User:Thatspunny/SPEAR (Strike Projection, Evaluation, and Anti-air Warfare Research)

Strike Projection, Evaluation, and Anti-air Warfare Research (SPEAR) is a component of the NIMITZ OPINTEL Center within the [Office of Naval Intelligence]. It is comprised of active duty and reserve [Navy] and [Marine Corps] aviators from various platforms as well as civilian specialists from with aviation related backgrounds. As operators embedded into the intelligence community SPEAR conducts all-source intelligence analysis focused on operations, tactics, and training of threat countries. SPEAR brings the operator's perspective to the intelligence community and provides deploying fleet units with up-to-date threat assesments. SPEAR is the the official [Department of Defense] threat validator for all of Naval Air Warfare. There are two sister divisions, SWORD and SABER comprised of submarine and surface warfare operators who perform similar functions for their respective communities.