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Lieutenant Colonel David A. Young, retired, meritoriously and honorably served the United States of America for over 25 years, retiring in 2020. He served 5 years, active-duty Army obtaining the rank Sergeant and 20 years, commissioned active-duty Air Force. He and his bride Tammy currently reside in McKinney, Texas, where he is a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Dallas, President of the First Baptist Dallas Choir, and active in the community as a discipleship and prayer partner leader.

Previously, Lieutenant Colonel Young was the Deputy Commander, 65th Air Base Group, Lajes Field, Portugal. The Air Base Group provides a power projection platform for US and Allied air operations by maintaining combat support and global command and control. Additionally, he fulfilled the duties of the Deputy Commander, US Forces Azores in accordance with US and Portuguese bilateral agreements.

From 2016 to 2018, Lieutenant Colonel Young was the Enterprise Services Branch Chief, Office of Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer, Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia where he coordinated the development of unified capabilities for 845,000 users on an 11 billion dollar network enterprise.

Lieutenant Colonel Young began his military career in 1994 as an enlisted Army Radio Operator/Maintainer. During his five years in the Army, he was stationed at Hunter Army Airfield, GA, Camp Hovey, Korea, and US Central Command, FL. He earned his commission in 1999 from the Air Force Officer Training School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He has commanded at various levels and served in a variety of communications positions in the Air Force, in joint and coalition commands. He has deployed two times to Iraq – in 2005, as the Commander, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron Deployable Radar Site, Kirkuk, Iraq; and in 2007, as a member of the 19th Special Forces Group, Military Training Team, Communications Individual Augmentee, to create the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Command, Baghdad, Iraq.

Wife: Tammy
Children: Julie, Jeffrey, Sydney, Jessica, Dallyn, and 7 grandchildren