Local veteran sparks outrage after refusing to start military-themed business
RICHMOND, Va. — Recently-separated Army Sgt. Vince Mills has stunned the local veteran community by refusing to start his own small business selling military-themed items, according to neighbors familiar with the situation.
The furor started last week when Mills, an infantryman who deployed twice to Iraq and Afghanistan, told friends at a going-away party that he intended to join the national forest service and become a park ranger.
“It’s just a fucking disgrace is what it is,” said Ricky Valentino, a former Army supply specialist and owner of Patriot’s Delight Residential Lighting Emporium.
Flint Steel, CEO and co-founder of Angry Babykiller Infidel Apparel, was more blunt.
“Every time a piece of shit veteran like him refuses to shoehorn his service record in a small business, no matter how obscure or irrelevant, it’s like kicking the Statue of Liberty right in the pussy.”
Mills has taken the angry posts on social media, hateful phone calls, and death threats with surprising calm, saying …
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