Captain Kathleen E. West

Captain Kathleen E. West serves as the Education Officer and an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies, Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps, Detachment 330, University of Maryland at College Park. As Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies, Capt West leads, recruits, trains, mentors, counsels, and evaluates over 200 highly qualified cadets across 20 locations as prospective Department of the Air Force officers.

A South Carolina native, Captain West entered the Air Force in September 2017 commissioning through Officer Training School. She completed technical training as an Intelligence Officer in August 2018. Throughout her time in the Air Force, she has held a variety of positions related to Technical Electronic Intelligence, Signals Intelligence, and Collection Management. Capt West also served as a Senior Instructor at the Academy for Defense Intelligence at the Defense Intelligence Agency where she taught over one thousand students from fifteen different countries teaching intelligence analysis and structured analytic techniques.