CW3 Joseph C Kent

CW3

Kent

is a combat veteran of the US

Army

.

He is running for United States

House of Representatives

in the state of

WA

.

Active Status:

Retired

The Combat Veterans For Congress PAC is endorsing CW3 Joseph C. Kent, USA/CIA(Ret) (Green Beret)(Ranger) as the 148th Combat Veteran For Congress in the past fourteen years; he is a fiscally conservative candidate who will work to rein in the out of control spending by the radical Socialist Democrats in Congress. He is running for Congress in the 3rd Congressional District of Washington State. CW3 Kent served for 20 years in the US Army with 11 Combat Deployments,and 2 years in the CIA; CW3 Kent resides in Yacolt, WA. CW3 Kent is running against one term Congresswoman Marie Glusenkamp Perez (D-WA-3). Warrant Officer Kent is a fiscally conservative candidate who will work to reduce the national debt, will support economic growth, will work toward unleashing the private sector to grow, create jobs, stimulate private sector business investment. He is an avid supporter of Law Enforcement, will vote to strengthen the US Armed Forces, will protect the Freedom of Religion and Speech guaranteed by the US Constitution.

CW3 Kent will defend traditional Family Values and will provide “true” representation for the average American voter in Washington and in the Republic. Warrant Officer Kent understands issues facing members of the US Armed Forces and will ensure they are cared for both while serving their country on active duty, as reservists, and in their retirement as Veterans. He strongly supports The Free Enterprise System, considers the Socialist Democrat Party’s agenda a threat to the founding principles of the Republic, and will work to stop the out-of-control spending by irresponsible Socialist Democrat members in the House. CW3 Kent will support securing the wide-open southern border, to prevent the entry of drugs, MS-13 gang members, terrorists, human traffickers, and the over 250,000 Illegal Aliens each month from 160 countries who are entering the United States without being checked for contagious disease or being injected to prevent the spread of the Wuhan Virus.

CW3 Kent is running against a far left Socialist Democrat, Congresswoman Perez, whose voting record informs Patriotic Democrats, Independents, Conservatives, Libertarians, and Republicans in the 3rd Congressional District of Washington all they need to know about her radical Anti-American political philosophy. Perez voted against H. R. 5: Parent’s Bill of Rights that requires schools to publish their curriculum and allow parents to have input to school policies. Perez voted against H. R. 2: Secure the Border Act to fund more Border Patrol Agents, to complete construction of the border wall for the wide open border, and to impose harsh penalties for drug cartels. Perez voted against H. R. 734: Protection of Women and Girl Sports Act that prohibits schools that receive federal dollars from allowing men to compete with girls and women. Perez voted against H.R. 26: Born-Alive, Abortion Survivors Protection Act that would protect babies born alive and would mandate doctors provide care for survivors of abortion. Perez voted against H.J. Res. 44: Repeal of Pistol Brace Ban that repeals ATF’s unconstitutional pistol brace ban that violates the 2nd Amendment. Perez voted against H.R. 4366: Military Construction VA Bill that fully funds the VA. Perez voted against H.R. 23: Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act that repeals majority of Inflation Reduction Act especially the funding of 87,000 new IRS Agents (instead Socialist Democrats should have funded 87,000 new Border Patrol Agents). Perez voted against H. R. 2811; Limit Save Grow Act that puts H. R. 1 The Lower Energy Cost Act into effect whose aim is to put a stop to the war on American Energy and allows America to become Energy Independent and lowers the cost of energy for families who are struggling.

Joe was born on April 11, 1980 in Sweet Home, Oregon and was raised in Portland, Oregon. Joe was influenced by both of his grandfathers who served in the Army Air Corps in WWII in the European Theatre, Richard Rice (1st LT) and James Kent (SGT) who flew in B-17s over Europe. Both grandfathers influenced Joe’s early youth and set an excellent example for young Joe Kent to follow in their footsteps, and defend the country by eventually enlisting in the US Army and also serving in the defense of the country. Joe attended Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon and lettered in varsity football and wrestling; he graduated in June 1998. In 2013 CW3 Joseph Kent matriculated online at Norwich University in Northfield, VT, and at graduation in June 2017, he was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Strategic Defense Analysis.

