SSgt Monnet Kennedy

NCOIC, Administration

Staff Sergeant Monnet Kennedy is the NCOIC of Administration at Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 190 at University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. SSgt Kennedy is responsible in assisting cadets through their lifecycle from application to commissioning. Her duties included maintaining cadet-related records, coordinating tuition payments, and processing subsistence/travel payments.

SSgt Kennedy enlisted into the Air Force in December 2015 completing Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Her first duty station was also JBSA Lackland where she worked as an Executive Administrator at 16th Air Force/Air Forces Cyber Headquarters. Her duties included assisting the Chief of Staff with executive duties and sending all taskings from Headquarters Air Force to all Cyber Headquarters Directorates and Wings. SSgt Kennedy was then assigned to 616th Cyber Operations Center where she worked in the Commanders Support Staff (CSS). CSS members directly support Commanders by managing their programs and providing human resource services to all members of the unit. She has also worked Executive Administration at Hurlburt Field, Florida at Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and CSS positions at 1st Special operations Logistic Readiness Squadron and the Air Commando Development Center

Education

2022 Associates of Arts, Business Administration, Community College of the Air Force.

Assignments

1. April 2016 – February 2018, Executive Administration, 24th Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

2. Feb 2018 – February 2020, Administration Program Specialist, Commander Support Staff, 624th Operations Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

3. February 2020 – June 2021, NCOIC Commander Support Staff, 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida

4. June 2021 – July 2023, Executive Administration, Secretariat Air Force Special Operations Command Staff, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida

5. Sep 2023 – May 2024, NCOIC Administration, Commander Support Staff, Air Commando Development Center, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida

6. July 2024 – Present, NCOIC Administration, Reserve Officer Training Corp Detachment 190, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois

Major Awards and Decorations

Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster

Air and Space Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster

Effective Dates of Promotion

Airman 8 December 2015

Airman First Class 8 Oct 2016

Senior Airman 8 December 2018

Staff Sergeant July 1, 2020

Email: airforce-rotc@illinois.edu