Ones Ready

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down with two Insta-famous C-17 pilots Jared (@hepilots) and Emily (flyywithemily) Barkemeyer.  These two are the "Dream Team" of C-17 pilots, USAF officers, athletes, and parents.  They are crushing life and the job and find time to sit down with us while they were on a trip to discuss their journeys in becoming p...

Send us Fan Mail Nearly every person living today has had their lives touched by cancer in one way or another. In the military, it sure seems that there are many, many more instances than the relative populace.  Well, in steps HunterSeven Foundation. Directly from the horses mouth- "Our Mission: To research military exposures and their impact on the health of the veteran population, with the...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down with Kate Gladdin and really, where do we start the list with everything she does.  Kate is a motivational speaker focused on the resiliency of teenagers and young adults, but all of the lessons she teaches fundamentally transfers to adults too.  She is a successful author, podcaster, entrepreneur, and speaker.  She has...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down to go through the latest changes to the fitness test entries which used to be known as the Physical Assessment and Standards Test (PAST), but is now known as the Initial Fitness Test (IFT).  Then while you're in the Special Warfare Candidate Course you'll have to take the Candidate Fitness Test (CFT) which is...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down with an AFSPECWAR TACP who happens to be in the Air National Guard and works for Massif, SSgt Josh Lawrence.  Josh is a part-time Guardsman who is a TACP.  When he's not out calling in close air support and being an all around badass, he is a sales rep for a law enforcement, fire, and military gear company by the n...

Send us Fan Mail On this Episode Trent sits down with another living legend. Troy Knight is a plank holder for the Australian CCT program. He’s a combat veteran and a published author. He is now retired and spends his time and resources giving back to the veteran community and fighting kangaroos in the outback (probably on the last one). His book “Havoc 06” chronicles his journey and sheds light o...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down with retired Combat Controller Chief and Legend, Mike Lamonica.  Chief Lamonica is renowned across the Special Tactics and Special Operations community.  He's had five combat jumps and a countless number of missions to boot.  What he's more proud about though is everything that him and the Combat Control Assoc...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down for round II with Prime Hall and Don Tran to talk about all of the goodness that Deepend Fitness is out there doing with underwater workouts, breath work, and the Underwater Torpedo League.  These guys have taken Deepend Fitness to the next level by helping people achieve their goals, learn to swim, and conquer anxiety...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down with soon the be Chief Cox who is currently the Careerfield Functional Manager (CFM) for Special Reconnaissance for the US Air Force.  As the CFM, he manages the movement of SR Airmen as well as set the tone for the future of SR as it pertains to the USAF.  This is a deep dive of the history of SR, where it currently si...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down with retired Royal Air Force officer Peter Docker.  Peter is a well known speaker on leadership and the author of Leading from the Jumpseat.  This is a book rooted in leadership with tenants that the Ones Ready team learned later on in their careers, but could have used this mentorship a long time ago!  Thank you to Pet...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down with Command Chief Erik Thompson who is one half of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Command Team.  AETC is responsible for the beginning of all enlisted and many officer Airmen coming into the Air Force.  AETC is also responsible for much of the AFSPECWAR pipeline and shaping the future of AFSPECWAR.  Kudo...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down with SMSgt Daniel "Nasty" Staggs who is an active duty Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) member who considered one of the leading TACPs in the AFSW career field.  He's a mass of a man and discusses the future of TACP in the next five years.  Like the rest of the SOF enterprise and the rest of the DoD, we...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down with Jeb Halfacre who is a CCT, but furthermore he has been dubbed the Swimmer of the Decade by his former NCAA University.  We chat about swimming, focus getting after something you obsess about, and even ways to improve your underwaters.  Since swimming and water confidence is a large part of the AFPECWAR pipeline and...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team sits down with Taylor Starch again to speak about running. Taylor is a mad scientist when it comes to running and as he was one of the first strength and conditioning trainers within AFSPECWAR and continues to preach fitness and take people to levels they never expected.  Taylor was so good and insightful that we are going to bri...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast the team sits down with Taylor Starch to talk about fitness.  Taylor is one of the first strength and conditioning trainings within AFSPECWAR and continues to preach fitness and take people to levels they never expected.  Taylor was so good and insightful that we are going to bring him back on for several more episodes because as you can t...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast the crew sits down for a third time with JMAC in an emergency meeting with us.  JMAC was on a long run and had to get some stuff off of his chest, so he sent up a 5-line Call For Fire to get the crew together.  Did we hesitate...hell no we didn't!  I couldn't even tell you how the conversation flowed, but it did and it was fast a...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast the crew sits down with a former Pararescueman and INDOC instructor Jason AT Attinger.  AT was a well known PJ among the community, crushed cones at INDOC, then decided to take the leap to go fly the baddest machine on the planet...the USAF A-10 (ATTACK!).  These days he's driving the Hawg around killing terrorist, but when he's...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast the crew sits down with long time podcast supporter Sean Matson.  Sean is also a former Navy SEAL Officer which after separating started his own business with partner Zach to establish MATBOCK providing military gear solutions to the warfighter as well as Strike Force Energy and now CardoMax.  Sean has a true entrepreneur spirit and it sho...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast Peaches sits down with his longtime friend Ivan Ruiz. They had a litany of topics going back to some of their time at some schools, rescues during Hurricane Katrina, and the events that took place in which he was awarded the Air Force Cross. We were pretty excited to have Ivan join us and we look forward to sitting down with him again to t...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast the gang switches it up where Peaches holds Aaron's feet to the fire on one of Special Tactics’ most well known mission sets, Personnel Recovery.  This is a fast and furious episode dedicated to the Personnel Recovery mission set trying to explain what the hell it actually means, but it's provocative and it gets the people going....

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast Aaron and Peaches deep dive into the Special Tactics mission set Global Access. This is the bread and butter of the CCT capabilities, but really PJ and SR play pivotal roles in the Global Access mission sets.  Please enjoy the episode and give us your feedback. If you liked it and feel so inclined, please leave us a review.  If we didn’t a...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast the gang switches it up and Aaron grills Peaches on one of Special Tactics’ most well known mission sets, Precision Strike. Aaron rapid fires questions about Precision Strike, what’s the mission set look like, what’s the future of JTAC, and will the JTAC qualification even be a thing in the future. Please enjoy the episode and give us your...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast Peaches holds Aaron's feet to the fire to figure out what the difference between a Rescue PJ and a Special Tactics PJ is...turns out it's nothing!  We discuss the difference mission sets, aircraft used, equipment, and basing our beloved PJs can be expected to be stationed at.  The podcast is a way for us to give back, serve each...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we sit down with retired Green Beret officer and owner of 18Alpha Fitness, Kevin Edgerton.  In this episode Kevin walks us through his military career where he was originally enlisted and then became an officer.  He also talks about his time at the Q-course and how he found fitness.  Now he's out there crushing it with 18Alpha Fitness...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we sit down with the Air Force Special Operations Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Command Chief Corey Olson.  Chief Olson has spent over thirty years in the USAF and most of it in Special Operations.  He is a loadmaster by trade, but has experience at every echelon within AFSOC.  During our sit down he talks about where AFSOC has been and...