Erin Bacon

Military Service:

• Rank: Lieutenant Commander

  Branch/Position: Navy

  Period: May 2014 - present

  Occupation: 1710 - Navy RL - Special Duty - Foreign Area Officer - 1710

  Security Clearance: Top Secret Clearance

  Duties Description:
  Foreign area officers are officers who are proficient in a foreign language and who have extensive in-country experience in a designated region.

Education:

• United States Naval Academy

  Bachelor's Degree – English

  Period: July 2010 - May 2014

• Naval Postgraduate School

  Master's Degree – National Security Studies, Western Hemisphere

  Period: July 2022 - September 2023

• Defense Language Institute

  Bachelor's Degree – World Languages, Spanish

  Period: October 2023 - May 2025