Earned Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Norwich University – 1991
Commissioned in the United States Navy - May 1991.
USS FORT FISHER (LSD-40), San Diego, CA - 1992-1995
USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62), forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. 1995-1998
Service School Command, Great Lakes Naval Station, IL - 1998-2001
Training Support Command, Great Lakes Naval Station, IL - 2001-1004
Earned a Masters degree in Human Resource Management from Keller Graduate               School of Management – 2004
Naval Surface Group, Middle Pacific, Pearl Harbor, HI - 2004-2007
Liaison for Maritime Homeland Defense with the United States Coast Guard               in Honolulu, HI 2007-2009.
Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, Pearl Harbor, HI - 2009-2011.
On 22 April 2011, Lieutenant Commander James Tiernan retired from naval surface               in a ceremony on board the USS MISSOURI (BB-63), in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Personal awards include: three Naval Commendation Medals, two Naval               Achievement Medals, a Coast Guard Achievement Medal, two Armed Forces               Expeditionary Medals, two National Defense Medals, Southeast Asia Medals, Global               War on Terrorism Service Medal, Expert Medal (pistol) and Expert Medal (rifle).
Joined the team at RE/MAX Center in Grayslake as a Military Relocation Specialist               starting a new career of service to others.