Colonel WENDY S. ARMIJO

Col. Wendy S. Armijo is the Commander, 102 Intelligence Wing, Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. She is responsible for the activities of 1,260 military and civilian personnel prepared to respond to domestic emergencies in the Commonwealth while training and maintaining readiness to accomplish wartime missions of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, cryptologic intelligence, cyber engineering and installation support, medical, and expeditionary combat support.

Col. Armijo received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Denver and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Foreign Service from Baylor University. She was commissioned through the Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1997. A career intelligence officer, she began in the Pacific theater working unit-level intelligence then as an air analyst at HQ PACAF. In 2002 Col. Armijo transitioned to the ANG and continued to support multiple combat and ISR platforms. She has deployed in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and to the Republic of Korea for theater security cooperation. For her contributions, Col. Armijo was named Air Force Reserve Component Intelligence Officer of the Year. Colonel Armijo served a senior mission intelligence coordinator for remotely piloted aircraft in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, and she provided support to Operation UNIFIED RESPONSE, the hurricane relief effort in Haiti. She also qualified as a DGS mission operations commander. Col. Armijo served in multiple c-NAF roles in both AFSOUTH and AFCENT and was assigned to HQ USAF, where she advised the Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR on the organization, training, equipping, tasking, and mobilization of ANG ISR forces.

Col. Armijo has served as the deputy commander of the 102d ISR Group, Distributed Ground Station-Massachusetts, part of the Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System enterprise. Prior to her current position, Col. Armijo was commander of the 202nd ISR Group performing global cryptologic missions enabling multi-domain operations by 16th Air Force/AFCYBER, USCYBERCOM, and the National Security Agency.

EDUCATION

1997 Baylor University, Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Service, Waco, Texas

1998 Fundamentals of Intelligence and Intelligence Operations Courses, Goodfellow AFB, Texas

1998 Combat Targeting Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas

2005 Squadron Officers School, by correspondence

2007 University of Denver, Juris Doctor, Denver, Colorado

2007 MQ-1/9 Intelligence Formal Training Unit, Creech AFB, Nevada

2009 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence

2011 Joint Operations Planning Process-Air, Springfield, Illinois

2011 AFFOR Intermediate Staff Course, Springfield, Illinois

2012 ANG Intermediate Development Course, JBA, Maryland

2016 Executive SIGINT Orientation Seminar

2018 Air War College, by correspondence

2019 ANG Commanders Development Course, JBA, Maryland

2020 NSSI Space Executive Course, Peterson SFB, Colorado

2023 NSSI Space 100 Course, by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS

1. June 1997 - February 1998, Student, Fundamentals of Intelligence, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas

2. February 1998 - February 2000, Intelligence Officer, 18th OSS, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan

3. February 2000 - May 2001, Squadron Intelligence Officer, 36th FS, Osan AB, South Korea

4. May 2001 - April 2002, Air Analyst, PACAF Air Intelligence Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii

5. October 2001 - March 2002 Joint Intelligence Cell Unit Support Analyst PSAB, KSA, Deployed

6. April 2002 - July 2008, Chief of Intelligence Training, 140th OSS, Colorado Air National Guard, Buckley AFB, Colorado

7. January 2003 - April 2003, 410th AEW, location masked

8. May 2004- August 2004, 120th EFS, Balad AB, Iraq, Deployed

9. June 2005-October 2005, 120th EFS, Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea, Deployed

10. July 2008 - November 2010, Senior Intelligence Officer, 214th RG, Arizona ANG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona

11. November 2010 - October 2014, Director of Intelligence, 183rd AOG, Illinois ANG, Springfield, Illinois

12. October 2014 - September 2016, ANG Advisor to the Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, HQ USAF, Washington, DC

13. August 2016 - March 2018, Commander, 203rd IS, Otis ANGB, Massachusetts

14. March 2018 - April 2021, Deputy Commander, 102d ISRG, Otis ANGB, Massachusetts

15. May 2021 - November 2023, Commander, 202d ISRG, Otis ANGB, Massachusetts

16. November 2023 - Present, Commander, 102d Intelligence Wing, Otis ANGB, Massachusetts

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters

Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters

Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Meritorious Unit Award with one oak leaf cluster

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device with four oak leaf clusters National Defense Service Medal

Combat Readiness Medal

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Iraq Campaign Medal with one Service Star

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Korean Defense Service Medal

Remote Combat Effects Campaign Medal with three Service Stars

Air and Space Overseas Service Ribbon Long

Air and Space Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border

Air and Space Expeditionary Service Ribbon with one oak leaf cluster

Air and Space Longevity Service with two oak leaf clusters

Armed Forces Reserve Medal with one ‘M’ Device

Air and Space Training Ribbon

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

2013 - Admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

2018 - Military Spouses Juris Doctor Network

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION

Second Lieutenant May 28, 1997

First Lieutenant May 28, 1999

Captain May 28, 2001

Major June 5, 2005

Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 15, 2010

Colonel May 1, 2021

 

Current as June 2024