Send Me

The True Story of a Mother at War

By: Marty Skovlund, Joe Kent

Narrated by: Joe Kent, Marty Skovlund

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.

Send Me is Shannon’s heroic life story, revealing the truth of both her work and the challenges she faced while trying to raise a family with her husband Joe, himself a Special Forces soldier. He and Shannon met in a war zone, their love forged during a special operations training course, their dedication spanning multiple combat deployments and the birth of their two boys.

It is the legacy of an extraordinary woman who rose to the apex of the military, working with the most elite forces in the world, lifting the veil from the life of a Special Forces family to share their duty, sacrifice, and humanity.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

The story about Shannon

Joe & Marty, thank you for sharing Shannon’s story with us. It was incredibly moving. After listening to the book I feel like I know her just a little bit and that makes her loss all the harder. I can’t even imagine what it’s like for you, her boys or her friends and family. She was a truly incredible woman and I can only hope her story is shared far and wide. I’ll do my best to share it with anyone who will listen. Shannon, thank you for everything you did for our country, even as a veteran myself I am in your debt. Rest in peace. Fair winds and following seas.

Her willingness to help!

The redacted information even though I understand the reasoning. She truly was a ground breaker. Going where no woman had.

An unsung hero leading by example.

This was a geat book and well read! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the speaker read this amazing story.

In Memory of Shannon Kent

Her actions always spoke louder than her words which means everything she did in the time she was here will last forever. I do not have words for this. I'm blown away I did not know about her until now. Thank you Joe Kent for bringing her story to the public.

Extraordinary

This was an amazing story of a fallen hero who was taken way too soon! While I did not serve in a role such as Shannon it’s makes me happy that there were warriors such as her who paid the ultimate price to help protect our freedoms and the freedoms of others! I highly recommend that if anyone is looking for an amazing story about one of our heroes they need to read or at the very minimum listen to this book!