Staff sergeant becoming Navy officer Published March 23, 2009 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, BILOXI, MISS. -- Staff Sgt. Ashley Klejmont, an airfield systems instructor in the 338th Training Squadron, has been selected for the Navy's Officer Candidate School, Newport, R.I. Sergeant Klejmont, who hails from Detroit, has been at Keesler for 16 months of more than five years in the Air Force. She earned a bachelor's degree in occupational education from Wayland Baptist University and is working on a master's degree in management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She'll train to be a surface warfare officer. "I'm working on the process of separating and having to be sworn into the Navy as a petty officer second class before heading out to Rhode Island in April." "She's off to a prestigious program which only selects the best to become naval officers," said her squadron commander, Lt. Col. John Thomas. "It's a great day for Sergeant Klejmont, the Navy and the Dark Knights who are sending yet another of our shining stars off to continue serving her country with distinction."