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The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who hunted high value targets on classified missions in the most dangerous locales on earth while trying to balance her life as a wife and mother. Of the 1.3 million active-duty service members in the US military, only a tiny fraction are selected as "operators." Shannon Kent was one of the first women to serve at this level and was widely recognized as one of the best.Shannon served as a Navy cryptologic technician, responsible for signals intelligence and electronic warfare, but her proficiency with language set her apart. She was assigned to a unit so secretive that its name can't even be printed here, where she worked clandestinely to hunt the most wanted terrorists in the world.
About the Author
Marty Skovlund, Jr. was born and raised in Huron, South Dakota, where he enlisted in the U.S. Army immediately after high school. His first assignment was to the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. While at 1/75, he served in a variety of roles and deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan a total of five times. After his fifth deployment, he volunteered for recruiting duty and was assigned to the Syracuse Recruiting Battalion as a recruiting NCO. In 2012 he founded Blackside Concepts, LLC and separated from the Army after eight years of service in June 2013 to run his business full time. Since separating from the military, Marty has produced two award winning films, has authored two best-selling books, and has received awards for excellence in entrepreneurship from Syracuse University. He is happily married with his wife of six years, and is father to a baby girl - their first. He currently is traveling North America in a van with his family and their black lab while working on his third book - The Prungstable Perspective, which is due to be released in late 2015.
