A Middle Eastern Veteran Caught Between Cultures

A Middle Eastern Veteran Caught Between Cultures
Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq. Photo by Spc. Adam Sanders. The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.
Ayman Kafel
Battlefields Staff
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It was the middle of the night in the cold Iraqi desert. It sounds funny to say “cold desert,” but that’s what it was. The Praetorians and Spartan 6 were conducting a combat patrol during an Iraqi election. Every time an election came around in Iraq, it was met with violence and intimidation from various terrorist groups throughout the country. Our mission that night was to ensure the ballots made it through our Area of Operations (AO) without any problems.

Ayman Kafel is the founder and owner of Hybrid Wolf Blue Line Strategies, LLC, a veteran-owned training and consulting company for law enforcement officers and agencies. He combines his military and law enforcement experience to bring much-needed cutting-edge training to the law enforcement profession. Mr. Kafel is not only an active police officer but also an Army combat veteran who was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005. He became a police officer in 2007 after 8 years of service in the Army. To reach Ayman, feel free to email him at [email protected].
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