David was a man after God’s heart and served God, his family, friends, and the U.S. Air Force faithfully. He graduated from Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2000. After graduating from the Air Force Academy in 2004, David was stationed at Minot AFB awaiting pilot training, which he then completed at Moody AFB, Georgia, Laughlin AFB, Texas, and Altus AFB, Oklahoma for specialized C-17 training. His first assignment was to McChord AFB, Washington, where he completed missions to various regions including Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, South America, and the Pacific Rim. David was then assigned as a C-17 instructor pilot at Altus AFB. While assigned there, he deployed to the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia before returning to work with the integration team for the Air Force’s new KC-46 air refueling airframe. As he awaited his next assignment, he was selected for an AF developmental education program in Madrid, Spain. The Lord then changed his path of earthly plans and assignments and gave David his final assignment to give everything he could physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually to leave a legacy of love in our Lord Jesus’ name. In November 2015, after suffering from headaches and vision problems, David was diagnosed with a mass deep in his brain (hypothalamus). The Lord brought him through a difficult craniotomy, from which he healed as planned.  But the mysterious disease continued to literally eat away at his brain tissue. After fighting the good fight and keeping faith for over a year, the Lord gave David eternal rest in Jesus’ name and had David breathe his last breath on Dec 12th, 2016.

After David’s death, with permission from his family, the David Goodale Scholarship Fund was created to send men to the annual Navigator Key Men Discipleship Conference. This scholarship fund is funded through the annual David Goodale Spiritual Triathlon. Church members, Air Force friends and family participate in the annual event where they participate in; Reading the whole New Testament during the month of November, memorizing a selected passage of Scripture and Donating a dollar a day during the month of November.  In addition to this, participants are encouraged to fast and pray on November 22.  This was the day David was diagnosed with the disease that took his life 13 months later. Beginning in 2023, the scholarship fund was extended to women attending the Navigator Key Women Discipleship Conference.