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The Spouse Angle Podcast — Up this week: Gold Star Husband Joe Kent on Life After Losing His Wife

A retired Green Beret reflects on the life of his late wife, who was killed on a special operations mission fighting ISIS in Syria.

By Military Times staff

3 years ago

Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent

Women in special operations is nothing new

As the first female Green Beret is expected to graduate in a matter of weeks, the author of this commentary notes that women have already served in roles within special operations forces out of necessity.

By Joe Kent

4 years ago

Navy cryptologists urge service to name destroyer after Shannon Kent, the Navy cryptologist killed in Syria

"Naming a destroyer after her would be very fitting of her fighting spirit," Kent's husband Joe told Military Times.

By Diana Stancy Correll

4 years ago

Sailor killed in bombing leaves behind a husband and two children

Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) Shannon M. Kent, 35, of Pine Plains, New York, was based at Fort Meade, Maryland.

5 years ago

Pentagon identifies three Americans killed in Syria

They died Wednesday in Manbij, Syria, from a suicide improvised explosive device attack.

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

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