Dave Berke is a retired Marine Corps officer and combat veteran. As an F/A-18 pilot he deployed twice in support of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He spent three years as an Instructor at TOPGUN where he served as the senior pilot responsible for conduct of the TOPGUN course.

He then served as a Forward Air Controller during extensive urban combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq in 2006. He was the only Marine selected to fly the F-22 Raptor and became the first operational pilot ever to fly the F-35B, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps’ first F-35 squadron.

He is now a leadership instructor at Echelon Front.

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