Ben Hernandez

Lieutenant Hernandez commissioned as an intelligence officer through Officer Candidate School in 2015. His first assignment was to VFA-213, where he participated in its 2017 Operation Inherent Resolve cruise. He is the most recent intelligence fleet training officer with Strike (N-5) at the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center in Fallon, Nevada.

Articles by Ben Hernandez

An F/A-18F assigned to Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 213 lands at Van Voorhis Airfield at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, during the final phase of carrier air wing training before deploying. Aviation squadron intelligence officers and enlisted intelligence specialists often arrive at the month-long Fallon training phase with little in-depth knowledge of the adversary, the platform they support, or the mission-planning process.

Naval Aviation Intelligence Personnel Need Better Training

By Lieutenants Gretchen Arndt and Ben Hernandez, U.S. Navy

February 2021

Aviation squadron intelligence officers and enlisted intelligence specialists often arrive at the training phase with little in-depth knowledge of the adversary, the platform they support, or the mission-planning process.

Ben Hernandez

Articles by Ben Hernandez

Naval Aviation Intelligence Personnel Need Better Training

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