Rear Admiral Douglas J. Adams is a native of Valparaiso, IN.  He enlisted in the Navy in 1987, reaching the rate of Electrician’s Mate First Class prior to his commissioning at Officer Candidate School. He is a 1992 graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and obtained a Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Marquette University in 1998.

At Sea, Adams served onboard USS Tennessee (Blue) (SSBN 734) as a junior officer, Destroyer Squadron Twenty-One as Submarine Operations Officer, USS Bremerton (SSN 698) as Engineer Officer, and USS Toledo (SSN 769) as Executive Officer. He commanded USS Rhode Island (Blue) (SSBN 740) from October 2010 until March 2013. He has deployed in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Western Pacific, U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and an Arctic Deployment onboard HMS Tireless.

Ashore, Adams served as a NROTC instructor at Marquette University, as an exchange officer with the Royal Navy at Maritime Warfare Centre in Portsmouth, England, as the Force Nuclear Power Officer for Commander, Submarine Forces and as Assistant Inspector General for Fleet Support – Submarines and Executive Assistant to the Inspector General at the Office of the Naval Inspector General.

An Acquisition Professional, Rear Admiral Adams served in the Virginia Class Submarine Program Office (PMS 450), as the Major Program Manager for Undersea Systems (IWS 5), as the Major Program Manager for Maritime Surveillance Systems (PMS 485), Deputy PEO for Undersea Warfare Systems, and Director, SSN AUKUS Support in the AUKUS Integration and Acquisition Office.

Adams is currently serving as Program Executive Officer, Undersea Warfare Systems, responsible for the acquisition, research, development, transition, and sustainment of all undersea weapons, countermeasures, combat systems, training, and sensor systems.