Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ben-Iesau akabatana neCoast Guard muna 1986 kuti awane G.I. Bill uye adzokere kumusha kukoreji. Basa rake raida kusvika makore 25 raisanganisira nzvimbo dzokubatira muSan Diego, Louisville, Baton Rouge, Houston, neNew Orleans. Apo dutu raKatrina rakarova, iye akarondedzerwa somubatiri weU.S. Coast Guard kuguta guru. Bhuku rake raakazvitsvakira, "The Long September: the social life of a Katrina responder", rinorondedzera zvakaitika kwaari zvisati zvaitika, panguva, uye nokukurumidza pashure pedutu. Akanga ari Mukuru wePublic and Government Affairs weEighth Coast Guard District panguva yeDeepwater Horizon
njodzi yekudonha kwemafuta muna 2010, uye akasiya basa achangobva kuwana chinzvimbo cheMukuru.