Editing Jonathan Howe (section)

==Naval and government service==
Howe's naval career spanned nearly 36 years and included sea assignments and commands on nuclear submarines and surface warships.<ref>{{cite web |last=Marbut |first=Max |title=Workspace: Jonathan Howe, executive director, Arthur Vining Davis Foundations |website=Jax Daily Record |date=2012-01-12 |url=https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2012/jan/12/workspace-jonathan-howe-executive-director-arthur-vining-davis-foundations/ |access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref>

He began his career with the U.S. Navy in 1958 assigned to the [[USS Bremerton (CA-130)|USS ''Bremerton'']].<ref>[https://aei.pitt.edu/75325/1/BIO_-_EN_-_Howe.pdf Department of State Office of Press Relations].</ref>

Howe's early years in the Navy were spent in submarines.<ref name="ucsb">{{cite web |title=Nomination of Jonathan T. Howe To Be Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs |website=The American Presidency Project |date=1991-11-19 |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/nomination-jonathan-t-howe-be-deputy-assistant-the-president-for-national-security-affairs |access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref>

He served from 1962–1964 as a nuclear engineer on the [[USS George Washington (SSBN-598)|''USS George Washington'' (SSBN-598)]], the first U.S. operational ballistic missile submarine. Following that assignment, he served as Engineering Officer on the [[USS Patrick Henry|USS ''Patrick Henry'']] (SSBN-599) from 1965–1967.<ref>{{cite web | last=Howe | first=Lieutenant Commander Jonathan T. | last2=Navy | first2=U.S. | title=Polaris Duty: Pinnacle Or Predicament? | website=U.S. Naval Institute | date=1967-08-01 | url=https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1967/august/polaris-duty-pinnacle-or-predicament | access-date=2025-05-14}}</ref>

Howe's naval surface ship commands included the {{USS|Berkeley|DDG-15}} (1974–1975), Destroyer Squadron 31 (1977–1978), and [[Carrier Strike Group Nine|Cruiser-Destroyer Group Three]] (1984–1986) and aircraft carrier Battle Group Foxtrot.<ref name="ucsb" />

Howe was Military Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1969–1974.<ref name="opening" /> His contributions centered on military intelligence sharing and reinforcing the U.S.-China relationship during the Cold War.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kissinger Party Flying to Peking; Is Due W ednesday |website=The New York Times |date=1971-10-17 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/17/archives/kissinger-party-flying-to-peking-is-due-wednesday.html |access-date=2025-05-14}}</ref> Howe accompanied [[Henry A. Kissinger]] on one of the [[Nixon administration]]'s initial trips to China in October 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kissinger to Begin Trip To Peking on Saturday |website=The New York Times |date=1971-10-15 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/15/archives/kissinger-to-begin-trip-to-peking-on-saturday.html |access-date=2025-05-14}}</ref> He also accompanied President [[Richard M. Nixon]] on the [[1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China|historic presidential visit to China]] in February 1972.<ref name="opening">{{cite web |title=Nixon Legacy Forum Transcript: The Opening to China |date=November 14, 2014 |url=https://www.nixonfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Nixon-Legacy-Forum-The-Opening-to-China.pdf |website=Nixon Foundation |access-date=2025-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Nixon Presidential Library Document Withdrawal Record |url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/virtuallibrary/documents/PDD/1972/070%20February%2016-29%201972.pdf |date=February 29, 1972 |website=Nixon Foundation |access-date=2025-05-14}}</ref>

His other assignments include Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs (1975–1977), Chief of Staff of the [[United States Seventh Fleet|Seventh Fleet]] in [[Yokosuka]], Japan (1978–1980), Senior Military Assistant to the [[Deputy Secretary of Defense]] from 1981 to 1982, Director of the State Department's [[Bureau of Political-Military Affairs]] from 1982 to 1984, deputy chairman, NATO Military Committee, Brussels, Belgium (1986–1987), and Assistant to the [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (1987–1989). He served simultaneously as Commander in Chief, [[Allied Forces Southern Europe]] in [[Naples]], Italy, and Commander, [[United States Naval Forces Europe]] starting in May 1989. Following that assignment, he was named [[Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs]] by President George H. W. Bush in 1991, succeeding [[Robert M. Gates]] when he moved on to become CIA director.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFDF1E3EF933A15752C1A967958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fN%2fNational%20Security%20Council |title=Bush Names Security Deputy |accessdate=2006-11-15|date=1991-11-20 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> He retired from the United States Navy in 1992.

During his time as Deputy Assistant he was directly involved in the pursuit of President [[Manuel Noriega]] of [[Panama]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/briefcase-admiral-blamed-in-somalia-crisis-american-un-envoy-lambasted-for-personal-vendetta-against-1509327.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/briefcase-admiral-blamed-in-somalia-crisis-american-un-envoy-lambasted-for-personal-vendetta-against-1509327.html |archive-date=2022-06-14 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title='Briefcase admiral' blamed in Somalia crisis: American UN envoy|date=1993-10-08|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Divorcing the dictator : America's bungled affair with Noriega|first=Frederick|last=Kempe|date=1990|publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons|isbn=0399135170|location=New York|oclc=20933992|url=https://archive.org/details/divorcingdictato00kemp}}</ref>