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Who is Tanner? A father, son, friend, mentor, and leader.
The Dare Greatly Foundation honors the legacy of SSgt. Tanner Romanos. The foundation is sponsored by the Romanos family, friends, colleagues, and people in all their communities.
Tanner left his mark on the world through his kindness, sense of humor, open heart and mind, and willingness to go above and beyond for others. He proudly served our country as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force. During his time in the Air Force, Tanner had several deployments to Europe and the Middle East. He was stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, with the 1st Munitions Squadron, 1st Maintenance Group, and 1st Fighter Wing. As Staff Sergeant, he was not only a leader and crew chief but a mentor and friend to younger Airmen as well.
He grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Morgan High School in Clinton, CT. He was a member of the varsity golf team that won a state championship in 2013 — the first in school history.
Tanner was a loving, devoted, and nurturing father to his 4-year-old son, Finnian Matthew. Finn was his “little man” and the light of his life. Everyone was blessed to have Tanner in their lives, yet Tanner and Finn shared a truly special bond.
Tanner was killed in a motorcycle accident on December 28, 2022, in Newport News, VA, at the young age of 27. He loved cars and motorcycles and ultimately died doing what he loved – riding his motorcycle.
You can read his full obituary here.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
– Theodore Roosevelt