The Dream

Dust hits my face,
Beads of sweat trickle down,
The sun is burning,
I’m ready.

Around me,
Faceless soldiers,
Faceless enemies,
Running to the beats,
Of distant war drums.

A flash,
Heat hits my face,
The sound of a bomb,
Echoes all around.

I get knocked off my feet,
I feel like I almost fall off my bed,
Heart racing.

It’s zero dark thirty,
My room is dark.

I go to my place of therapy,
I wrap my hands around the cold steel,
I focus my energy into the bar.

Here we go,
Root my feet,
Brace my core,
I push the earth underneath me,
The beast inside is satisfied.

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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. 

Ayman is not only an active police officer but also a law enforcement instructor and has taught across the East Coast of the United States. He offers a wide variety of training, such as advanced patrol tactics, mechanical breaching courses, designated marksman, and Human Performance under duress. 

In addition, Ayman is 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

Ayman has seen the ugliness of war and evil in the world. He survived two civil wars prior to immigrating to the United States in the late eighties.

His current position is the commander of his department’s Problem-Oriented Policing Unit. He leads a team of investigators that employs unconventional methods and Special Forces philosophy in achieving specific objectives in the communities he serves. These unconventional methods range from winning hearts and minds to specific strategic law enforcement actions to arrest and prosecute those who are the root cause of various crimes.

To reach Ayman, feel free to email him at hwbluelinestrategies@gmail.com

As the Voice of the Veteran Community, The Havok Journal seeks to publish a variety of perspectives on a number of sensitive subjects. Unless specifically noted otherwise, nothing we publish is an official point of view of The Havok Journal or any part of the U.S. government.