CDR Spencer Ovren

Commanding Officer, USS Greeneville

Commander Spencer Ovren, a native of Katy, Texas, graduated from Virginia Tech in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering.

At sea, he served as a junior officer aboard USS ANNAPOLIS (SSN 760) from 2010-2012, completing two CENTCOM deployments. He then served as Navigator aboard USS SAN FRANCISCO (SSN 711) from 2015-2016, conducting the ship’s final Western Pacific deployment; and as Engineer aboard USS SCRANTON (SSN 756) from 2017-2019, conducting a second Western Pacific deployment. He also served as Executive Officer aboard USS CONNECTICUT (SSN 22) following the ship’s grounding from 2021-2023.

Ashore, he served as a Shift Engineer and Staff Training Officer at the Naval Prototype Training Unit in Ballston Spa, New York and the S6G/S6W technical representative within the Line Locker at Naval Reactors Headquarters. He most recently as the Submarine Officer Assignments Branch Head and Executive Officer detailer (PERS-421) in Millington, Tennessee.

His personal decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards), and various unit and campaign awards.