Disabled Purple Heart veteran, embarassed at local business.

adventures of a broken soldier ^ | 4/3/13 | Eddie Bryant

[Nachum]

I am a disabled combat veteran. I served in Iraq and worked in Afghanistan. I took an IED because my country asked me too, and I was injured by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. I have a Purple Heart and an ARCOM with Valor. I fully expect to be treated differently when I am visiting another country - when I am in America I expect equality and toleration; but what I experienced today is something that I never would have thought I'd have to go through in my own country. The country I fought for!

I am a skydiver with around 300 jumps under my belt. I've done jumps from 30,000 feet, helicopters, hot air balloons, wingsuit skydives and so forth. So with that being said I travel around doing this sport quite a bit. Today was my second time at a dropzone called "Florida Skydiving Center / Skydive Lake Wales".

Coincidentally there are soldiers from the country of Qatar being trained there.

The picture is of the tattoo I have. Here is the definition of said tattoo: "Kafir (Arabic: كافر‎ kāfir, plural كفّار kuffār) is an Arabic term used in an Islamic doctrinal sense, usually translated as "unbeliever," "disbeliever," or "infidel." The term refers to a person who rejects God or who hides, denies, or covers the "truth." The Muslim's from Qatar saw that tattoo and complained to the dropzone. Once they did so I was called to the back office and asked to cover it up by the OWNER. Not that I would, but its 80 something degrees here today, and that would be an unreasonable request. After I told her that I had no pants to cover it up she told me that she has DUCT TAPE that I can use to cover it.

[bravo whiskey]

I didn’t know you are a veteran, Diana. Me too, albeit JAG when there were no wars, so I don’t brag about it.

YOU'RE A VETERAN PERIOD. i was in the bundesrepublik in the late '70s. my scout platoon sergeant was a soldier during thee vietnam era. because he was a tanker he never went to vietnam but he would be in germany for 2-3 years, stateside for 18 months and back in germany for another 2-3 years. we were still defending western europe from the soviet horde. i never saw combat but i trained soldiers in the '80s who later did and i know some of my training saved a life or two.

[yldstrk]

well I did draft documents for those deployed to Desert Storm, so that was my contribution, minimal as it was, I was proud so proud to serve

[FBD]

He said because: “...while serving overseas was called an “infidel” for over 2 years...”.
-It sounds to me like he wears it as a badge of honor, and in defiance to the Muslimes. Good for him.