Tony L. Cothron
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| Born | 1955 (age 61–62) |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1978-2008 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Battles/wars | Operation Desert Storm |
| Awards |
Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (3) Bronze Star |
Rear Admiral Tony Lee Cothron was the Director of Intelligence for the Chief of Naval Operations and the 62nd Director of Naval Intelligence.
A native of Greenbrier, Tennessee, Cothron graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 1977 and was commissioned through Aviation Officer Candidate School in 1978.
His operational tours include positions of increasing responsibility in intelligence aboard the USS America, Patron Squadron Special Projects Unit One (VPU-1), Carrier Airwing Eight (CVW-8) aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt for combat operations during Operation Desert Storm and Kurdish relief operations in northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort, Command Cruiser Destroyer Group Two aboard the USS George Washington, and as Assistant Chief of Staff of Intelligence for Commander, Sixth Fleet in Gaeta, Italy where he participated in Operation Allied Force combat operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
His tours ashore have included duty as a submarine analyst and watch stander at Fleet Ocean Surveillance Intelligence Center Detachment (FOSIC Det), Atlantic Fleet; as an instructor at the Fleet Intelligence Training Center Atlantic and member of the Soviet Seapower Education Program; as Senior Watch Analyst, Pacific and Strategic Forces Division Head at the Navy Operational Intelligence Command (NAVOPINTCEN), Chief of the Atlantic Intelligence Command’s Current Intelligence Division and Functional Manager for Imagery and ELINT during Operation Uphold Democracy, the US intervention in Haiti; as the Targeting Requirements Branch Head on the Navy staff for CNO N2; and as the Director, Fleet Intelligence for Commander, Fleet Forces Command.
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