A Conversation with Captain Omer Rafiq

Victor Lago, Madeleine Shaw, and Pranav Kela sit down to talk with Captain Omer Rafiq. Captain Omer Rafiq is a Captain in the United States MarineCorps Reserves, currently serving at Special Operations Central Command in Tampa, FL. He enlisted in the reserve component of the Marine Corps in August 2010. Following initial training, he deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Commissioned as an infantry officer in 2016, he deployed across the globe to Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa. Most recently, he was one of two US Department of Defense officials on the ground in Port of Sudan supporting the evacuation of US and allied nation citizens from Sudan amidst the recent civil war.