Briana Thompson is a Law Clerk at the U.S. District Court, District Of Oregon. She also serves as a Combat Aviation Advisor in the U.S. Air Force Reserve's only Aviation Foreign Internal Defense squadron, where she advises and assists partner nation aviation components on strategy, organization transformation, and tactics.

Thompson is currently pursuing her J.D. at Yale Law School, with an anticipated graduation in 2025. She was recognized as a 2023 Tillman Scholar.