Michael Keenan graduated from Oak Park High School in May of 2004. While attending Oak Park, He won the prestigious Simone Award annually awarded to the best football player in the Kansas City area. After his time at Oak Park he briefly attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a student athlete. In January of 2006 Michael enlisted in the United States Army and attended basic combat training at Fort Benning, GA. In that same year he married fellow Oak Park alumni Jamie Pulse. Together they have three boys Parker, Hudson and Brooks.
He currently serves as a member of the 5th Special Forces Group as an Assistant Detachment Commander with the rank of Warrant Officer One. He has served with 5th Special Forces Group since November of 2007 during which he has deployed multiple times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and in support of other overseas contingency operations throughout the Middle East region. Prior to his appointment as a Warrant Officer in May of 2014 he served as a detachment Intelligence Sergeant and Engineer Sergeant. Michael and his family currently live in their home in Clarksville, TN near his duty station of Fort Campbell, KY.
