距离退伍军人节还有几个月时间，雪茄制造商埃内斯托·佩雷斯·卡里略计划为那些服役国家军队的人群发布一款雪茄，名为Battleborn（为战而生），这款限量版雪茄计划10月中旬向零售商发货。

这个项目的灵感来自公司的货运经理莱昂内尔·H·麦凯（Lionel H. McKoy），他从2017年开始一直在这个担任这个职位。他是一名服役20年的海军退役军人，退役时是二等士官。他曾经在中途岛号、福里斯特尔号、德怀特·D·艾森豪威尔号航空母舰上服役，他参加过海湾战争和沙漠风暴行动。

埃内斯托·佩雷斯·卡里略说，莱昂内尔是我们家庭中的一员，他为国家服务了20年，承担了我们大多数人永远不会知道的责任。如今他在这里和我们并肩工作，我永远不会忘记他第一次和我谈论他服役期间的事，有一次，他情绪激动，泪流满面。那一刻，我知道我面对的是一名真正的英雄。于是我想做一款纪念雪茄出来。

Battleborn在多米尼加共和国的卡里略之家雪茄厂卷制，只有一个尺寸，56环径，6英寸。

Battleborn定义为浓郁强度的口味，茄衣是康涅狄格阔叶，两片茄套烟叶，一片是墨西哥烟叶，一片是尼加拉瓜烟叶，茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶。每盒20支，每支售价是22美元。

Battleborn一共生产2500盒，外包装盒是深绿色，每套配了一块Battleborn品牌的士兵狗牌，雪茄的脚标印制了美军第五特种部队的座右铭：Forged in strength, built for honor, designed to perform（力锻其坚，荣铸其魂，使命必达）。

卡里略之家公司将在全国举办一系列活动，现场销售收入将捐赠给退伍军人和急救人员的公益组织。第一场活动将在9月20日举办，在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥的Finck’s Lone Star Cigar Bash，这是成立于1893年的百年家族企业芬克雪茄公司举办的雪茄节活动，销售收入将捐赠给费舍尔之家基金会（Fisher House Foundation）。

Veteran’s Day is still a couple months away but the latest release from Ernesto Perez-Carrillo and his company Casa Carrillo is made in tribute to those who proudly served in our nation’s military. Called Battleborn, the limited-edition cigar is expected to begin shipping to retailers in mid-October.

The project was inspired by Lionel H. McKoy, a two-decade Navy veteran (Petty Officer, Second Class) who served on aircraft carriers the USS Midway, Forrestal and Dwight D. Eisenhower during the Gulf War and Operation Desert Storm. McKoy has worked as Casa Carrillo’s shipping manager since 2017.

“Lionel is part of our family,” says Perez-Carrillo. “He served our country for 20 years, carried responsibilities most of us will never know and then came here to work alongside us. I’ll never forget my first conversation with him about his time in service. At one point, he got emotional and a tear ran down his face. In that moment, I knew I was in the presence of a true hero—and Battleborn was conceived right then.”

Battleborn is made in the Dominican Republic at the company’s Casa Carrillo factory and comes in one thick size, a toro called Warrior measuring 6 inches by 56 ring gauge. Intended to be a full-bodied blend, Battleborn consists of a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, two binder leaves (one Mexican, one Nicaraguan) and Nicaraguan fillers. It has a suggested retail price of $22 each.

Production is limited to 2,500 dark-green, 20-count boxes topped with a camouflage lid. Each set comes with a collectible Battleborn-branded dog tag. A band on the cigar’s foot features the motto of the 5th Special Forces Group, “Forged in strength, built for honor, designed to perform.”

Prior to its official release, Casa Carrillo will be hosting a series of events across the country, with proceeds being donated to organizations benefiting veterans and first responders. The first takes place September 20 at Finck’s Lone Star Cigar Bash in San Antonio, Texas, and will benefit Fisher House Foundation.

“Serving on carriers like the Eisenhower, Midway and Forrestal during Desert Storm and the Gulf War shaped who I am. To see a cigar created in honor of that journey—and to know it will help other veterans—means more than I can put into words,” McKoy says.