David J. Danelo is an American author and lecturer. Danelo graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1998 and served seven years as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps. In 2004, Captain Danelo served near Fallujah with the First Marine Expeditionary Force as a convoy commander, intelligence officer and provisional executive officer for a rifle company. After leaving active duty, Danelo wrote two books, both of which received awards from the Military Writers Society of America.