COL (R) David Shank

COL (R) David Shank sat down with me for Heroes I Know. Eighty-eight minutes. Leadership. Memories. NCO mentors.

Born and raised Jacksonville, Florida. He and his wife moved back after they retired. House on the water. Who would have thought.

He wanted to be an S3. They told him he probably had to go to a Patriot battalion. He could not even spell Patriot. Still struggles with it. He started reading the manuals. Another language.

Every officer I sit with talks about the NCOs who made them. He would rather talk about those men than the officers. That is the sign-out. Colonel Shank. Thank you, sir. That is why we hit record. Get the story on tape before we are too old or too sick to tell it.