He rarely raises his voice. Attitude, not physique, is what makes someone's presence truly imposing. That's certainly the case with King. Of slightly below average height and wry build, his most outstanding characteristics are his bright blue eyes, a head of white hair, and a bright red baseball cap he seems to wear to make sure he can be found in a crowd. Anyone who knows the military understands that non-commissioned officers are the ones who truly run the show.
Many ingredients go into making a great engineer.
Humility is one. In his youth, King did plenty of dumb things on the water. Indeed, it was these misadventures that helped him decide to join the Coast Guard. As a youth, he went sailing with three friends and had a boat sink under him, and in another instance found himself drifting helplessly 20 miles from land. Both times, the coasties came to the rescue.