What:

On Saturday April 30, 2022 the Pine Plains, NY Post Office, located at 7722 S. Main Street, will be dedicated to U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent.

Who:

Congressman Antonio Delgado (NY-19)
USPS NY3 District Manager, Marcellina Del Pizzo

When:

10:30 am EST, Saturday, April 30, 2022

Where:

Stissing Mountain High School
2829 Church St.
Pine Plains, NY 12567
on Saturday, April 30 at 10:30 am

Background:

On December 13, 2019, legislation introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Antonio Delgado, of New York’s 19th District, was signed as Public Law No: 116-85 by President Donald J Trump, to designate the Pine Plains Post Office as the “Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent Post Office.

Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent was born in Oswego, New York on May 11, 1983. She grew up in Pine Plains, New York and graduated from Stissing Mountain High School in 2001 where she was an honors student and an athlete.

The events of 9/11, along with inspiration provided by her father and uncle prompted her to join the US Navy in 2003. After basic training, she graduated from the Defense Language Institute in 2004 and became proficient in Arabic and numerous other languages. From there, she began a stellar career as a gifted intelligence professional. She ultimately became a member of the Technical Support Activity of Cryptologic Warfare Activity Sixty-Six, an elite intelligence unit.

In November 2018 she was deployed with her unit to Syria. During her duty there, she was part of a highly skilled, multi-disciplined armed forces task force involved in critical intelligence work. On 16 January 2019, while involved in special operations against the Islamic State in the Syrian city of Manbij, Senior Chief Kent was killed by an improvised explosive device detonated by a suicide bomber.

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