Corbin ReiffVerified account

Just a small warning, I’m about to go on a bit of a rant.

I rarely discuss politics on this platform, but yesterday, the Republican nominee for President said something that compels me to speak out.

I spent five years, from 2006-2011 as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army.

When I deployed to Iraq in 2009 I was made Non Commissioned Officer in Charge of Foreign Claims for the entirety of Western Baghdad.

That’s an area that covers roughly 5 million people. I was 21 years old and will admit, very much in over my head.

My job for a whole year was to assess damage to Iraqi citizen’s property, and person and compensate them monetarily.

So if a helicopter dropped a flare and burned a kid, or an MRAP ran into a generator or someone's goat while on patrol...