---
title: "Navy dedicates California information warfare center in honor of senior chief killed in Syria suicide bombing"
description: "The Navy detachment at the Presidio of Monterey on Wednesday dedicated a stage and several buildings at Information Warfare Training Command in honor of Senior Chief Shannon Kent,  the 35-year-old cryptologic technician killed while deployed to Syria in January"
date: "2019-08-22"
modified: "2019-08-22"
authors:
  - name: "Jared Keller"
    job_title: "Former Managing Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jaredkeller/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/shannon-kent-iwtc-monterey-dedication/"
categories:
  - "Around the World"
  - "Military Branches"
  - "Navy"
  - "News"
  - "United States"
tags:
  - "central command"
  - "Terrorism"
---

# Navy dedicates California information warfare center in honor of senior chief killed in Syria suicide bombing

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20648215-1.jpg>)

Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent may be gone, but she won't be forgotten.

On Wednesday, the Navy detachment at the Presidio of Monterey dedicated a stage and several buildings at the service's Information Warfare Training Command in honor of the 35-year-old cryptologic technician was [killed](<https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/01/18/pentagon-ids-troops-dia-employee-killed-syria-blast.html>) while deployed to Syria in January.

The clutch of buildings will now be known as Kent Navy Yard.

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-placeholder-title-2719.jpg>)

(Presidio of Monterey/Facebook)

"We will never forget that professionals like Senior Chief Kent are why we are who we are," Cmdr. Michael Saleh [said](<https://www.ksbw.com/article/presidio-of-monterey-information-warfare-training-command-dedicated-to-fallen-navy-officer/28778508>) during the Wednesday dedication, per local news stations KSBW-8. "We don't need to brag, we don't need to boast, we don't need to gloat. We're just a diverse group of patriots who across this nation swore an oath to defend and protect the ideals of honor, courage and commitment."

Kent was one of four Americans killed in a Jan. 16 suicide bombing in the city of Manbij, Syria. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan Farmer, Defense Intelligence Agency officer Scott Wirtz, and Syrian-born interpreter Ghadir Taher were also killed in the attack.

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-placeholder-title-2720.jpg>)

U.S. service members gather at the Presidio of Monterey on Wednesday, Aug 21., for the dedication of the Kent Navy Yard(Presidio of Monterey/Facebook)

In June, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) urged Navy officials to name a vessel after Kent, a native of Pine Plains, New York, in honor of Kent's "groundbreaking achievements."

"\[Kent\] was living proof that women can not only keep up with, but lead this nation's most highly capable service members," Schumer said.

## Author
Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

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