Lieutenant General Joel "JB" Vowell is the Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) - located at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. He received his commission as an Infantry officer from the University of Alabama in 1991. During his career, he has been stationed in Europe, the Pacific, the Middle East, and many posts across the United States.
Lieutenant General Vowell has been on three combat tours in Afghanistan and two in Iraq, including both surge campaigns. He commanded the 2d Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment (“No Slack”) and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team ("Rakkasans") of the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. MG Vowell was a War College Fellow at Stanford University and later was the Army Chief of Staff's Senior Fellow to the Brookings Institution followed by his assignment as Executive Officer to the Secretary of the Army.
Lieutenant General Vowell has been the Deputy Commanding General (Operations) for 25th Infantry Division, as well as the Deputy J5/Strategy Plans and Policy, USINDOPACOM. He has commanded US Army Japan/I Corps (FWD) and his last assignment was as Commander, CJTF-Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria.
He is married and is the proud father of two great sons.