Thomas P . Meek Thomas P . " Tom " Meek is a United States Navy officer . He currently holds the rank of rear admiral . Since May 14 , 2010 he has served as the commander of the Navy Cyber Forces . A native of Michigan , Meek graduated from the University of Michigan in 1979 , completed graduate school at Michigan State University in 1981 , and was commissioned through Aviation Officer Candidate School in 1982 . Following basic intelligence officer training at Lowry Air Force Base , Meek ' s first operational assignment was Air Intelligence Officer for VA - 165 ( Boomers ) , Naval Air Station Whidbey Island , Washington , from 1982 - 1985 . During that tour , he deployed aboard USS " Ranger " ( CV - 61 ) to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean . His second assignment was Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility , Western Pacific in Naval Support Facility Kamiseya , Japan , from 1985 – 1988 , where he served as a watch officer and Soviet Navy analyst . Meek next served as Deputy Commander , Task Group ( CTG ) 168 . 0 in Washington , D . C . , an overt human intelligence collection organization , from 1988 – 1990 . Meek was assigned to Sixth Fleet aboard USS " Belknap " ( CG - 26 ) in Gaeta , Italy , from 1990 – 1992 as assistant staff intelligence officer . Following completion of that sea - duty tour , he returned to Washington , D . C . from 1992 – 1994 and served in the Bureau of Naval Personnel as Intelligence Placement Officer and Intelligence Junior Officer Detailer . He attended the Naval War College in Newport , Rhode Island , from 1994 – 1995 , and later that year , completed Joint Professional Military Education ( JPME ) at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk , Virginia . Following JPME , Meek underwent German language and attaché training at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington , D . C . In late 1996 , he began three years as a Defense Attaché . His main assignment was Assistant Naval Attaché in Bonn , Germany . For a six - month period in 1999 during the height of the Kosovo crisis , Meek was dispatched by DIA to serve as Defense Attaché in Tirana , Albania . Upon completion of attaché service , Meek transferred to USS " Harry S . Truman " ( CVN - 75 ) as ship ' s intelligence officer from 2000 – 2001 , a period that included the ship ' s maiden deployment . Next , he served as Deputy N2 at the headquarters of Commander , Atlantic Fleet and Commander , Fleet Forces Command from 2002 – 2003 . Meek was Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence for Commander , United States Naval Forces Central Command and Commander , United States Fifth Fleet in Bahrain from August 2003 through June 2005 , where he established the command ' s Coalition Intelligence Fusion Center . In July 2005 , he assumed duties as Executive Assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence on the Navy Staff in Washington , D . C . In January 2006 , Meek was transferred to Pearl Harbor , Hawaii for duty as Deputy Chief of Staff and Director for Intelligence , Commander , Pacific Fleet , serving concurrently as J2 , Joint Task Force 519 . His first flag assignment was deputy director , Customer Relationships at National Security Agency from August 2006 to June 2008 . Between July 2008 and September 2009 , Meek served as the senior intelligence officer at United States Southern Command . Since October 2009 he has served as the second director of the National Maritime Intelligence Center ( NMIC ) . Meek has received several individual , campaign and unit awards , including the Defense Superior Service Medal and two awards of the Legion of Merit .