Veteran + Banker
Rabih
ABOUKHEIR U.S. ARMY
RANK: SERGEANT YEARS: 2009-2015 PLACE SERVED: MIDDLE EAST DEPLOYMENT EAGLE BANK Loan Officer LITTLE ROCK 40 • WINTER 2022
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hen Rabih Aboukheir was at American University of Beirut he studied business management and dreamed of running his own companies. An internship led him
into the restaurant and bar business. He left Beirut and moved to Hilton Head, South Carolina. He liked the U.S. so he decided to stay. One of his regular bar patrons was a U.S. Army recruiter. The two began a dialogue, and Aboukheir decided to take the plunge. He joined the Army as a gunman in a combat unit. He rose to the rank of sergeant. “It seemed really interesting. I didn’t really think about it. It was the best experience of my life,” he said.
