Jeffrey Fowler

Infobox Military Person
name=Jeffrey L. Fowler
lived=
placeofbirth= Bismarck, North Dakota
placeofdeath=


caption=Vice Admiral Jeff Fowler
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allegiance=United States of America
branch=United States Navy
serviceyears=1974-present
rank=Vice Admiral
commands=USS "Charlotte" (SSN-766)
Submarine Squadron Three
Submarine Group Eight
Submarines, Allied Naval Forces South
Task Forces 164/69
Naval Recruiting Command
unit=
battles=War on Terrorism
Cold War
awards= Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (3 awards)

Meritorious Service Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Navy Commendation Medal (5 awards)

Navy Achievement Medal
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laterwork=

Vice Admiral Jeffrey L. Fowler, United States Navy, is currently serving as the 60th Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.

Born in May 1956 and raised in Bismarck, North Dakota, he received his commission from the United States Naval Academy in 1978. Following a successful interview with Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, he was subsequently trained in the Navy’s nuclear propulsion and submarine programs.

Fowler served at sea as a junior officer aboard USS "Bremerton" (SSN-698), as Engineer Officer for USS "Alaska" (SSBN-732), and as Executive Officer for the Pre-commissioning Unit "Montpelier" (SSN 765) and USS "Hyman G. Rickover" (SSN-709). He commanded USS "Charlotte" (SSN-766) and Submarine Squadron Three, responsible for eight nuclear-powered fast attack submarines. Fowler has deployed to the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, and the Persian Gulf.

Ashore, Fowler served as a submarine tactics instructor at Naval Submarine Training Center, Pacific; as a junior member on the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board on the staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; as the Head, Submarine Programs Section of the Programming Division (N80) on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations; Deputy Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (N8) and the Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Pacific submarine force Prospective Commanding Officer Instructor; and as the Executive Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command.

Following selection to Flag Officer, VADM Fowler served as Commander, Navy Recruiting Command and Director, Naval Europe/Sixth Fleet Plans and Operations; Deputy Commander, Sixth Fleet; Commander Submarines, Allied Naval Forces South; Commander, Submarine Group 8; and Commander, Task Forces 164/69.

Fowler relieved Vice Admiral Rodney P. Rempt as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy on June 8, 2007.

In August, Fowler unveiled new plans for the Naval Academy, stating that the school was focusing too much on extracurriculars. Some of the new changes include mandatory study time each night for all Midshipmen, secured all weekday liberty (which Seniors had Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and Juniors Tuesday and Friday), and mandatory meals Sunday night through Friday night.

Fowler stressed, however, that the Academy was not in an emergency situation, and that these changes were merely to keep the recent graduates ready to enter into wartime service. He cast the changes as having more to do with preparing future Navy and Marine officers for wartime duty than with cracking down on misbehavior.

"We are a nation at war," he said. "If any campus should understand being a nation at war, it's the United States Naval Academy." [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/17/AR2007081702146.html]

Education

*B.S. Mechanical Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy, 1978
*MBA, Chaminade University of Honolulu, 1985
*MPA, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, 1990
*National Security Studies, Syracuse University 2002
*Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations 2002 – 2003

VADM Fowler is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.