 Tracey's first command tour was at the Naval Technical Training Center at Treasure Island, California, from 1986 to 1988, followed by a staff position with the Chief of Naval Personnel as the head of the Enlisted Plans and Community Management Branch.She served as commanding officer of Naval Station Long Beach, then the second largest homeport of the Pacific Fleet.Tracey became a Fellow with the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group at the Naval War College in 1992.