Ben Owen

I don't know how many generations in a row served, but pretty much all of them. Like back to the French Indian War in the 1750s or whatever that was. My family served in every conflict this country's had. And so I definitely felt a duty to do it. But like with so many other things, I get to the finish line and I decide to fuck it up on my own, you know, and buck the plan.

I don't know how many generations in a row served, but pretty much all of them. Like back to the French Indian War in the 1750s or whatever that was. My family served in every conflict this country's had. And so I definitely felt a duty to do it. But like with so many other things, I get to the finish line and I decide to fuck it up on my own, you know, and buck the plan.

So unless there's 11 Bravo, I get to... Fort Benning, and there's like a five-week wait or something at reception battalion. It was ridiculous because of how many people were enlisting right then. Oh, and I'm going through alcohol DTs. I was incredibly physically dependent on alcohol.

So unless there's 11 Bravo, I get to... Fort Benning, and there's like a five-week wait or something at reception battalion. It was ridiculous because of how many people were enlisting right then. Oh, and I'm going through alcohol DTs. I was incredibly physically dependent on alcohol.

So unless there's 11 Bravo, I get to... Fort Benning, and there's like a five-week wait or something at reception battalion. It was ridiculous because of how many people were enlisting right then. Oh, and I'm going through alcohol DTs. I was incredibly physically dependent on alcohol.

Oh, and by the way, I DC'd all of my mental health meds, which I may not have needed, but my body is now used to, and so I'm going through withdrawal from these things at the same time. And I don't have an ACL. So this is why I kind of went, some people say that Ben used to be an infantryman. Ben enlisted in the infantry, all right?

Oh, and by the way, I DC'd all of my mental health meds, which I may not have needed, but my body is now used to, and so I'm going through withdrawal from these things at the same time. And I don't have an ACL. So this is why I kind of went, some people say that Ben used to be an infantryman. Ben enlisted in the infantry, all right?

Oh, and by the way, I DC'd all of my mental health meds, which I may not have needed, but my body is now used to, and so I'm going through withdrawal from these things at the same time. And I don't have an ACL. So this is why I kind of went, some people say that Ben used to be an infantryman. Ben enlisted in the infantry, all right?

I get like, I don't know, 10 or 11 weeks into OSIT at Fort Benning, and my knee completely goes out. I can't tell anybody because I lied about it. So I'm acting like this is a new injury, all right? I had vertical fractures on the outside of my tibia. And there's no cool story that goes along with this. We were literally running PT doing the sideways run, and it just, that was it.

I get like, I don't know, 10 or 11 weeks into OSIT at Fort Benning, and my knee completely goes out. I can't tell anybody because I lied about it. So I'm acting like this is a new injury, all right? I had vertical fractures on the outside of my tibia. And there's no cool story that goes along with this. We were literally running PT doing the sideways run, and it just, that was it.

I get like, I don't know, 10 or 11 weeks into OSIT at Fort Benning, and my knee completely goes out. I can't tell anybody because I lied about it. So I'm acting like this is a new injury, all right? I had vertical fractures on the outside of my tibia. And there's no cool story that goes along with this. We were literally running PT doing the sideways run, and it just, that was it.

And so I get to medical. They confirm, yeah, you broke your leg. You're going to get recycled. I'm like, that's super terrible. That's awful. I don't want to do that. And I'm like, well, that's what's about to happen. And they put me on crutches, I think, and it wasn't getting any better. So they finally bring me back in and look at it again.

And so I get to medical. They confirm, yeah, you broke your leg. You're going to get recycled. I'm like, that's super terrible. That's awful. I don't want to do that. And I'm like, well, that's what's about to happen. And they put me on crutches, I think, and it wasn't getting any better. So they finally bring me back in and look at it again.

And so I get to medical. They confirm, yeah, you broke your leg. You're going to get recycled. I'm like, that's super terrible. That's awful. I don't want to do that. And I'm like, well, that's what's about to happen. And they put me on crutches, I think, and it wasn't getting any better. So they finally bring me back in and look at it again.

And this time it's an actual doc, not a PA that's looking at it. And she's like, you don't have an ACL, and that is not new, and you better tell me what's going on here. And so I told her. She threatened me with a JAG referral for lying at MEPS. So I ended up discharged from the Army, honorably, but no benefits whatsoever.

And this time it's an actual doc, not a PA that's looking at it. And she's like, you don't have an ACL, and that is not new, and you better tell me what's going on here. And so I told her. She threatened me with a JAG referral for lying at MEPS. So I ended up discharged from the Army, honorably, but no benefits whatsoever.

And this time it's an actual doc, not a PA that's looking at it. And she's like, you don't have an ACL, and that is not new, and you better tell me what's going on here. And so I told her. She threatened me with a JAG referral for lying at MEPS. So I ended up discharged from the Army, honorably, but no benefits whatsoever.

Yet another example of if I had just stayed with the plan, I would be at Fort Huachuca becoming a badass counterintelligence guy. But instead, Ben wanted to do what Ben thought would impress his parents and ended up fucking everything up. So I enlist after 9-11, before the summer of 2002 is up.

Yet another example of if I had just stayed with the plan, I would be at Fort Huachuca becoming a badass counterintelligence guy. But instead, Ben wanted to do what Ben thought would impress his parents and ended up fucking everything up. So I enlist after 9-11, before the summer of 2002 is up.

Yet another example of if I had just stayed with the plan, I would be at Fort Huachuca becoming a badass counterintelligence guy. But instead, Ben wanted to do what Ben thought would impress his parents and ended up fucking everything up. So I enlist after 9-11, before the summer of 2002 is up.