Vice Adm. Berg, a native of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, is a a 1991 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has 35 years of experience as a naval officer in the cyber, cryptologic, and space warfighting domains.

Operational tours include Navy Security Group Activity in Rota, Spain, where Berg flew over 1000 hours in EP-3E aircraft and deployed to surface and subsurface units supporting Operations Provide Promise and Sharp Guard. She served on the U.S. Sixth Fleet staff in Gaeta, Italy; with Naval Security Group Menwith Hill in Harrogate, UK; and deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, as director of the International Security Assistance Force Red Team in 2012.

Berg’s command tours ashore include Navy Information Operations Command in Bahrain, supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, and Arabian Gulf maritime operations. Berg also commanded the Navy Element of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center.

Staff assignments include serving in the N2N6 and N3 on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff; deputy for Plans and Policy at Fleet Cyber Command; deputy National Intelligence Officer at the National Intelligence Council; Military Advisor to the deputy director of National Intelligence, where she supported daily intelligence briefings to the President and National Security Council; information warfare director (PERS-47) at Navy Personnel Command; strategic advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations; and acting director, Navy Digital Warfare Office.

As a flag officer, Berg has served as the director of Intelligence (J-2) at U.S. Africa Command, the director of Strategy, Plans and Policy (J-5) at U.S. Cyber Command and as Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans, and Strategy (N3/N5B). She assumed command of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command, Navy Space Command, Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber (Navy), and U.S. 10th Fleet in October 2025.

Berg has been awarded various personal, campaign, unit and service awards. She was awarded the Legion d’Honneur by the President of France in 2021, and has studied Russian at the Defense Language Institute, and Arabic at the Kalimat Institute in Cairo, Egypt. She has a Master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford University, UK.

Last Updated: 6 April 2026