A memorial service for Lt. Jeffrey Ammon has been set for June 4 at 2 p.m. on board Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor.
Ammon, 37, was killed in an improvised explosive device attack in the Aband district of Afghanistan May 20.
The Ammon family would like the memorial service to remain private and, as such, media and the general public
are not invited to attend the service.
Ammon had served as an individual augmentee at Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ghazni, Afghanistan for
more than a year. PRTs are responsible for supporting the government of Afghanistan’s efforts to improve security
and democratic governance by providing essential services and helping expand economic opportunity.
Ammon supported the economic mission by helping small businesses, reopen, restock inventory, restore business
equipment and hire employees.
Approximately 10,116 individual augmentees are deployed on the ground around the world in support of the global
war on terror, 1,446 in Afghanistan. 
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to Lt. Ammon’s family and to our Navy Region Northwest family during this very
difficult time,” said Rear Adm. James Symonds, commander, Navy Region Northwest. “All of Jeff’s uniformed and
civilian coworkers are touched by the loss of this brave man.”
According to Wade Schmidt, who is the former operations officer at the Navy Region Northwest Operations Center
(ROC) prior to his retirement in Sept. 2007, Ammon was a superb Sailor.
“He was the kind of guy who took on anything that he saw, never ran from a problem and said ‘I’ll get it fixed’,”
said Schmidt. “I never met anybody that had a bad word to say about him.”
Schmidt went on to say that Ammon was looking for an IA assignment that was interesting and wanted to go see
things that he couldn’t see in the submarine force.
“He wanted to go over there and help the Afghan people,” Schmidt said. “He knew there was some danger involved
in it, but he didn’t let that dissuade him from volunteering for the job.”
Prior to reporting to the ROC, Ammon served aboard USS Alabama (SSBN 731) at NB Kitsap, Bangor. He was a prior
enlisted Sailor who earned his nuclear engineering degree from Oregon State University in 2001.
Symonds went on to say that Ammon’s death is a tragic loss to his family, friends and the entire Navy Region
Northwest staff.
“He was a professional who was extremely dedicated to his family, his shipmates and our nation,” said Symonds.
“He will be greatly missed by all of those who loved him and worked with him.”
Ammon is survived by his wife and two children.