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>CW3 Joseph C Kent

On June 18, 1998, following graduation from Wilson High School, Joseph Kent enlisted in the US Army at the US Army at the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) Portland, OR as an 11B infantryman. Private Joseph Kent reported for Basic Training, Infantry AIT, in August 1998. PFC Kent reported to Airborne School, and successfully completed the Ranger Indoctrination Program at Fort Benning, GA. In November 1998, PFC Kent was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment as an Infantry Soldier.

In October 2000, PFC Kent was promoted to Specialist. In January 2002, SPC Kent reported to The JFK Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Liberty, NC, as a Special Forces Candidate and student; in September 2002 SPC Kent was promoted to Sergeant. In June 2003, SGT Kent completed Special Forces qualification, and became an 18B Special Forces Weapons Sergeant, and was assigned to 5th Special Forces Group (A), 1st Battalion Operational Detachment Alpha 535 (ODA 535), in October 2003 SGT Kent was promoted to Staff Sergeant.

In August 2003 until December of 2004, SSG Kent deployed to Baghdad, Iraq with ODA 535 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on two seven-month tours. With elements of 5th Special Forces Group Alpha, SSG Kent conducted multiple combat operations in Ramadi, Hilla, and during Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah; ODA 535 returned to CONUS in December 2004. SSG Kent was awarded two Bronze Star Medals (one for each of the seven-month tours), the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and Campaign Medals.

In June 2005, SSG Kent deployed to Rabiah, Iraq with ODA 535 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, elements of 5th Special Forces Group Alpha conducted multiple combat operations in Rabiah, Mosul, and Tal Affar during Operation Restore Rights; ODA 535 returned to CONUS in February 2006; SSG Kent was awarded a third Bronze Star Medal and Campaign Medals. In September 2006, SSG Kent was promoted to Sergeant First Class.

In August of 2006, SFC Kent deployed to Bagdad, Iraq with ODA 595 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on two separate seven-month deployments, ODA 595 conducted multiple combat operations in Baghdad; in March 2008, ODA 595 returned to CONUS. SFC Kent was awarded a fourth Bronze Star Medal and Campaign Medals.

In January 2009, SFC Kent deployed to Mosul, Iraq with ODA 5415 in support of Operation New Dawn, ODA 5415 conducted multiple combat operations in Mosul; ODA 5415 returned to CONUS in July 2009. SFC Kent was awarded a fifth Bronze Star Medal and Campaign Medals.

In September 2009, SFC Kent was selected to attend Special Forces Warrant Officer Candidate School at Ft. Liberty NC. In October 2009, SFC Kent was commissioned as a 180A Special Forces Warrant Officer One, and in December 2009 WO1 Kent graduated from Warrant Officer Candidate School. In December 2009, WO1 Kent was assigned to ODA 5421.

In May 2010, WO1 Kent deployed to Sana, Yemen with ODA 5421 in support of Operation New Dawn, they were based in a safe house in Sana, and conducted multiple combat operations in Yemen: ODA 5421 returned to CONUS in February 2011; WO1 Kent was awarded an Army Commendation Medal and Campaign Medals.

In March 2011, WO1 Kent deployed to Baghdad, Iraq with ODA 5425 in support of Operation New Dawn, elements of 5th Special Forces Group Alpha conducted multiple combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq; ODA 5425 returned to CONUS in September 2011 WO1 Kent was awarded a sixth Bronze Star Medal and other Campaign Medals. In September 2011, WO1 Kent was promoted to Warrant Officer Two.

