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Ones Ready

Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras

A team of active duty Combat Control (CCT), Pararescue (PJ), and Special Reconnaissance (SR) leveraging our 69 years of special operations experience to make the next generation of operators smarter, faster and stronger than we ever were. We are the PREMIERE resource for all things Air Force Special Warfare. The Ones Ready Podcast is honest talk about what it is like to go from a know-nothing high school graduate to an elite Special Operator. We will cover important practices for success including

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56:13

TBI, PTSD, & Mental Resilience in AFSPECWAR with Dr....

Ones Ready ·

2020/08/15

On this week's episode of the Ones Ready podcast we discuss the difficult, but important topic of mental health related to traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with Dr. Kate Pate. Dr. Pate is Neuroscientist, Combat Trauma Medical Researcher, CEO and co-founder of Coruna Medical, and overall badass person. Dr. Pate and the team cover a wide range of topics from general mental health to what people with TBIs deal with, and even suicide. The team realizes that

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55:35

USAF Special Warfare: Misconceptions

Ones Ready ·

2020/08/08

In the team room this week on the Ones Ready podcast the guys discuss some of the misconceptions they had prior to joining as well as some misconceptions that come from questions about AFSPECWAR. Most people think that every day SOF is out kicking in doors, jumping from planes, riding dirt bikes, and blowing shit up! Although these things happen often, they are not happening every day. There are days where required military training has to occur or medical appointments. In order to train

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73:40

Command Chief Jeff Guilmain

Ones Ready ·

2020/08/01

This week's Ones Ready episode's guest is the 24 Special Operations Wing Senior Enlisted Leader, Command Chief Jeff Guilmain. Chief Guilmain is a 30 year service member who spent his first enlistment in the USMC with Force Recon. Then he transitioned to AF Special Warfare in Combat Controller. Chief Guilmain has had a fire career in CCT which has taken him all the way to being the Special Tactics Senior Enlisted Leader. You've never seen a reading list like Chief Guilmain's

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52:48

How to get selected for SPECWAR

Ones Ready ·

2020/07/25

Switch your brain to receive mode because on this week's episode we have CCT legend Mr. Trey Free with the Ones Ready team to discuss Assessment and Selection for the 724 STG. We discuss the methodology behind the things that are done at their Assessment and Selection and how you can best prepare. They're looking for a wide range of people with many different traits, but the most common traits are critical thinkers, problem solvers, and hungry individuals who will stop at nothing to

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54:45

USAF EOD- Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Ones Ready ·

2020/07/18

You've been asking for it for a while now and we have finally listened to you! SSgt Brayden Kerr is our first USAF EOD Technician on the Ones Ready podcast. Brayden covers what aspiring USAF EOD techs can do to prepare and what to expect when you start the journey. He also discusses some of the cool equipment used by EOD and the specialty training they receive. Did you every want to know what the difference between the service's EOD techs are? Brayden covers that and more during this

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50:56

AF SpecOps Misadventures & Mischief Part 1

Ones Ready ·

2020/07/11

Gather around the camp fire kids, it's story time! This week the Ones Ready team tells a story from each of their own experiences. Some are funny, one is an impressive feat of mission planning and execution, one covers some challenges in Afghanistan, and one is about a tragic car crash. This is our first attempt at telling some of these stories and we'll look to make more of these...assuming people want to hear it! Please enjoy the episode and give us your feedback. If you liked it and

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33:25

SERE: Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape

Ones Ready ·

2020/07/04

This week the Ones Ready team is bringing a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Specialist. Justin joins us to speak about his 13 year career as a SERE Specialist in the United States Air Force. Justin talks about his experiences during his first assignment as an instructor at Fairchild AFB, WA and then some of his follow-on assignments along with deployments sprinkled in. Finally he'll give some advice on what to expect as a SERE Specialist and what they're looking for in

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43:22

AF SPECWAR FAQs

Ones Ready ·

2020/06/27

On this week's episode the Ones Ready team addresses some of the frequently asked questions that we receive weekly. We covered some of the major questions we are asked, but there are many more! We will knock out another FAQ episode in the near future, but we felt it was important to get this out there and easy to digest. Ones Ready covers the issues of age, freestyle vs combat side stroke, combat, PRK/LASIK, Special Operations Recruiters and much more! Please enjoy the episode and give us

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56:37

Interview with former A&S Cadre, Gavin Fisher

Ones Ready ·

2020/06/20

On this week's episode the Ones Ready team sits down with Gavin Fisher. Gavin Fisher is a Pararescueman that was Active Duty for several assignments and then decided to transition to a Rescue Unit in the USAF Reserves in Florida. He spent time training and deploying at his first unit and Las Vegas and then was identified to go teach and pass on his knowledge to aspiring PJs, CCTs, and SR dudes. Gavin provided some good insight from what he experiences from an instructor stand point at

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68:13

Life After Air Force Special Tactics With 1LT Jon...

