Gretchen Arndt

Lieutenant Arndt commissioned as an intelligence officer through Officer Candidate School in 2016. Her first assignment was to VAQ-133, where she supported EA-18G Growler, Carrier Air Wing 9, and Carrier Strike Group 3 operations in the Fifth and Seventh Fleet areas of operations. She is currently the intelligence department head at the Electronic Attack Weapons School at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

Articles by Gretchen Arndt

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.

Gretchen Arndt

Articles by Gretchen Arndt

Naval Aviation Intelligence Personnel Need Better Training

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