James G. Foggo III


James Gordon "Jamie" Foggo III is a retired United States Navy admiral who last served as commander of United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa and commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples. He previously served as the director of Navy Staff. Prior to that, he served as the commander of United States Sixth Fleet. He assumed his last assignment on October 20, 2017. On July 17, 2020, he relinquished command of United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples to Admiral Robert P. Burke

Early life and education

Born in September 1959 in the HQ Northern Army Group in Mönchengladbach-Rheindahlen in West-Germany. Foggo is a 1981 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a native of Virginia. He is also an Olmsted Scholar and Moreau Scholar, earning a master's degree in public administration at Harvard University and a Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies in Defense and Strategic Studies from the University of Strasbourg, France.

Naval career

Foggo's sea duties include tours aboard, and. He commanded the attack submarine in 1998, which was awarded the Submarine Squadron 8 Battle Efficiency award and the Commander Fleet Forces Command Admiral Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy for being the most improved ship in the Atlantic Fleet. Foggo completed his major command tour of SUBRON-6 in 2007.
Ashore, Foggo has served as special assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology; senior member of the Atlantic Fleet Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board at Commander Fleet Forces Command; executive assistant to the director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion ; division chief, Joint Staff for Western Europe and the Balkans; director, executive assistant to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; executive officer to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander, United States European Command, Director, Assessment Division and assistant deputy chief of naval operations .
In Naples, Italy, Foggo served as commander, Submarine Group 8; commander, Submarines, Allied Naval Forces South; deputy commander, United States Sixth Fleet, and director of Operations, Intelligence, United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa. During this period, he served as the operations officer for Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn. Additionally, Foggo was a NATO Commander Task Force commander in Joint Task Force Unified Protector. In most recent assignment, Foggo commanded the United States Sixth Fleet, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO; deputy commander, United States Naval Forces Europe; deputy commander, United States Naval Forces Africa; and Joint Force Maritime Component Commander Europe.
Foggo was responsible for conducting the NATO exercise Trident Juncture from 25 October to 7 November 2018.

Awards and decorations



Foggo is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Explorer’s Club of New York.