A Memorial Ceremony will be held at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey tomorrow. The Memorial is for Staff Sergeant Alexander Conrad, and U.S. Navy Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician Shannon Mary (Smith) Kent. Staff Sgt. Conrad was killed by Indirect Fire while supporting Operation Octave Shield in Somalia, while Senior Chief Kent (who had deployed 4 times (and been attached twice each to SEAL Teams 10 and 4)), was killed by an I.E.D. detonated by a suicide bomber in Syria. Tomorrow’s ceremony will include roughly 500 service members in formation on Soldier Field…..as well as Guests, Veterans, Local Officials, Students and Faculty.
