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Does this also come in a tank top?
Retired Army Staff Sgt. Collin Smith is a quiet professional. His t-shirt says so.
“I struggled to find an identity for years. My wife told me to get a hobby that wasn’t service-related, but fuck that,” Smith told Duffel Blog correspondents. “So I took a pretty big risk and started a veteran-focused t-shirt company.”
Collin struggled with this choice. At first, he wanted to start a veteran coffee company, but, he said, “you can’t wear vet coffee.”
The interview began with Collin sitting in his kitchen, wearing a kickass tank top with the words Quiet Professional emblazoned in a tribal font of unknown origin, flames surrounding it.
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