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Biography

Command Senior Enlisted Leader
Sergeant Major Shannon L. Perry

Sergeant Major Perry assumed her current post as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Command Element in June 2025. She enlisted in the Marine Corps on March 18, 2002, from Middletown, New Jersey. Attended recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, completed Marine Combat Training at School Of Infantry East, North Carolina and completed military occupational training at Logistics Operations School, Camp Geiger, North Carolina, where she earned the Military Occupational Specialty 0411, Maintenance Management Analyst.

Sergeant Major Perry's fleet force assignments include: Maintenance Management Clerk, Marine Air Support Squadron 2 (MASS-2), Okinawa Japan, Maintenance Management Clerk, School of Infantry East, Camp Geiger, North Carolina. Maintenance Management Analyst, II Marine Expeditionary Force G-4, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Maintenance Management Chief, Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 (MWSS-272), Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. Maintenance Management Chief, I Marine Information Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Unit Senior Enlisted Leader, Combat Service Support Company, I Marine Information Group, Unit Senior Enlisted Leader, 8th Communication Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Unit Senior Enlisted Leader, Headquarters Company, Marine Corps Engineer School, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Marine Air Control Squadron 2 (MACS-2), Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (VMM-266) Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina.

Sergeant Major Perry's supporting establishment assignments include: Instructor, Course Manager, and Curriculum Developer, Logistics Operation School, Camp Johnson, North Carolina. Drill Instructor, Senior Drill Instructor, Papa Company 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Squad Instructor, Academic Coordinator, Drill Instructor School, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

Sergeant Major Perry's deployments include: Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08, Crisis Response Africa 25.1

Sergeant Major Perry's personnel decorations include, the Meritorious Service Medal (two gold stars), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three gold stars), and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two gold stars). She graduated from Coastal Carolina Community College with an Associates in Arts, American Military University with a Bachelors in Transportation and Logistics Management, and a Masters in Transportation and Logistics Management.