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On December 21, 2025, 2nd Lt. Kimo Martinez was commissioned into the U.S. Space Force by his father, retired Colonel Kato Martinez.

He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in aerospace engineering and was the sole cadet from AFROTC Detachment 825 to commission that month. Martinez's path included personal adversity; his mother died in a 2016 Brussels Airport attack, leading to his family's relocation and rehabilitation in San Antonio. There, he thrived in the structure of JROTC, which his father enrolled him in to help with his development.