Ben Airhart was a member of the BSAA on Chris Redfield's squad in Edonia. He was killed at the age of 27 in an attack that wiped out most of the squad on December 24, 2012. Although the death of Ben and others caused Chris to leave the BSAA and attempt to drink away his guilt, six months later Piers Nivans manages to use their deaths to convince Chris to come back to the BSAA and assist with the outbreak in Lanshiang.