Brynn Tannehill is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and the Air Force Institute of Technology with degrees in Computer Science and Operations Research. She is a Naval Aviator who did four deployments to locations such as the Adriatic, Middle East, and the North Atlantic. After leaving active duty she has continued to work in defense research, while moonlighting as an advocate, writer, and researcher on LGBT civil rights issues and policy. She currently works as a senior defense analyst in the Washington D.C. area, where she lives with her wife and three children.