Background
Cothron, Tony Lee was born in 1955 in Greenbrier, Tennessee, United States.
Cothron, Tony Lee was born in 1955 in Greenbrier, Tennessee, United States.
Bachelor in History, Middle Tennessee State University, 1977. Graduate, Aviation Officer Candidate School. Graduate, Armed Forces Staff College.
Master of Arts in National Security & Strategic Studies, Naval War College, 1996.
Advanced through grades to rear admiral United States Navy, various operational tours aboard United States Ship America, United States Ship Theodore Roosevelt, United States Ship George Washington, served in Operation Desert Storm, Operation Provide Comfort Iraq, various tours ashore including submarine analyst and watch stander, Fleet Ocean Surveillance Intelligence Center Detachment Atlantic Fleet, senior watch analyst, pacific and strategic forces division head Navy Operational Intelligence Command. Director fleet intelligence for Commander United States Fleet Forces Command. Commander United States European Command Joint Analysis Center Royal Air Force United States Navy, Molesworth, England, 2001—2003, Commander national level, operational intelligence and science and intelligence analysis center Office Naval Intelligence, 2004—2006, director naval intelligence, 2006—2008.
Deputy director for customer requirements National Security Agency, 2006. Vice president for business development, intelligence & solutions General Dynamics Information Technology, since 2009.