ARMY INSTRUCTORS

LTC (R) David S. Dietz

Senior Army Instructor

Biography: LTC (R) David S. Dietz serves as the Senior Army Instructor for Lennard High School Army JROTC. A native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, he began his military career in 1995 with the Pennsylvania National Guard and later served on active duty in the U.S. Army. He was commissioned through Officer Candidate School in 2003 and served as a Combat Engineer Officer and FA34 Strategic Intelligence Officer before retiring from U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill AFB.

Military Background: Combat Engineer; FA34 Strategic Intelligence Officer; retired from U.S. Special Operations Command

Education & Certifications: U.S. Army Officer Candidate School; Sapper Tab; Ranger Tab; Basic Parachutist Badge; Air Assault Badge; Combat Action Badge.

SFC (R) Jason E. Mainor

Army Instructor

Biography: SFC (R) Jason E. Mainor serves as the Army Instructor for Lennard High School Army JROTC. A native of Albany, Georgia, he began his military service in 2002 with the U.S. Navy as a Gas Turbine Systems Technician–Electrical. In 2009, he entered the U.S. Army as an Aircraft Pneudraulics Repairer and later served as Battalion Operations NCOIC for the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia.

Military Background: U.S. Navy Gas Turbine Systems Technician–Electrical; U.S. Army Aircraft Pneudraulics Repairer; Battalion Operations NCOIC, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade.

Education & Certifications: Senior Army Instructor Badge; Senior Aviation Badge; German Armed Forces Badge for Weapons Proficiency in Gold (Schützenschnur in Gold).

Awards & Recognition: Army Aviation Association of America Order of Saint Michael — Bronze.

Awards & Recognition: Bronze de Fleury Medal, U.S. Army Engineer Regiment.