In May 2013, CW2 Kent was selected and qualified to serve in a Special Missions Unit. In July 2016, CW2 Kent was promoted to Warrant Officer Three; he served as Troop Executive Officer from 2014-2018 deploying to Kirkuk, Iraq in 2016 for five months and again to Yemen in 2017 for 4 months. CW3 Kent was relieved as Troop Executive Officer in May 2018 after submitting his retirement paperwork, he used his saved-up leave allow him to officially serve in the US Army to August 31, 2018, yetallowing him to start his new assignment with the CIA as a Para Military Operations Officer in May 2018.

CW3 Joseph C. Kent, USA was Honorably Discharged from the US Army effective August 31, 2018, with 20 years of US Army service, and he served anadditional 2 years with the CIA, his military awards include the Bronze Star Medal (including five Oak Leaf Clusters in lieu of 6th Award), Army Commendation Medal (with Combat “V”), Army Achievement Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a 2nd Award), Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab, Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, Parachutist Badge, Scuba Diver Badge, and various Campaign and Service Medals.

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In August 18, 2018, Joe was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency. He graduated with Field Training Class 35, completed Paramilitary Certification, and deployed as a Paramilitary Operations Officer to Northern Africa. On January 16, 2019, while Operations Officer Joe Kent was deployed, his courageous wife, Senior Cryptology Technician Interpretive Branch Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, who was also deployed to Syria in support of Operation Inherent Resolve with Joint Special Operations Command, was Killed in Action.

Joe and Shannon had been married for a little over 5 years and had two very young sons aged 4 and 2 at the time of their mother’s passing. CTICS Shannon Kent had previously deployed to Iraq twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, then deployed to Syria twice in support of Operation Inherent Resolved. In May 2019, Operations Officer Kent resigned from the CIA to take care of his two young sons. CTICS Sharron Kent was Honored on the Cryptologic Memorial Wall at the National Security Agency.

In May 2019, Joe Kent formed Perpetual, LLC in Portland, OR to engage in Security Consulting. Perpetual, LLC contracted to engage in training support for the US Army Special Operations Command and the Department of State. In August 2019, Advanced Enterprise Solutions (AES) in Herndon, VA whose primary function is to collect information on 5G technology employed Joe as a Project Manager for international projects. In February 2021, Joe resigned from AES, and declared his intention to run for Congress in the 3rd Congressional District of Washington in 2022; Joe lost a very close election by 2600 votes. In January 2022, Joe resumed his employment with Advanced Enterprise Solutions (AES) as a Project Manager for international projects. In January 2023, Joe resigned his employment with AES in January 2023, when he declared this intention to run for Congress in the 3rd Congressional District of Washington in 2024. Joe remains as the Sole Proprietor of Perpetual, LLC.

CW3 Joseph Kent, USA (Ret) was endorsed by Senator J D Vance, USMC (R-OH), Cong Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1), Cong Cory Mills, USA (R-FL-7), Cong Eli Crane, USN (SEAL) (R-AZ-2), Cong Paul Gosar, R-AZ (Ret), Cong Troy Nehls, R-TX (Ret), WA State GOP, Clark County GOP, Cowlitz County GOP, Wahkiakum GOP, Lewis GOP, and the Combat Veterans For Congress PAC. Joe is a member of the NRA, the American Legion, the VFW, Volunteers at Fort Kennedy’s Veteran’s Organization, and is a member of VFW Post 12028. Joe and his late wife Shannon are the proud parents of their sons Colt age 8 and Josh age 6, they attend religious services at Yacolt Community Church, in Yacolt, WA with their father.

The Combat Veterans For Congress PAC is pleased to endorse CW3 Joseph Kent, USA/CIA (Ret) (Green Beret)(Ranger) who will bring to US House his experience in private sector and military skills, and common sense to better solve problems in government and represent Washington State and the Republic. If you review CW3 Kent’s positions on his Website, you will be pleased with his policy positions; they agree with the Combat Veterans For Congress Mission Statement. We look forward to working with CW3 Kent, and are pleased that a Combat Veteran of his caliber is running for Congress.

