Ben joined the RVSS team in June 2023.  He is a combat veteran who retired from the Marine Corps after 20 years of honorable service.  Not one for the regular, he began his career as an enlisted Scout/Sniper for 2/1 Surveillance and Target Acquisition and left as a KC-130J Aircraft Commander and Current Operations Officer for 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies through the University of Washington in 2009 and a secondary assignment as an Environmental Engineer along the way.