Ben Owen

I didn't know it was Fort Bragg at the time. I called it, and the guy that answered it spoke English, said his name is Pardisi. And so I'm like, what the fuck? So I hung up real fast because I was a little freaked out, you know? Then I realized, like, I'm not doing anything nefarious. Just call back and tell them what we're doing.

And as it turned out, this was the now an American citizen brother of the guy we were looking for. And he had direct comms with him. So not only is this missing person no longer missing, we know they're alive. We know exactly how many kids they have with them. We know where they are. We know they have a tie to the US military. And so they're good to go, right?

And as it turned out, this was the now an American citizen brother of the guy we were looking for. And he had direct comms with him. So not only is this missing person no longer missing, we know they're alive. We know exactly how many kids they have with them. We know where they are. We know they have a tie to the US military. And so they're good to go, right?

And as it turned out, this was the now an American citizen brother of the guy we were looking for. And he had direct comms with him. So not only is this missing person no longer missing, we know they're alive. We know exactly how many kids they have with them. We know where they are. We know they have a tie to the US military. And so they're good to go, right?

So we make contact with people inside the airport. I've been handed lists of phone numbers. It's kind of like Scott did with Pineapple Express. Well, we were running the same lines on a lot of those. And I called the airport. I told these people to go to Abbey Gate. You know, we had them. I think they had a yellow flag they were going to hold up. And this Brit pulls them in. Like, they're saved.

So we make contact with people inside the airport. I've been handed lists of phone numbers. It's kind of like Scott did with Pineapple Express. Well, we were running the same lines on a lot of those. And I called the airport. I told these people to go to Abbey Gate. You know, we had them. I think they had a yellow flag they were going to hold up. And this Brit pulls them in. Like, they're saved.

So we make contact with people inside the airport. I've been handed lists of phone numbers. It's kind of like Scott did with Pineapple Express. Well, we were running the same lines on a lot of those. And I called the airport. I told these people to go to Abbey Gate. You know, we had them. I think they had a yellow flag they were going to hold up. And this Brit pulls them in. Like, they're saved.

We just saved 11 lives. Like, I'm dumbfounded. I had no idea what I was doing. Wow. But it happened. And that really kind of tricked me into doing the rest of Afghanistan because the feeling I got from that initial success that was such a low-lift effort, but now they think I'm a hero. The family still checks in with me to this day. They tell me happy birthday all the time. Anyway, I was hooked.

We just saved 11 lives. Like, I'm dumbfounded. I had no idea what I was doing. Wow. But it happened. And that really kind of tricked me into doing the rest of Afghanistan because the feeling I got from that initial success that was such a low-lift effort, but now they think I'm a hero. The family still checks in with me to this day. They tell me happy birthday all the time. Anyway, I was hooked.

We just saved 11 lives. Like, I'm dumbfounded. I had no idea what I was doing. Wow. But it happened. And that really kind of tricked me into doing the rest of Afghanistan because the feeling I got from that initial success that was such a low-lift effort, but now they think I'm a hero. The family still checks in with me to this day. They tell me happy birthday all the time. Anyway, I was hooked.

I was like, I got to do this more. And so we went, as we tend to do with all things, way overboard into Afghanistan, all right? Yeah. We're working multiple other angles through NCPTF. I end up in direct comms with a driver in Kabul. One thing leads to another, and I have a ground team in Kabul now. We're able to move people all over the place. We were getting people into Blackgate.

I was like, I got to do this more. And so we went, as we tend to do with all things, way overboard into Afghanistan, all right? Yeah. We're working multiple other angles through NCPTF. I end up in direct comms with a driver in Kabul. One thing leads to another, and I have a ground team in Kabul now. We're able to move people all over the place. We were getting people into Blackgate.

I was like, I got to do this more. And so we went, as we tend to do with all things, way overboard into Afghanistan, all right? Yeah. We're working multiple other angles through NCPTF. I end up in direct comms with a driver in Kabul. One thing leads to another, and I have a ground team in Kabul now. We're able to move people all over the place. We were getting people into Blackgate.

I ended up in chats with Scott Mann. Oz Geist. That's how I met Sarah Adams. And right at the same time, I started getting, because of Black Rifle's success and because of the gun industry's general disdain for criminals and druggies, I started getting kind of open about my background. You know what I mean? And I had the exact opposite feedback that I was expecting, especially on LinkedIn.

I ended up in chats with Scott Mann. Oz Geist. That's how I met Sarah Adams. And right at the same time, I started getting, because of Black Rifle's success and because of the gun industry's general disdain for criminals and druggies, I started getting kind of open about my background. You know what I mean? And I had the exact opposite feedback that I was expecting, especially on LinkedIn.

I ended up in chats with Scott Mann. Oz Geist. That's how I met Sarah Adams. And right at the same time, I started getting, because of Black Rifle's success and because of the gun industry's general disdain for criminals and druggies, I started getting kind of open about my background. You know what I mean? And I had the exact opposite feedback that I was expecting, especially on LinkedIn.

Like, people... not only appreciated my openness, a lot of people were like, oh, you know, I used to fight that too, especially from the firearms industry itself. I was actually kind of surprised. So I'm in these chats with all these people who can certainly pull up my background and figure out exactly who I am and what I've done. So it's good that I'm already being open.

Like, people... not only appreciated my openness, a lot of people were like, oh, you know, I used to fight that too, especially from the firearms industry itself. I was actually kind of surprised. So I'm in these chats with all these people who can certainly pull up my background and figure out exactly who I am and what I've done. So it's good that I'm already being open.

Like, people... not only appreciated my openness, a lot of people were like, oh, you know, I used to fight that too, especially from the firearms industry itself. I was actually kind of surprised. So I'm in these chats with all these people who can certainly pull up my background and figure out exactly who I am and what I've done. So it's good that I'm already being open.

As we get closer to the 26th of August, things are getting real dicey in Kabul. Um, like we've had, we've had Afghans get shot on the other end of the phone with us while we're trying to guide them in. I've been given access to this geoscent reporting tool where we're able to see real time gunfire around the airport, where the checkpoints are. We're navigating like from 8,500 miles away.