Captain David Neil C. Regner

Captain David Neil C. Regner is the Commander of both the United States Air Force (USAF) Heritage of America Band based in Langley AFB, Virginia and the USAF Heartland of America Band based in Offutt AFB, Nebraska.  He is responsible for leading 75 Airman musicians who are charged with connecting with 92 million Americans across 16 states.

 

Captain Regner was commissioned in 2017 as a graduate of Officer Training School in Maxwell AFB, Alabama.  Since then, he has led and organized community engagement missions throughout the east coast and Poland.  Such missions include supporting former Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson; US Ambassador to Poland, Georgette Mosbacher; and the commanders of three combatant commands.

 

Prior to joining the Air Force, Captain Regner served for four years as a high school band director at Arlington High School in LaGrangeville, New York.  During this time, he had the honor of being selected as a guest conductor for two premier bands of the armed forces: The United States Army “Pershing’s Own” and The United States Air Force Band.  Captain Regner earned his Master of Music degree in conducting at Northwestern University where he studied with Mallory Thompson and his Bachelor of Music degree in music education at Rutgers University where he studied with Darryl Bott.

 

2010 Bachelor of Music, Music Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2013 Master of Music, Conducting, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

2017 Officer Training School, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL

2018 Public Affairs Qualification Course, Defense Information School, Fort Meade, MD

 

National Defense Service Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal

 

First Lieutenant 31 Aug 2019

Captain 31 Aug 2021
 

(Current as of August 2021)