SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII - U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ned C. Holt was selected for the Army Senior Service College in March. SSC is designed to prepare senior officers for positions of greater responsibility in the Department of Defense.
Holt, who graduated from Fulton High School in 1987, currently serves as the 25th Infantry Division Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 (Chief of Sustainment) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He has served in the active-duty Army for 22 years.
Holt was born in Fulton to Molly Stanley (deceased) and Joe D. Holt and attended Louisiana State University. He is a lifetime member of the Fulton Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 2657.
His proud father said, "He's a good guy. He comes back here once in awhile."
In his career, Holt has served throughout the Indo-Pacific Command region in a variety of tactical, operational, and strategic commands and in conventional and special operation units. He has spent time in Korea, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. He is married to Hyun Sook Holt, of Imgye, Korea, and they live in Kailua, Hawaii.
As the 25th Infantry Division's chief of sustainment, Holt and his staff work closely with many Pacific partners including Australia.
The 25th Infantry Division was formed from the Hawaiian Division on Oct. 1, 1941, at Schofield Barracks. It is the only division in the U.S. Army that is still located where is was created. During the Japanese attacks across Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941, the 25th Infantry Division was one of the first Army units to engage the enemy in combat at the start of World War II.
SSC is a 10-month course that is held at many U.S. war colleges to include the Army War College. Officers can also study at SSC equivalent fellowships around the world. Holt will serve as a fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Canberra, Australia.
ASPI is an independent, non-partisan think tank that produces expert and timely advice of Australia's strategic and defense leaders. The Australian military has a historic and engaging partnership with the U.S. military.
ASPI is one of the most authoritative and widely quoted contributors to public discussion of strategic policy issues in Australia and a recognized and authoritative Australian voice in international discussion of strategic issues, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.
The ASPI fellowship promotes cultural empathy, develops regional, cultural, economic, political, demographic, geographic expertise in a potential conflict area; and contributes to the development of a cohort of senior strategists available to support missions at the combatant command and national levels. Holt will have the opportunity to interact with responsible officials at the highest levels of Australia's uniformed and civilian leadership, and to influence both those leaders and the wider Australian populace through writing for publication.