Tannehill, LCDR Brynn R., USNR

Brynn Tannehill is originally from Phoenix, Ariz. She graduated from the Naval Academy with a B.S. in computer science in 1997. She earned her Naval Aviator wings in 1999 and flew SH-60B helicopters and P-3C maritime patrol aircraft during three deployments to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Arabian Gulf between 2000 and 2004. She served as a campaign analyst while deployed overseas to 5th Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain from 2005 to 2006. In 2008 Brynn earned a M.S. in Operations Research from the Air Force Institute of Technology and transferred from active duty to the Naval Reserves.

In 2008 Brynn began working as a senior defense research scientist in private industry. She left the drilling reserves and began transition in 2010. She continues to accrue retirement points through the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), and hopes to re-join the drilling reserve to finish her career if policy changes.

Since transitioning she has written for OutServe magazine, the Huffington Post, and Queer Mental Health as a blogger and featured columnist. She is also active in local chapters of PFLAG and the Columbus OH Chapter of the HRC, and lectures on transgender issues throughout Ohio.

Brynn and her wife Janis currently live in Xenia, Ohio, with their three children.