John V. Fuller

He received his commission from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1987. He earned a Bachelor of Science in political science from the Naval Academy and a Master of Science in management from the Naval Post Graduate School. He also earned a Master of Arts in national security and strategic studies from the College of Naval Command and Staff at the Naval War College. He is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI Fellow.

Fuller's sea duty tours include damage control assistant, combat information center officer and assistant engineering officer, {{USS|Vandegrift}} (FFG-48); chief engineer, {{USS|Kauffman}} (FFG-59); Atlantic Fleet Propulsion Examining Board; flag secretary, Amphibious Force, U.S. 7th Fleet; executive officer aboard {{USS|Curtis Wilbur}} (DDG-54); commanding officer, {{USS|Mason}} (DDG-87); deputy commander, Destroyer Squadron 22; commander, Task Group-Iraqi Maritime; and commander, Destroyer Squadron 22.

Ashore, he served in numerous joint and staff billets to include, Plans & Policy/Community Issues Section head and Strategy & Alignment Branch head, Surface Warfare Division; U.S. Naval Academy 4th Battalion Officer; military assistant to the director, rapid fielding in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (AT&L); special assistant to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Joint High Speed Vessel Council chairman, Navy Staff; operational definition team lead for the Small Surface Combatant Task Force; and deputy for LCS, Surface Warfare Division.

As a flag officer, he first served as commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group, Middle Pacific.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/29421923/navy-region-hawaii-holds-change-in-command|title=Navy Region Hawaii holds change in command|website=Hawaii News Now|date=June 27, 2015 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.afcea.org/content/Blog-fuller-assigned-naval-surface-group-0|title=Fuller Assigned to Naval Surface Group|date=September 1, 2015|newspaper=Afcea International}}

Fuller assumed command of Carrier Strike Group 1 on 18 July 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://allhands.navy.mil/Media/Gallery/igphoto/2002402165/|title=170728-N-FT110-014|website=allhands.navy.mil}} He held that position until 2018 when he was replaced by Rear Admiral Alvin Holsey. He then served as the director of Strategy, policy & plans (J5), North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Since 27 August 2020, he has served as the deputy director for force protection of the Joint Staff.{{cite web| url = https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/May%202021%20Roster%20(Public).pdf?ver=8R3RhnO0G-u8RDdschL-_A%3d%3d| title = Reference at www.mynavyhr.navy.mil| access-date = June 2, 2021| archive-date = May 18, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210518074020/https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/May%202021%20Roster%20(Public).pdf?ver=8R3RhnO0G-u8RDdschL-_A%3D%3D| url-status = dead}}

In April 2021, Fuller was nominated for promotion to vice admiral and assigned to replace Vice Admiral Richard P. Snyder as the Naval Inspector General.{{Cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2573326/flag-officer-announcements/|title=Flag Officer Announcements|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE}}{{cite web| url = https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/342?| title = PN342 - 1 nominee for Navy, 117th Congress (2021-2022) {{!}} Congress.gov {{!}} Library of Congress}} His nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on 29 April.{{cite web |title=PN342 - 1 nominee for Navy, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/342 |website=www.congress.gov |access-date=13 June 2021 |date=2021-04-29}} He assumed the position on 11 June 2021.

As a senior, Fuller played defensive end for the 1986 Navy Midshipmen football team.

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