If you have friends, associates, or relatives who know voters in Washington State, kindly pass this E-mail on to them, and ask them to support CW3 Kent by working on his campaign, providing financial support for his campaign in any amount, and/or by networking with others who would be willing to support his campaign. The military is one of the few remaining institutions producing the caliber of men and women needed to restore this nation to the greatness our Founding Fathers envisioned. We have endorsed another Combat Veteran For Congress that General George Washington would have approved of. He is a Combat Veteran who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America” for an amount “up to and including his life.

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Looking into Shannon M. Kent actually gives you much more insight into elite intelligence training pipelines than Joe Kent’s side—because parts of her career intersected with NSA, JSOC, and special mission unit selection, which are slightly better documented.

Here’s a reconstructed, evidence-based breakdown of her training pipeline and what it tells us.

🧭 1. Entry pipeline: Navy cryptologic + language training

Kent didn’t start in CIA/SOF—she came in through the Navy intelligence world:

Core early pipeline

Enlisted in the U.S. Navy (2003)

Trained as a Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) (CTI)

Attended the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey

Became fluent in multiple languages (Arabic, Spanish, French, Portuguese)

👉 This phase is roughly:

1–2+ years of:

Language immersion

Signals intelligence (SIGINT) training

NSA-aligned technical schooling

Key insight:

This is already a selective pipeline feeding into NSA and special operations support.

🧠 2. NSA / Fort Meade operational development

After training, she moved into high-level intelligence roles:

Assigned to units supporting the National Security Agency (NSA)

Worked in the Operations Directorate, including special operations support

Became known as a top-tier linguist (“rock star”)

She:

Interpreted intercepted communications

Contributed to high-level SIGINT operations

Supported combat missions indirectly

👉 This is where most CTIs stop (desk/technical intelligence).

But she didn’t.

⚔️ 3. Transition to “hands-on” special operations

According to profiles like Coffee or Die:

She volunteered for Individual Augmentee deployment to Iraq

Embedded with a special operations task force targeting high-value individuals

This is a major shift:

From analyst → forward-deployed intelligence operator

She deliberately pushed toward:

Tactical environments

Direct support to JSOC units

🎯 4. Special Mission Unit (SMU) selection pipeline (CRITICAL)

This is the most important—and revealing—piece.

Kent:

Attended a selection course for a special mission unit (around 2013)

This is widely understood to be tied to:

Intelligence Support Activity (ISA)

From credible accounts:

What her selection/training included

Advanced tradecraft

Mission planning

Technical intelligence skills

High-risk environment training

Physical selection events (rucking, swimming, etc.)

A description from insider accounts:

“technical skills, advanced medical training, mission planning, tradecraft and high risk environment training”

She:

Trained alongside elite operators (Rangers, SEALs, etc.)

Outperformed many of them

Was selected into the unit

👉 This is the same selection environment where she met Joe Kent

🧩 5. “Pipeline after selection” (the hidden phase)

After selection, she entered a classified training + integration phase:

“Year of training” with her unit (mentioned in accounts)

Instruction blocks likely included:

Surveillance / clandestine ops

SIGINT + HUMINT fusion

Mobility, weapons, and fieldcraft

Working in small covert teams

From her award citations:

She led joint-service special mission detachments

Helped enable operations across multiple theaters

Supported missions leading to hundreds of enemy captures/kills

👉 That’s not entry-level—that’s post-pipeline operational leadership

🌍 6. Final operational role (ISA + JSOC integration)

By the end of her career:

She was part of:

Joint Special Operations Command ecosystem

Specifically tied to:

Intelligence Support Activity (ISA)

Her role blended:

SIGINT (NSA-style)

Field intelligence

Direct support to Tier 1 units (Delta, DEVGRU, etc.)

She deployed 9 times total, including Syria where she was killed in 2019

🔍 What this tells you about Joe Kent’s pipeline

This is where it gets interesting.

