Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, commander of the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet, will be retiring and her post will be taken over by Vice Adm. John Alexander.
By U.S. Navy (Vice Admiral Nora W. Tyson) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Before becoming the first woman to lead a U.S. Navy ship fleet, Tyson was also the first woman to command a Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from 2010 to 2012.