Jack Holt is the Chief of New Media Operations for the Department of Defense. He has prior active duty service with the National Guard at the National Guard Bureau and deployments to Operation Joint Guard in Hungary - Croatia - Bosnia and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. His previous civilian assignments have been with DoD Press Operations Media Outreach and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the media officer for the Huntsville Center. Holt has earned an M.A. in Communication from the University of Oklahoma and a B.B.A. in Management from the University of Central Oklahoma.