Staff
LTC David Shelly
Email: dshelly@lawrenceal.org
Born in Alabaster, Alabama and grew up in Florence, AL; graduated from Univ. North Alabama in 1986 with a BS in Business Management. Enlisted in Alabama National Guard and completed U.S. Army Basic Training at Fort Jackson, SC in December 1989. LTC Shelly began his Master of Business Administration program in January 1990, enrolling in UNA's ROTC program and completing U.S. Army Airborne and Master Fitness Schools before receiving an Active Duty Service Commission as an Infantry Officer in December 1991 with delayed entry until he completed his MBA in May 1992. At Fort Benning, GA, he completed Infantry Officer Basic Course, Mortar Leaders Course and Bradley Commander's Course before reporting to his first assignment at Coleman Barracks, Germany as Bradley Platoon Leader, B Company, 4/8th Infantry (Mech), 1st Armored Division "Old Ironsides".
Follow-on assignments included Company Executive Officer (B Company, 1/23rd Infantry (Mech), Fort Lewis, WA); Battalion Military Intelligence Officer (5/87th Infantry (Light), Panama); HHC Company Commander (5/87th Infantry (Light), Panama; G2 Training Officer (7th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, CO); Opposing Force Battle Captain, U.S. Army National Simulations Center, Fort Leavenworth, KS; Information Operations Officer, 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne", 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY; Attended Advanced Civil Schooling at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, D.C., earning a Master of International Public Policy degree; Information Operations Chief, Special Operations Command - Africa (SOCAF), Stuttgart, GE; Deputy Commander, Joint Special Operations Task Force, Trans Sahel (JSOTF-TS), Stuttgart, GE and Resource Officer, Office of Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL Operation.
Deployments included a 3-month Intelligence support mission at Task Force Bravo, Honduras, then Operation JOINT FORGE (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2000) as Battle Captain of the Military Intelligence Analysis and Control Element, SFOR 7 and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (Kirkuk, Iraq 2005-06 ) combat tour at Forward Operations Base Warrior as Information Operations officer, 1BCT, 101st Airborne Division.
SSG Jason D. Greene, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Email: jgreene@lawrenceal.org
I’m Jason Greene, and I am an Army Instructor in the Army JROTC program at Lawrence County High School. I retired from the United States Army in 2009, after being injured in combat and spending almost a year in US Army wounded warrior program. I wear multiple hats in my personal and professional life: Educator, pastor, conference speaker, writer, mentor to students and runner.
During my military career, I served on multiple deployments as a Combat Heavy Engineer in multiple locations in the USA, as well as El Salvador, Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar. as in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I am proud to have served in Mosul, Iraq, with the 101st Airborne Division as an NCO on a QRF Team. We were active in combat operations and I was awarded the Combat Action Badge for actions on July 9.2003.
I earned a Bachelor of Science in Religion and Psychology from Lee University, a Master of Arts in Religion from Memphis Theological Seminary, and a Master of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus on effective leadership. I completed postgraduate coursework in Community Development at the University of North Alabama, along with additional graduate and doctoral-level studies.
Outside of school, I am ordained Elder in the Global Methodist Church. I have served in pastoral and community ministry for more than a decade. I enjoy running, reading, studying and teaching history and leadership. I have the most fun spending time with my family.
I am married to Rachel Frost Greene, have four adult children and six grandchildren. I consider it a privilege to continue serving my community by investing in the lives and futures of young people.