet Surveillance Support Command; Joint Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College; commanding officer, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Washington; branch head, Naval Networks for OPNAV N6; and assistant chief of Naval Operations for the Next Generation Enterprise Network.

Fleet assignments include combat systems officer embarked in USS George Washington (CVN 73) where she deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom; and assistant chief of staff for Communications and Information Systems (N6) to commander, Carrier Strike Group 7 embarked in USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) where she deployed to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf with Ronald Reagan Strike Group.

Herbert assumed duties as director, Net-Centric Capabilities for Information Dominance (OPNAV N2/N6) in October 2010.