Kenneth Mervyn Thomas (born July 1, 1965) is an American country music singer and former United States Army Ranger.

Thomas was deployed in support of Operation Restore Hope as a member of Task Force Ranger in Somalia, and served in the Battle of Mogadishu.

The most well known of their combat missions occurred October 3, 1993, when Thomas and fellow Task Force members were involved in the Battle of Mogadishu that was later immortalized in the book Black Hawk Down and its subsequent film adaptation, for which he served as a consultant.

[5] Thomas has performed the national anthem for the New York Yankees several times, including game one of the 2009 World Series[6] and again in 2012,[7] as well as for the San Francisco Giants on Memorial Day 2010.

[11] On Sunday, June 8, 2014, Thomas sang the National Anthem for the unveiling of Allied Paratrooper Monument in honor of the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day in Normandy, France.

[13] Represented by Premiere Speakers Bureau, Thomas draws from his experiences on the battlefield, and inspires people to achieve greatness by stressing the importance of outstanding leadership at every level, even if the only person you are leading is yourself.

"[15] The book tells his personal account from October 1993 when he was writing a letter to his mom, then heard the words "get it on," said by one of his Army Ranger superiors.

Thomas geared up, loaded into a Blackhawk helicopter, and headed for Mogadishu, Somalia, where he would become one of the lucky servicemen to return from what would become known as Black Hawk Down, a battle that lasted two days, took 18[16] lives and wounded an additional 73 soldiers.