Ben Owen
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Come on, let's go to the truck. And she said, well, is there anybody you can call? And so I called Division 8 Drug Court, who had terminated me, but we had started rebuilding that bridge with. Brian Owens gets on the phone, and I don't know if he pretended to be the judge or if they got Judge Dwyer on the phone, but they confirmed I do not have any felonies.
Come on, let's go to the truck. And she said, well, is there anybody you can call? And so I called Division 8 Drug Court, who had terminated me, but we had started rebuilding that bridge with. Brian Owens gets on the phone, and I don't know if he pretended to be the judge or if they got Judge Dwyer on the phone, but they confirmed I do not have any felonies.
Come on, let's go to the truck. And she said, well, is there anybody you can call? And so I called Division 8 Drug Court, who had terminated me, but we had started rebuilding that bridge with. Brian Owens gets on the phone, and I don't know if he pretended to be the judge or if they got Judge Dwyer on the phone, but they confirmed I do not have any felonies.
And so they ended up letting me go into the base. to do this little class at USASOC, which was fucking cool as shit. I still can't believe that actually happened. Yeah. But I tell you that story for a reason. The way God works in all of these little details...
And so they ended up letting me go into the base. to do this little class at USASOC, which was fucking cool as shit. I still can't believe that actually happened. Yeah. But I tell you that story for a reason. The way God works in all of these little details...
And so they ended up letting me go into the base. to do this little class at USASOC, which was fucking cool as shit. I still can't believe that actually happened. Yeah. But I tell you that story for a reason. The way God works in all of these little details...
If I hadn't started getting open about my past with all of the people in the EVAC community before they work with me, I'm like, I want to make sure you know who I am. Most of them already follow me, so they knew who I was. They already know that I talk very openly about all this shit.
If I hadn't started getting open about my past with all of the people in the EVAC community before they work with me, I'm like, I want to make sure you know who I am. Most of them already follow me, so they knew who I was. They already know that I talk very openly about all this shit.
If I hadn't started getting open about my past with all of the people in the EVAC community before they work with me, I'm like, I want to make sure you know who I am. Most of them already follow me, so they knew who I was. They already know that I talk very openly about all this shit.
But if I hadn't been open about that, that would have had to be right there in front of CSM Wafa and all these other guys. If I hadn't gone back and fixed the bridge with Drug Court, I wouldn't have been able to get on post. And all of these things just kept working together. It's kind of like you see in those numbers repeatedly, you know? The little God winks, they just kept happening.
But if I hadn't been open about that, that would have had to be right there in front of CSM Wafa and all these other guys. If I hadn't gone back and fixed the bridge with Drug Court, I wouldn't have been able to get on post. And all of these things just kept working together. It's kind of like you see in those numbers repeatedly, you know? The little God winks, they just kept happening.
But if I hadn't been open about that, that would have had to be right there in front of CSM Wafa and all these other guys. If I hadn't gone back and fixed the bridge with Drug Court, I wouldn't have been able to get on post. And all of these things just kept working together. It's kind of like you see in those numbers repeatedly, you know? The little God winks, they just kept happening.
2021 was a blur, all right? Jess and I have been working with Randy Searles, another Green Beret who helped Scott with a couple of his books, put all of this into a book. So like it's actually all written out with all the stories from the Afghan stuff. I don't want to try to get into all that here because I really want to talk about what we're doing in Memphis. What's the name of the book?
2021 was a blur, all right? Jess and I have been working with Randy Searles, another Green Beret who helped Scott with a couple of his books, put all of this into a book. So like it's actually all written out with all the stories from the Afghan stuff. I don't want to try to get into all that here because I really want to talk about what we're doing in Memphis. What's the name of the book?
2021 was a blur, all right? Jess and I have been working with Randy Searles, another Green Beret who helped Scott with a couple of his books, put all of this into a book. So like it's actually all written out with all the stories from the Afghan stuff. I don't want to try to get into all that here because I really want to talk about what we're doing in Memphis. What's the name of the book?
It's called We Fight Monsters. Yeah, it's called We Fight Monsters. And we're launching a Kickstarter to help get it across the finish line at some point this month, probably before this actually airs. But having been on here and just said that, it's going to help a ton. So I hope people go look up the Kickstarter.
It's called We Fight Monsters. Yeah, it's called We Fight Monsters. And we're launching a Kickstarter to help get it across the finish line at some point this month, probably before this actually airs. But having been on here and just said that, it's going to help a ton. So I hope people go look up the Kickstarter.
It's called We Fight Monsters. Yeah, it's called We Fight Monsters. And we're launching a Kickstarter to help get it across the finish line at some point this month, probably before this actually airs. But having been on here and just said that, it's going to help a ton. So I hope people go look up the Kickstarter.
And it's going to go into detail about our background, what we did in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Haiti, Mexico. We've done some weird stuff in several places at this point. But it's a roadmap for how to get good shit done in very weird places and odd circumstances and against all odds, which is really what we pulled off in Afghanistan. Man, that's amazing. And that's how long, Silver?
And it's going to go into detail about our background, what we did in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Haiti, Mexico. We've done some weird stuff in several places at this point. But it's a roadmap for how to get good shit done in very weird places and odd circumstances and against all odds, which is really what we pulled off in Afghanistan. Man, that's amazing. And that's how long, Silver?