Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Ben-Iesau ki te Kaitiaki Moana i te tau 1986 kia whiwhi ai ia i te pire G.I. kia hoki ai ki te whare wānanga. Ko tana mahi tata ki te 25 tau i uru atu ki nga waahi mahi i San Diego, Louisville, Baton Rouge, Houston, me New Orleans. I te parekura o Hurricane Katrina, i whakauruhia ia hei hononga a te US Coast Guard ki te whare taone nui. Ko tana pukapuka i whakaputahia e ia ano, "Te Mahuru roa: te oranga hapori o te kaiwhakaora Katrina", e whakaahua ana i ona wheako i mua, i te wa, i muri tonu i te tupuhi. Ko ia te Tumuaki mo te Hapori me te Kawanatanga mo te Takiwa o te Kaitiaki Moana-a-Kiwa i te wa o te
I mate a Deepwater Horizon i te tau 2010, ka reti wawe i muri i te whiwhinga o te Kaiwhakahaere.