Keni Thomas is an American country music singer and former United States Army Ranger. Thomas was a member of Task Force Ranger as a part of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia and served in the Battle of Mogadishu. Thomas works as a motivational speaker drawing from this experience as a US Ranger. As a country singer Thomas has recorded several independently-released albums. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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