Rear Adm. Kathleen M. Creighton
Kathleen M. Creighton, a native of Ridgefield, has been promoted to rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.
Creighton graduated in 1988 from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and was commissioned through the NROTC program. She graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1997 with a master of science degree in information technology management.
Creighton has served in information dominance billets at all levels, afloat and shore, with multiple command and officer-in-charge assignments.
Her shore assignments have included Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic as fleet telecommunications operations center watch officer, operations management officer and officer in charge, Naval Telecommunications Center Breezy Point; Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Europe Central as plans and requirements department head; Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Europe Central, Detachment London, as officer in charge; the joint staff, directorate for Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems (J6), serving on the Director’s Action Group; and OPNAV N2/N6 as chief of staff, Task Force Cyber Awakening.
Fleet assignments have included flag communications officer to Commander, Carrier Strike Group 2 embarked on USS John F. Kennedy and USS Harry S. Truman; assistant chief of staff for C4 to Commander, Carrier Strike Group 12 embarked in USS Enterprise, where she completed two Fifth Fleet deployments supporting Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom; and N6/Deputy Maritime Operations Center director to Fleet Cyber Command/Commander 10th Fleet.
She commanded both Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Sicily and Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Bahrain.
Creighton is currently serving as the director for Command, Control, Communications and Cyber, U.S. Pacific Command.
She holds various decorations and awards, including two awards of the Legion of Merit and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.
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