HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Shannon L. Bancroft-James has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
Bancroft-James is currently serving as support flight commander with 339th Recruiting Squadron, Clinton Township, Mich. She has served in the military for 23 years.
She is the daughter of Fredrick D. and Sally J. Rosel of Ravenna, Mich., sister of Bryan C. Buist of Ravenna, Mich., Courtney L. White of Coopersville, Mich., Samantha J. Ogden of Grand Rapids, Mich., Amanda S. Roper of Grandville, Mich., and Jim A. Kelly of Ravenna, Mich., and wife of Robert R. James of Saint Clair Shores, Mich.
The lieutenant colonel select is a 1993 graduate of Allendale High School, Allendale, Mich. She earned a master’s degree in 2019 from Touro University International, Cypress, Calif.




