TW2 Leadership

Commodore

Colonel Tiger is from Ogdensburg, New York. He graduated from Norwich University in 1998 with a history degree and was commissioned through the Platoon Leaders Course. He was designated an F/A-18 Weapons Systems Officer in 2000 and re-designated an F/A-18 pilot in 2008.

Colonel Tiger served multiple tours with VMFA(AW)- 533 in Beaufort, South Carolina and VMFAT-101 in Miramar, California. He participated in Operations Southern Watch (2003) and Iraqi Freedom (2003, 2006) and completed several deployments to Asia as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

He accrued over 3,800 flight hours, primarily in the F/A-18 and the F-5 while flying with allies and partners from Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain and Thailand. He is a 2010 graduate of the Marine Division Tactics Course at MAWTS-1 in Yuma, Arizona.

Colonel Tiger served three tours as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer and two tours as an Operations Officer at home and overseas. He commanded VMFT-401 in Yuma, Arizona where he led the Marine Corps' only aggressor squadron in support of multiple Weapons and Tactics Instructor courses sponsored by MAWTS-1.

Colonel Tiger graduated with distinction from the Naval War College in 2015, and was awarded a Master's Degree in Strategy. He also graduated with distinction from the Army War College in 2019, where he was selected to participate in the Advanced Strategic Art Program and was also awarded a Master's Degree in Advanced Strategy. Additionally, he received a Master's Degree in World War II from the American Military University in 2010 as a distinguished graduate. He is expected to graduate from Liberty University's PhD program in 2028 with a dissertation focusing on Union strategy in the Civil War.

Colonel Tiger served on the Joint Staff, J-35 as a branch chief and as a division chief from 2019-2021. In these roles, Colonel Tiger routinely briefed senior civilian and military leaders on various war plans for Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

From 2021-22, he completed one tour as the Assistant Chief of Staff/G-7 for Marine Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia where his team oversaw Naval integration development with U.S. Second Fleet, coordinated disaster relief efforts across North America, and oversaw joint training operations with European and NATO allies.

Colonel Tiger then commanded Marine Aviation Training Support Group 22 in Corpus Christi, Texas from 2022-2024. This command oversaw entry-level training for 1,500 Marines at nine training bases in the southwest United States.

His awards include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (2), Air Medal (10), Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3), among other personal and unit awards.