Korey Rowe

Korey Rowe is a producer of Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup, a film by Dylan Avery. Rowe was born in Oneonta, New York and currently lives in Los Angeles, California where he became a filmmaker. Rowe was among the first invading combat units deployed to Iraq after 9/11. He served for two years in the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion forces also known as The Rakkasans. He was discharged in June 2005 and then joined the production of Loose Change.

On July 23, 2007, he was arrested at his home in Oneonta, New York, based on a military warrant charging him with felony desertion.[1] Two days later he was returned to his unit at Fort Campbell, Kentucky,[2] although he states that he received an honorable discharge and returned to uniform of his own accord, and that he is attempting to expunge his name completely from the system.[3] Rowe would later post scans of his certificate of honorable discharge from the U.S. Army on his blog.[4]

Rowe was at the end of his active-duty enlistment in the summer of 2005 when he was told his unit would be re-deployed to Iraq. Rowe's unit, the 187th Infantry Regiment, was due to return to Iraq in August 2007, but was eventually granted release. On Friday, January 28, 2011 Rowe was arrested with a 19-year-old Brooklyn man for allegedly selling heroin to an undercover police officer. Rowe was released on bail.[5] The charges were dropped and he was charged with misdemeanor facilitation.

As owner of Prism Pictures, LLC. Korey produces, directs, shoots and edits videos ranging from Narrative features, shorts, commercials, and YouTube Series. His most recent film, Mile Marker, explores events leading to the death of a former battle buddy, Jesse Snider, who took his own life in March 2014 after a losing his battle with PTSD and subsequent run-ins with the law. In a quest to find answers and raise awareness, he embarked on a 7000-mile road trip throughout the United States to chronicle the tragic story of Jesse through the lens of friends from their unit — all Rakkasans, who share their emotional stories.

Having found relief of his own symptoms of PTSD, Korey advocates for policy change at the federal level as a matter of life and death for some veterans. Once reprimanded for use of cannabis while on active duty, he was among the few who didn’t lose retirement benefits or his honorable discharge status. Most veterans with felony drug convictions are stripped of all military benefits and honorable discharge status. He believes no veteran should have their full retirement and VA benefits or honorable discharge revoked for use of cannabis if it helps them cope with PTSD and combat injuries.

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