Darroll Young

Darroll Young

MPA

UT, US
A masterful speaker and fascinating storyteller with deep insight and conviction. Learn to have the courage to be what you are meant to band the power to change what they feel inspired to become.

Adult & Youth Speaker (12 years)

US Air Force Officer - 6 years - Service Medal Recipient

- Deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom (Qatar) as a Services Officer. Darroll deployed from Mtn. Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to Qatar eleven days after the September 11th attack in 2001.  Being a brand new officer out of school for only four months, he was sent with his team to an unknown, secret location to set up a new base that did not currently exist. His team was the first one on the ground-which was only sand for as far as you could see and he served as a mortuary officer who took care of the first American death of the war. 

- Deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (Kyrgyzstan) as a Protocol Officer.  Darroll worked closely with the Base commander, government officials and ambassadors to the country to ensure the US and Kyrgyzstan relationships remained strong.

- Squadron Officer School graduate with top honors - highly sought military training school position (triple award winner)

- Worked as a protocol officer for the Air Combat Command 4-star general.

- Personally invited by Major General (2-star) to sing at his change of command and retirment ceramony.

- Air Force Basketball Team - Played against the Army, Navy and Marines for the coveted title of Best Branch in the military!

Collegiate Athletics - Utah State University

- USU Football (Quarterback) 1997 to 1998 - Won Big West Championship
- USU Rugby Player - 1998 to 1999
- USU Assistant Basketball Coach - 1999 - Won Big West Championship

Master's Degree - Brigham Young University - Public Administration

Bachelors Degree - Utah State University - Physical Education / Aeronautical Science 

Adult & Youth Speaker (12 years)

US Air Force Officer - 6 years - Service Medal Recipient

- Deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom (Qatar) as a Services Officer. Darroll deployed from Mtn. Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to Qatar eleven days after the September 11th attack in 2001.  Being a brand new officer out of school for only four months, he was sent with his team to an unknown, secret location to set up a new base that did not currently exist. His team was the first one on the ground-which was only sand for as far as you could see and he served as a mortuary officer who took care of the first American death of the war. 

- Deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (Kyrgyzstan) as a Protocol Officer.  Darroll worked closely with the Base commander, government officials and ambassadors to the country to ensure the US and Kyrgyzstan relationships remained strong.

- Squadron Officer School graduate with top honors - highly sought military training school position (triple award winner)

- Worked as a protocol officer for the Air Combat Command 4-star general.

- Personally invited by Major General (2-star) to sing at his change of command and retirment ceramony.

- Air Force Basketball Team - Played against the Army, Navy and Marines for the coveted title of Best Branch in the military!

Collegiate Athletics - Utah State University

- USU Football (Quarterback) 1997 to 1998 - Won Big West Championship
- USU Rugby Player - 1998 to 1999
- USU Assistant Basketball Coach - 1999 - Won Big West Championship

Master's Degree - Brigham Young University - Public Administration

Bachelors Degree - Utah State University - Physical Education / Aeronautical Science 

A Call For Courage.

Would you stand by your principles even when the relations of the U.S. & Qatar hang in the balance?  Face difficult choices and stand by true convictions, regardless of consequences?  Deployments accounts enthrall audiences of a 40,000 ft combat drop, Barko the ferocious dog and confrontation of the Ambassador or Qatar.  Leave with a stronger commitment and direction for courage in making important life choices for success.

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Can You See It? (Leadership Principles from 70,000 feet up)

Fascinating accounts from Operation Enduring Freedom's mission of the U-2 plane which saved U.S. troops on the ground from approaching opposition forces.  Flying 70,000 feet, the U-2 captured real-time images of the enemy and sent it around the globe to military and air combat planes to protect U.S. troops - all within 10 minutes.  When we, too, see the big picture and heed solid leadership principles, we can protect ourselves, corporations and youth from lack of vision, build...

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What's in Your Pocket? (Mayhem, madness & disorder amid 300 lb behemoths...)

The quarterback is always safe when he stays in the "pocket" behind his linemen, but leaving it can result in injurious defensive tacklers. The 5 leadership Principles, like "linemen", protects leaders from lost time, talent and frustration.  Placing the 5 Leadership Principles in your pocket will foster teamwork, vision, and personal & corporate success.  We can either choose to incorporate the 5 Leadership Principles or face challenges and defensive tackles "outside the...

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