Hooten & Young Cigars

[mdwest]

I'm sure most folks reading this remember the character Norm "Hoot" Hooten played by Eric Bana in the movie Blackhawk Down.

The real Norm Hooten is a personal acquaintance/friend. He just went into the cigar business...

Last week at the 25th Anniversary reunion of Task Force Ranger (the TF that was engaged in the BHD incident in Mogadishu, Norm passed out the first 200 cigars from his new company, Hooten & Young cigars. These are high end Honduran leaf cigars made in Ybor City, FL by a family with over 200 years of history rolling cigars.

He just got the website up. He wanted to wait for the reunion to be over out of respect before he announced anything. The cigar bands are dedicated to Task Force Ranger, and appropriately have 19 gold stars and other small things that those who know what to look for will recognize.

He is also in the process of designing custom boxes dedicated to the men of Task Force Ranger. A box of 10 will be $150. If you are interested go to the website and enter your email so you can be notified when they come online soon.

The website is https://www.hootenyoungcigars.com/


FWIW, Norm is a great American, and one of the most humble men you will ever meet. He continues to give back even today, working for the VA as Dr. Norman Hooten, doing his part to fight the opioid epidemic, and has been on the national news recently a good bit..

https://www.foxnews.com/us/black-hawk-down-veteran-now-deployed-in-fight-against-opioids

https://people.com/human-interest/black-hawk-down-warfighter-campaignss-end-opioid-addiction-veterans/

https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/west-palm-beach/black-hawk-down-veteran-becomes-pharmacist-to-help-other-vets-in-need

 

[BradMc]

1st off good to see u around @mdwest ....
Thanks for the info , will check it out ,
Don’t be a stranger my friend .

 

[sean]

1st off good to see u around @mdwest ....
Thanks for the info , will check it out ,
Don’t be a stranger my friend .

Yeah, @mdwest ,my sentiments exactly!

 

[mdwest]

thanks @sean and @BradMc ... the past couple of years have been busy, and my online presence has diminished quite a bit... I've been finishing up another degree program, got a couple of promotions at work, etc.. and have pretty much been swamped for the past 24+ months..

There's some light at the end of the tunnel now though (I hope).. I've got just over a month left in school.. and there's only one promotion left to be had, which should occur sometime between now and the end of the year.. then I should be "done" and be able to set myself on a more consistent path and schedule for a while..

all has been good... just busy to the point of stupid/crazy..

More than anything, I miss the hour or so a day I used to spend on the back porch smoking cigars and bullshitting with friends or screwing around with the dogs... As soon as I get this damn dissertation submitted in November, thats the first thing that goes back on the schedule... copious amounts of tobacco consumption while in the presence of canines and BOTL's...

 

[BradMc]

Sounds good Big Dave , we can set up a Vherf Bro..... Good luck with school BOSS !

 

[sean]

I like this plan.

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[Rupe]

Like Sean and Brad already said, it’s really great to hear from you Dave!!

Would be really nice to share a gar with you sometime in the near future.


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[mdwest]

FWIW, Norm also has plans to release a Hooten & Young whiskey in the near future as well...

 

[mitchellmunster]

Looks pretty cool brother, I subscribed and checked them out on Instagram...looking forward to what they create. Thanks for sharing