Army Vet* Ben Owen: Fighting the US Government to Save Afghan Allies

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Ben Owen, founder of Flanders Fields and founding member of Moral Compass Federation, sits down with Nick Palmisciano's buddy "Hollywood" in Scott Mann's Rooftop Leadership Office in Tampa and discusses the two year battle he took part in to save Afghan allies downrange.

What began as a data intelligence effort to rescue a few allies eventually became a large scale safe housing network run by Ben and his wife Jessica, spanning several cities in Afghanistan and a few countries beyond.

The collapse of Afghanistan and the Taliban's takeover of Kabul had far reaching effects that spanned generations of warfighters and civilians alike, all committed to honoring a promise our government made to our allies, who they then abandoned.

Hear from Ben about their wins, their losses, lives both saved and lost, and an effort that changed the world.

*Ben made us add the asterisk after Army Vet because "I'm barely a veteran. I enlisted, briefly wore a uniform, and was honorably discharged. That's the extent of my service. I didn't serve long and certainly didn't do anything impressive during my short time as a soldier."

Ben also delivered written testimony to chairman McCaul’s first House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Afghanistan at the Capitol in Washington DC.