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NEWS | Aug. 25, 2017

New Seventh Fleet Commander Arrives in Yokosuka, Japan

By U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) – Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer, commander of U.S. Seventh Fleet, arrived in Yokosuka Friday after assuming command Aug. 23. 

Prior to arrival, he participated in the International Maritime Security Symposium hosted by the Indonesian Navy in Bali, Indonesia.

A career submariner, Vice Adm. Sawyer has extensive experience as a commander in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. His most recent assignment was deputy commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii. Before that, he was commander, U.S. Submarine Forces Pacific, also in Hawaii, and commander, Submarine Group 7/ Task Force 54 and 74 in Yokosuka. His afloat commands were USS La Jolla (SSN 701) and Submarine Squadron 15 in Guam.

A Phoenix native, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science degree in systems engineering. He received a Master of Engineering Management degree from Old Dominion University.

U.S. 7th Fleet is the largest of the U.S. Navy's forward deployed fleets. At any given time there are roughly 50-70 ships and submarines, 140 aircraft, and approximately 20,000 Sailors in the region. Seventh Fleet’s area of operation spans more than 124 million square kilometers, stretching from the International Date Line to the India/Pakistan border; and from the Kuril Islands in the North to the Antarctic in the South.

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