DAWN PATROL

For The Thirteen

A Veterans Day Tribute To Our Troops & All Who Serve

I wrote, produced and directed this video featuring a 100% veteran cast to honor the thirteen USMC American Service Members who left no one behind in Kabul on August 26, 2021. And to recognize the selfless bravery and raw patriotism of the former SF operators, lead by LTC Scott Mann (Ret.), who executed Operation Pineapple Express.

Mike McKee (Ret. U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Candidate | CBS’ S.E.A.L. Team) and Chris Hogan (USMC) toast: “Fresh or stale - never mattered. This was our very own flavor of freedom.”

Together, those guys voluntarily inserted back into Afghanistan to rescue over 700 ANA interpreters and their families from the Taliban and ISIS. DAWN PATROL is a visual allegory of the kind of bonds that can only be formed by soldiers in combat - and to the promises only true warriors can keep.

BELOW: I cut a shorter, more “commercial” version that I hope will someday help me get a job with a popular coffee company.

COFFEE & CAJONES

And here are a few stills from my first conceptualization of the idea, the development of the “look,” writing, pre-production, production BTS and final cut.