Active Duty Director Profile

Jon Ahlstrom Active Duty Director

Olmsted Scholar Class '12

  • Rank:

    Commander
  • Branch:

    Navy
  • Status:

    Active
  • City of Study:

    Aix-en-Provence, France
  • University:

    Institute of Political Studies Aix-en-Provence
  • Language School:

    DLI-Washington – International Center for Language Studies
  • Language:

    French
  • Assignments:
  • 2022 - Present:

     
  • 2020 - 2022:

    Commanding Officer, USS COLUMBUS (SSN 762), Newport News, VA
  • 2018 - 2019:

    White House Fellow at U.S. Agency for International Development
  • 2017 - 2018:

    Nuclear Officer Program Manager (OPNAV N133)
  • 2015 - 2017:

    Executive Officer, USS ASHEVILLE (SSN-758), Pearl Harbor, HI
  • 2011 - 2014:

    Olmsted Scholar, Aix-en-Provence, France
  • 2009 - 2011:

    Engineer Officer, USS West Virginia (SSBN-736), Kings Bay, GA
  • 2007 - 2008:

    Flag Aide to the Director of Submarine Warfare Division (OPNAV N97), Washington, DC
  • 2003 - 2007:

    Division Officer, USS Seawolf (SSN-21), Groton, CT
  • 2002 - 2003:

    Student, Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, Goose Creek, SC
  • 2002 - 2002:

    Student, Naval Diving & Salvage Training Center, Panama City, FL
  • Education:
  • 2022:

    MBA, Imperial College of London Business School
  • 2014:

    MA Geostrategy, Defense, and Security, Institut d’Etudes Politiques – Aix-en-Provence
  • 2002:

    BS Systems Engineering, US Naval Academy
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