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Rear Admiral Jeffrey L. Fowler was raised in Bismarck, North Dakota. He received his commission from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1978 and immediately commenced training in the Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion program.

Fowler has served at sea in USS Bremerton (SSN-698), 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 fast-attack, nuclear-powered 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; the Executive Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command; and the Commander, Navy Recruiting Command.

On 14 July 2006, Fowler assumed duties as Director, Naval Forces Europe/Sixth Fleet Plans and Operations; Deputy Commander, Sixth Fleet; Commander Submarines, Allied Naval Forces South; Commander, Submarine Group Eight; Commander, Task Force 69; and Commander, Task Force 164.

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

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

Superintendent Nomination
Fowler was nominated to become the next superintendent of the Naval Academy, according to a Pentagon news release issued March 16, 2007. If confirmed, Fowler would receive his third star and would take over for Vice Adm. Rodney P. Rempt, who has held the superintendent position since Aug. 1, 2003.