VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Navy SEAL and ice cream maker aren’t two job titles you typically hear in the same sentence, but they’re both on Chris Fettes’ resume.
“I only did this on one or two of all of my deployments,” the veteran explained. “I took a little ice cream machine with me and if I had opportunities to get some produce. There’s a couple times I did it in remote locations just because it was awesome to be like, I can get camel’s milk and pasteurize it out here and feed it to some of my teammates.”
Now, as the founder of Be Free Craft Ice Cream on Elson Green Avenue in Virginia Beach, Fettes is making ice cream in much larger quantities and at his own storefront…