Colonel Kenneth W. Ohlson is the commander of the 10th Mission Support Group, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado. He commands more than 1,900 military, civilian and contract personnel who conduct all base-level support activities, including law enforcement and force protection, civil engineering, communications, logistics, military and civilian personnel, and morale, welfare and recreation for a military community of more than 25,000 people. He is responsible for a base infrastructure valued at $3.5 billion that serves over 14,000 military and civilian personnel. He also directs the Emergency Operations Center during contingency operations.

Colonel Ohlson entered the Air Force in 1992 as a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy with a degree in Mathematical Sciences. As a career security forces officer, he has worked at the squadron, group, major command and combatant command levels in various positions to include commanding home-station and deployed security forces squadrons. He has several deployed tours to Southwest Asia, to include commanding the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Prior to his current assignment Colonel Ohlson was the Chief, Mission Assurance Branch, Protection Division, Deputy Director Nuclear, Homeland Defense, and Current Operations, Directorate of Operations, The Joint Staff.

EDUCATION
1992 Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematical Sciences, USAF Academy, Colorado
1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2003 Master of Arts Degree in Org Mgmt, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona
2005 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2005 Master of Military Operational Art and Science Degree, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2008 Air War College (Correspondence), Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2013 Marine Corps War College, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
2013 Master of Strategic Studies Degree, Marine Corps University, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia

ASSIGNMENTS
1.  July 1992 – December 1994, Flight Leader, later, OIC Response Force, 88th and 89th Missile Security Squadron, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming
2.  January 1995 – January 1996, assistant operations officer, 8th Security Police Squadron, Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea
3.  January 1996 – December 1997, instructor, Air Base Defense Command Course, later, course chief, SF Officer Basic Course, 343rd Training Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas
4.  January 1998 – December 1999, course chief, Apprentice Ground Combat Skills Course, later, Operations Officer, Detachment 1, 343rd Training Squadron, Camp Bullis, Texas
5.  December 1999 – August 2002, operations officer, 28th Security Forces Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
6.  August 2002 – July 2004, action officer, Training and Air Base Defense, Security Forces Directorate, HQ Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia
7.  August 2004 – June 2005, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
8.  June 2005 – September 2007, Commander, 49th Security Forces Squadron, Holloman AFB, N. M. (February 2007 - August 2007, Commander, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan)
9.  September 2007 – September 2009, deputy chief, Plans Programs Training and Exercises Branch, Antiterrorism/Mission Assurance Division, later, chief, Physical Security Branch, Command Security Directorate, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado
10. September 2009 – July 2012, Commander, 6th Security Forces Squadron, later, deputy commander, 6th Mission Support Group, MacDill AFB, Florida
11. July 2012 – June 2013, student, Marine Corps War College, MCB Quantico, Virginia
12. June 2013 – June 2014, chief, Defense Critical Infrastructure Section, later, chief, Mission Assurance Branch, J33, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
13. June 2014 - Present, Commander, 10th Mission Support Group, USAF Academy, Colorado

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1.  September 2007 – September 2008, deputy chief, Plans Programs Training and Exercises Branch, Antiterrorism/Mission Assurance Division, later, chief, Physical Security Branch, Command Security Directorate, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado, as a Major and Lieutenant Colonel
2.  June 2013 – June 2015 chief, Defense Critical Infrastructure Section, later, chief, Mission Assurance Branch, J33, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. as a Lieutenant Colonel and a Colonel

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Army Achievement Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with device
Korean Defense Service Medal
NATO Medal (International Security Assistance Force)

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
USAF Outstanding Large Security Forces Squadron 2009
USAF Outstanding Large Security Forces Squadron 2010
DoD Outstanding Antiterrorism Program (Large Fixed Installation) 2010

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 27, 1992
First Lieutenant May 27, 1994
Captain May 27, 1996
Major December 1, 2000
Lieutenant Colonel December 1, 2007
Colonel February 1, 2014

(Current as of June 2015)