Henry (Hank) P. Fowler

Captain Fowler was released during “Operation Homecoming” on February 18, 1973. He then completed C-141 Starlifter transition training before serving as a C-141 pilot with the 86th Military Airlift Squadron at Travis AFB, California, from February 1974 to October 1975. Major Fowler then received an Air Force Institute of Technology assignment to complete his Law Degree at Sanford University, followed by service as Director of Civil Law at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. His next assignment was as Assistant Staff Judge Advocate at Maxwell from April to November 1979, and then as Chief of the Military Affairs Division at Maxwell from November 1979 to June 1980. Lieutenant Colonel Fowler next served as an Instructor at the Air Force JAG School at Maxwell from June 1980 to February 1981, followed by service as Chief of the Civil Law Division with the Air Force JAG School at Maxwell. His next assignment was as Deputy Staff Judge Advocate at Ramstein AB, West Germany, from July 1984 to July 1987, and then as Staff Judge Advocate at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, from July 1987 to July 1989. Colonel Fowler's final assignment was as Staff Judge Advocate at Maxwell AFB from July 1989 until his retirement from the Air Force on August 1, 1991.