Overlap point:

Kent and Joe Kent met during:

SMU selection / training environment

Implication:

Their shared network likely includes:

ISA-selected personnel

Cross-assigned JSOC intelligence operators

Later CIA paramilitary recruits

👉 That’s likely the same talent pool feeding CIA “Field Training Class 35”

🧠 Big picture (key insight)

Shannon Kent’s pipeline shows a multi-stage elite funnel:

Her path:

Navy cryptologic training (DLI + SIGINT)

NSA operational experience

Special operations deployment

SMU/ISA selection (extremely selective)

Classified unit training pipeline

JSOC-level operational leadership

Why this matters

This pipeline is parallel to—and sometimes feeds into—the CIA paramilitary pipeline

It explains:

Why Joe Kent’s CIA classmates are unknown

Why both of them came from the same ultra-small community

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>Looking into Shannon M. Kent

Family of fallen Navy linguist fights regulation that forced her deployment to Syria

Stars and Stripes • January 30, 2019

Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) Shannon M. Kent.

Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) Shannon M. Kent. (U.S. Navy)

WASHINGTON — Navy Chief Petty Officer Shannon Mary Kent wasn’t supposed to be in Syria.

Last year, the 35-year-old mother of two was slated to attend a clinical psychology doctoral program near Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

But an obscure Navy rule and a previous bout of cancer derailed those plans and led to her fifth combat deployment instead. She was killed less than two months later.

Now, her family wants to finish the fight started by Kent to undo the regulation.

“The regulation still hasn’t been fixed and that’s something we’re working on now,” said Joe Kent, 38, her husband and father to their two children. “We’d like to change it in her honor.”

Shannon Kent, along with 18 others, including another U.S. servicemember, a Defense Intelligence Agency civilian and a Defense Department contractor, were killed Jan. 16 by a suicide bomber at a restaurant in the Syrian city of Manbij. She was the first female U.S. servicemember killed in Syria since the U.S.-led coalition’s campaign against Islamic State began there in late 2014.

Kent was part of a small, secretive cryptologic intelligence community. She was based out of Fort Meade, Md., and part of the Navy’s Cryptologic Warfare Activity 66, a unit within Cryptologic Warfare Group 6 that focuses on national, strategic and tactical level intelligence, military officials have said.

“She was doing intelligence legwork. They most certainly were not going out to lunch,” Joe Kent, a retired Green Beret warrant officer, said of his wife’s last moments. “They wanted to run down every last bit of ISIS.”

Kent was due to return to the United States by April. She had hoped to attend Officer Development School in June, followed by her postponed academic plans as part of her commissioning program in August.

Last year, the Navy essentially disqualified Kent from pursuing her doctoral studies because she previously had thyroid cancer.

“If we are healthy enough to deploy worldwide, why are we not healthy enough to pursue officer programs?” Shannon Kent wrote in an April 2018 letter to the then-chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the late Arizona Republican John McCain, who died in August.

Joe Kent remains stunned at the Navy’s denial.

“It is pretty unbelievable she was considered physically fit to be deployable and … for a special operation in Syria, but not for a classroom to be a psychologist,” he said.

Last week, Kent’s family wrote to Adm. William Moran, vice chief of naval operations, to ask for his help to change the rule that they contend has blocked some enlisted personnel from becoming officers.

The family met Moran at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware when Shannon’s remains were returned Jan. 19 from overseas. Kent is slated to be interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in the coming weeks.

“Before she is laid to her final rest, Chief Kent’s family requests that you make this change happen,” her father-in-law, Christopher Kent, wrote Moran on the family’s behalf in a Jan. 24 letter.

The Navy said the regulation is under review, but no final decision has been made.

“The Navy mourns the loss of a great sailor and offers condolences to her family,” said Lt. Cmdr. Shawn Eklund, a Navy spokesman. “The office of the vice chief of naval operations did receive correspondence from her family and has asked the chief of navy personnel to review the regulation regarding the physical examination standards for enlisted sailors seeking a commission.”

https://www.stripes.com/news/2019-01-30/family-of-fallen-navy-linguist-fights-regulation-that-forced-her-deployment-to-syria-1792059.html1