Her first duty station was Naval Communications Area Master Station Western Pacific,
Guam, where she was the High-Frequency Receiver Site division officer. In 1979, she reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola, where she established the command's first human resources office, followed by two years as the base
public affairs officer. In 1984, Hight reported to the CNO staff (OP-094) as the program sponsor for the Ultra High Frequency Satellite Communications Program. In July 1986, she reported to the U.S. Space Command Directorate of Plans (J5) as a
plank owner, and in February 1988, she was selected to serve as a member of the
USSPACECOM Commander-in-Chief's Group. In July 1989, Hight reported to director, Communications Security Material Systems as executive officer. In July 1991, she was assigned to the
program executive officer for Space, Communications and Sensors (PMW-146), where she served as the assistant program manager for operations. In May 1993, Hight reported to the Fleet Surveillance Support Command as
commanding officer. In March 1995, she reported to the
Bureau of Naval Personnel as the Assistant Branch Head, Fleet Support Assignments Office. Upon completion of that tour in July 1997, she transferred to the Joint Staff/J6, where she served as the chief of Current Operations Division and then as the executive assistant to the director of C4 Systems. In June 2000, Hight reported as the
U.S. Space Command liaison officer to the U.S. European Command,
Stuttgart, Germany. In July 2001, Hight reported for duty as commanding officer, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic and program manager for Mid-Atlantic Region Information Technology. In June 2002, she was selected for promotion to
rear admiral (lower half) and reported to OPNAV 6/7, where she was the director of Net-Centric Warfare. From 2006 to 2007, Hight was DISA's principal director for operations and deputy commander, Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations. As principal director, she was responsible for providing command, control, communications, computer and intelligence support to the nation's warfighters. As deputy commander, JTF-GNO, Hight was responsible to United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) for directing the operation and defense of the
Global Information Grid (GIG). Hight was the vice director of the
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). She helped lead a worldwide organization of more than 6,600 military and civilian personnel responsible for planning, developing, and providing interoperable, global net-centric solutions that serve the needs of the President,
Secretary of Defense,
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the combatant commanders, and other
Department of Defense (DoD) components. ==Career At HP==