Active Duty Director Profile

Edward Holton Active Duty Director

Olmsted Scholar Class'13

  • Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Branch of Service

    Marines

  • Status:

    Active

  • City of Study:

    Bologna

  • Language School:

    Defense Language School

  • Language:

    Italian

  • Assignments:
  • 2020 – 2022:

    Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines

  • 2019 – 2020:

    Section Head, Plans and Programs, Officer Assignments, Quantico, VA

  • 2017 – 2019:

    Combat Arms Majors Monitor, Officer Assignments, Quantico, VA

  • 2015 - 2017:

    Executive Officer, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, Twentynine Palms, CA

  • 2012 - 2015:

    Olmsted Scholar Program – Bologna, Italy

  • 2010 - 2012:

    Director, Combat Instructor School, School of Infantry East, Camp Lejeune, NC

  • 2009 – 2010:

    Executive Officer, Infantry Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry East, Camp Lejeune, NC

  • 2009 – 2009:

    Student, Maneuver Captains Career Course, Ft Benning, GA

  • 2007 – 2009:

    Commander, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Iraq

  • 2006 – 2007:

    Aide-de-Camp, Ground Combat Element Commander, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Iraq

     

  • 2004 – 2006:

    Fire Support Team Leader, Weapons Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, 2nd Marine Division, Iraq

  • Education:
  • 2015:

    MA, International Relations, University of Bologna

  • 2003:

    BS, Economics, US Naval Academy