Samuel Kennedy

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal Lieutenant Colonel N. M. Rollins Nov 2024 PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE ELECTRONIC WARFARE INSTRUCTOR, TACTICAL TRAINING AND EXERCISE CONTROL GROUP, HEADQUARTERS BATTALION, MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE TRAINING COMMAND, MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER FROM MAY 2021 TO MARCH 2024. CORPORAL KENNEDY SUPPORTED 11 SERVICE-LEVEL TRAINING EXERCISES AS AN ELECTRONIC WARFARE RED TEAM OPERATOR AND TEAM LEADER, PROVIDING REALISM IN THE FORM OF A CONTESTED… Show more PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE ELECTRONIC WARFARE INSTRUCTOR, TACTICAL TRAINING AND EXERCISE CONTROL GROUP, HEADQUARTERS BATTALION, MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE TRAINING COMMAND, MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER FROM MAY 2021 TO MARCH 2024. CORPORAL KENNEDY SUPPORTED 11 SERVICE-LEVEL TRAINING EXERCISES AS AN ELECTRONIC WARFARE RED TEAM OPERATOR AND TEAM LEADER, PROVIDING REALISM IN THE FORM OF A CONTESTED ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM ENVIRONMENT WITHIN WHICH EXERCISE FORCES TRAINED. HIS EFFORTS INCREASED LETHALITY AND TRAINING READINESS TO IDENTIFY OPPOSING FORCES IN SPECTRUM, CUING COLLECTION ASSETS TO LOCATE THE ENEMY, AND PASSING TARGETING INFORMATION TO FIRING AGENCIES. HIS EFFORTS AND EXPERTISE PRODUCED INVALUABLE FEEDBACK TO THE OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY FOR MARINE CORPS INTEGRATION AS WELL AS THE TECHNIQUES, TACTICS, AND PROCEDURES FOR BOTH UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE FOR THE CONTROL GROUP. CORPORAL KENNEDY'S INITIATIVE, TENACITY, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE. Show less

Canis Callidus Col. Hart, Director, TTECG Sep 2023 For superior performance of duty while serving as Electronic Warfare Observer Controller, Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, from 20 July 2023 to 16 September 2023. During this time, Lance Corporal Kennedy utilized his superior understanding of electromagnetic warfare to provide real time spectrum data of the signal's environment. His mentorship during the Ground… Show more For superior performance of duty while serving as Electronic Warfare Observer Controller, Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, from 20 July 2023 to 16 September 2023. During this time, Lance Corporal Kennedy utilized his superior understanding of electromagnetic warfare to provide real time spectrum data of the signal's environment. His mentorship during the Ground Reconnaissance Course and Mechanized Operators Course provided exercise forces instruction on how the enemy sees them in spectrum, and how to mitigate their signature. While serving as the Electronic Warfare Red cell team leader for Marine Air Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise 5-23, he proved key concepts using direction finding and spectrum analysis as part of a hyper enabled deep reconnaissance effort with experimental equipment and technologies to create a near-peer hyond threat dynamic in the multidoman environment. Intercepting enemy communications, he was able to exploit the lack of communication discipline and identify key grids for major equipment and marshalling areas. This enabled his team to locate and bring effective fires on the enemy to attrite a superior force, repelling the final assault on range 220. He further demonstrated his tactical proficiency by supporting the Office of Naval Research during Exeraise Keep summer safe, flying multiple arones for inteligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance of a numencally superor and better equipped force, enabling his team to degrade the enemy until they became ineffective. Lance Corporal Kennedy's focus on combat readiness and exemplary dedication to mission accomplishment reflected credit upon him and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, the Marine Corps, and the United States Naval Service. Show less

Board Scholar Niles Community Schools Board of Education May 2018 4 years of rigorous math, english, science, and social studies with a 3.4 GPA and 1150 SAT score.