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2020/06/13

The Ones Ready team sits down with a newly graduated Physician Assistant (PA), Jon Courtright. John was enlisted in the US Air Force after spending some time in Japan to become a PJ. He was a PJ for many years and even served at one of the special mission units where many of our Special Warfare team members go. After being at that unit for nine years, John decided to try his hand at being a PA. Just a few weeks ago he graduated and is on his way to his next assignment and the brand new chapter

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Interview With Superintendent Of AFSPECWAR Assessment...

Ones Ready ·

2020/06/06

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to sit down with the person in charge of running the Department of Defense school with one of the highest attrition rates, the Ones Ready team just did! The Superintendent of A&S for USAF Special Warfare took some time to deep dive into some of the frequently asked questions from those of you out there in the listening. The Superintendent didn't have much time, but we covered a lot of information, so try to keep up! This interview is

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47:29

Mental Health In USAF Special Warfare

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2020/05/30

Welp, things got a little bit interesting on this episode of the Ones Ready podcast. We dive right into the mental health topic and how it has impacted each one of us and our teammates. We look at each of our own different methods of dealing with mental health and what programs exist to help members when they are struggling. Whether you fancy yourself a badass or you've struggled with mental illness your entire life, this episode will help. Mental health is a real thing and it's

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48:13

Family in Air Force Special Warfare: Is it Possible?

Ones Ready ·

2020/05/23

In this week's episode the Ones Ready team will discuss some of the frequently asked questions from aspiring Special Warfare candidates. We discuss the first time you'll be able to see your family after graduating Basic Military Training (BMT) and how many days you can expect to be away from your family once you're operational. With all these days gone, how do we keep people from getting burnt out? We discuss this too! Thanks to programs like the POTFF, resources are available to

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85:21

Becoming A Combat Rescue Officer

Ones Ready ·

2020/05/16

Buckle up ladies and gentlemen because this episode of the Ones Ready podcast is a doozy! Capt Jon "JMac" MacKenzie is a USAF Special Warfare Combat Rescue Officer or CRO for short. JMac was prior enlisted as a USAF Crew Chief where he worked on C-130s, but then crosstrained to be an enlisted PJ. After doing the PJ mission for 10+ years he was compelled to take the officer route which landed him as a CRO. JMac covers a bunch of different topics, like failures, why he made the move he

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46:44

Becoming A Special Tactics Officer

Ones Ready ·

2020/05/09

On this week's episode of the Ones Ready podcast, Aaron sits down with Lt. "Wink" Winkeleer who is a Special Tactics Officer who recently transitioned from being an enlisted Combat Controller. They discuss the differences between the roles of enlisted and officers as well as what growing pains Wink had during his transition and his views on the Air Force Special Warfare going forward. They also discuss the recent changes to the officer AFSCs within Special Warfare (19Z series

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56:39

Why USAF Special Warfare?

Ones Ready ·

2020/05/02

On this week's episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team will discuss what initially drew them to the US Air Force Special Warfare and provide a bit of background information into who and what influenced them to join. Interesting enough you'll find out that maybe the Ones Ready team wasn't a bunch of hard charging military wannabe's. Some came from large military families where as others were the first to venture into the military. Many of you may be going through some

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44:22

Lessons from ALO/TACP Selection

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2020/04/25

On this week's episode of the Ones Ready podcast, we sit down with Amanda who is an active duty Major in the US Air Force. She's been in Force Support the majority of her career which she will explain what Force Support is during the episode. After a few years in though, she had the chance to become one of the first TACP females after combat related jobs opened up to women. As a seasoned officer and physical specimen, she was a force to be reckoned with. She'll go through some of

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47:46

TACPs Explain Pros and Cons of the Air National Guard

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2020/04/18

On this week's episode of the Ones Ready podcast, we sit down with Ben and Cody who are Air National Guard TACPs and discuss what some of the differences are between USAF Active Duty and Air National Guard. We go into detail about the transition from Active Duty to Air National Guard, how someone can go straight into the Guard if desired, and what daily life is like as a Guard member. Though this is focused on TACPs, much of the Air National Guard nuances translate directly over to the Guard

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69:59

Failure at Special Warfare Selection

Ones Ready ·

2020/04/11

On this week's episode of the Ones Ready podcast, we talk about what failing means to us. We have all failed in the past and really continue to fail on a daily basis (just being real with you). We'll discuss what we mean by failing forward, failing fast and how to deal with some failures in your life. We also talk about some of our personal failures and talk about how focusing on your failures could cause you to fail over and over. Funny enough we also discuss how one of our teammates

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USAF SPECIAL RECON INTERVIEW 1Z4X1

Ones Ready ·

2020/03/28

On this week's episode of the Ones Ready podcast, we sit down with one of the men that is leading the way forward for Special Warfare's Special Reconnaissance (SR), Garrick Lewis. He has been in the military for over 20 years and is a prior service Army Forward Observer, then transitioned to be a Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT) member. Now the transition for SOWT to SR is nearing completion, Garrick is diligently working towards ensuring SR steps off on the right foot to fill in

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