John N. Christenson is a rear admiral in the United States Navy and currently the 53rd President of the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
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The fourth of six sons of a Navy Skyraider pilot and a Navy nurse, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1981. He graduated with distinction and first in his class from the Naval War College in March 1993, earning his master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. He was also a Navy Federal Executive Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
At sea, he commanded USS McClusky (FFG 41); Destroyer Squadron 21 in USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74); and Carrier Strike Group 12, the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Strike Group and served as President, Board of Inspection and Survey, 2009 - 2011. He also served as the anti-submarine warfare officer. Ashore, he commanded the Surface Warfare Officers School in Newport, and as a new flag officer he served as Commander Naval Mine and Anti-submarine Warfare Command, Corpus Christi. He also served at the U.S. Naval Academy as a company officer, celestial navigation instructor, assistant varsity soccer coach and member of the admissions board; at Headquarters, United States Marine Corps in the Strategic Initiatives Group; on the Joint Staff, J5 and as executive assistant to the assistant chairman. Rear Admiral Christenson became the 53nd President of the Naval War College on March 30, 2011.
Christenson has been awarded the following:
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