Maryland Navy Tech Among 4 Americans Killed In Syria Suicide Bomb Attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman assigned to Fort Meade in Maryland was among the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group in Syria this week.
The Pentagon identified them as:  Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, of Boynton Beach, Florida, who was based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) Shannon M. Kent, 35, from upstate New York and based at Fort Meade, Maryland; and a civilian, Scott A. Wirt