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Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we sit down with the United States Special Operations Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Chief Greg Smith.  Chief Smith has had a colorful career and has gone from a Weapons Loader on A-10s to an AC-130 Gunner, to the Special Operations Command Europe Senior Enlisted to Air Force Special Operations Command Senior Enlisted, to Special Operatio...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we sit down with an overall great human being, Sam Sheriff from the REORG Charity.  Sam was once a Royal Marine before his recent retirement where he was the first Royal Marine to receive his black belt in Brazilian Jujitsu.  Sam then help organize and start a fantastic chary called REORG where they focus on brining veterans and others wou...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we sit down with one of the most well-travelled and well-intentioned people out there in the AFSW community, he goes by the name Funky Bunkly.  Bunkly is a USAF TACP who has spent his time at numerous ASOSs and shared instructor time and experiences with Trent and Brian at their respective schoolhouses.  Bunkly is well known for being trav...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we have the one and only Col Allison Black who is appropriately nicknamed the Angel of Death.   Col Black actually goes into how she received that callsign and it's a great story that is seldom told.  She's also cover her time as an enlisted SERE Specialist followed by some of the camaraderie she has experienced through her time...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we have Greg Jackson.  Greg is kind of a big deal in the world of American mixed martial arts as he Jackson Wink MMA Academy in Albuquerque, NM.  He's considered to run one of the top training centers in the world.  Greg has a rich history with the Pararescue community as he is the Honorary Commander for the Pararescue/Combat Rescue A...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we have SOCOM HQ SGM Matt Parrish.  Matt is an 18-series Green Beret who has been in the game for over 20 years now.  Throughout his time he's had numerous AFSW attachments which he talks about as well as some of the personal attributes that made those attachments successful in integrating with the ODA.  We also hit on the POTFF (pres...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, Prime from Deepend Fitness joins us in the team room.  Prime Hall along with his partner Don Tran started up a very unique fitness regime that in the past was only reserved for Special Operations, freedivers, or water polo players.  They have now transferred these skills into the civilian sector and are putting your everyday person throug...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, we have Nikki Selby, but she's better known on the Gram as Fly Girl RN.  Nikki is a Navy veteran of 24 years and has both served time as an enlisted Search and Rescue Corpsman and then transferred to the dark side where she became a Naval officer becoming a Nurse.  Nikki competes in many events such as the Tactical Games that involve...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we have the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force #19, Chief JoAnne Bass.  We cover a litany of topics in this episode ranging from topics about social media, CMSAF's WHY, the new Accelerate Change or Lose initiative, mistakes she has made in the past, the USAF's view on professional military education versus job performance, di...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we have  a guest with a skill set that many of you have been waiting on, Justin who is an Air Force Special Operations Command Combat Aviation Advisor (CAA) with the 6th SOS.  To date there is little information about what CAA's do in AFSOC, but this episode should shed some light on the topic.  Justin covers a bunch of different topi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we have  the 330th Recruiting Squadron Commander, Lt Col Steve Cooper.  Lt Col Cooper is a Special Tactics Officer and newly appointed Commander of the recruiting squadron that's dedicated to AFSW.  They specialize in recruiting and developing the next batch of AFSW members ranging from CCT, PJ, SR, TACP, EOD, and SERE.  Lt Col Cooper...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Ones Ready podcast we have Dr. Doug in the Team Room.  Dr. Doug has a background much more impressive than our own as he has helped train athletes in the Major Baseball League, the National Basketball Association, X-games, and even the Summer Olympics.  Another little known fact is that he was one of the USAF's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year, which h...

Send us Fan Mail Buckle up for this episode because we have Jason Ellis on!  Jason or as most people know him Ellismate is a retired professional skateboarder from Australia.  Along with Tony Hawk, Ellismate dominated the skating community for many years before transitioning to one of the highest rated shows on Sirius XM.  Recently though, Ellismate has left all of that behind to start his own pod...

Send us Fan Mail You asked for it and now it's coming at you hot!  The Ones Ready team invites your favorite CRO, JMac back into the Team Room for round two of story time.  We were all over the place on this episode with a mix of mentorship, reminiscing about the good times and team mates we lost, and of course story telling.  There may or may not be some incriminating stories in this episode...

Send us Fan Mail This week in the Ones Ready Team Room we have one of many Pararescue legends, retired Chief Tony Negron.  Chief Negron is well known across his peers in the community as a stellar PJ, but now that he's retired even new PJs know he's a legend.  Chief Negron had a colorful career as a PJ from doing time in Air Force Special Operations Command, to Air Combat Command, and al...

Send us Fan Mail This week in the Ones Ready Team Room we have two guests from the US Coast Guard community, Cody and Vince.  Cody and Vince are not only Rescue Swimmers, but are also hosts on the Rescue Swimmer Mindset podcast available on Youtube and all podcast platforms.  During this episode we discuss what the mission is and the primary job of a Rescue Swimmer as well as how they are task org...

Send us Fan Mail This week in the Ones Ready Team Room we have retired US Navy SEAL Terry Houin.  Terry and Ones Ready were linked up through some mutual friends of our who you all know, Eberlestock.  Terry was a pre-9/11 US Navy SEAL and retired after 27 years of service as a Master Chief.  He is now a success entrepreneur involved in a handful of things.  Before retiring from the Navy he was an...

Send us Fan Mail This week in the Ones Ready Team Room we have Sean "Buck" Rogers on who is a prior US Army Green Beret who is also the host of the FNG Academy which can be found on YouTube and other podcast platforms.  Buck spent over 8 years as a Green Beret or Special Forces (SF) at 10th Special Forces Group and then transitioned to 19th Special Forces Group until finally getting out...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode of the Ones Ready podcast we have Tactical Air Control Party Officer (TACPO) Capt Tyler Quinn.  Capt Quinn has been in the TACP world for the last 17 years and was originally enlisted before taking his expertise to the dark side.  During this episode we will discuss what TACPOs do, what TACPO deployments are like, and how they integrate with the big gre...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of the Ones Ready podcast we sit down with the infamous SAR-Pup, Callie...and her handler Rudy.  Rudy has been a Pararescueman for 13 years and served in Active Duty first and then transitioned to the Guard at the 123rd STS.  His teammate Callie is a 3.5 year Dutch Sheppard who is specially trained in search and rescue.  She has additional qualifications as...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of the Ones Ready podcast we sit down with our very own Combat Controller, Peaches.  He walks us through how he originally came into be a PJ because he didn't know about CCT, but given the opportunity made the switch.  Peaches this discusses changes to the pipeline and the mindset behind the changes from when he came through to where it's at now. ...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of the Ones Ready podcast we sit down with Brent Manny who directly supports NASA, SpaceX, and the Space Force as a retired PJ.  Brent goes through his background of how he was one of the first PJs to arrive at Moody AFB, GA then was assigned to the 24 STS before breaking his back and becoming an instructor.  He is a teacher at heart and he proves that durin...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of the Ones Ready podcast you finally get what you have been begging for...more information on Special Reconnaissance!  Now that SR's Career Field Education and Training Plan (CFETP) have been written and approved, we can now discuss some of the many skillsets they will have.  Now you already know long range shooting and flying organic and data-linked n...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of the Ones Ready podcast we sit down with RJ Casey who is basically like the guy you only read about...an all American hero.  RJ has a resume that would make Arnold jealous!  After attending the New Mexico Military Institute he commissioned into the Army as an 11A, then went to Ranger school and the Special Forces Selection Course to become an 18A.  RJ want...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of the Ones Ready podcast we take a deep dive into everything Pararescue.  You’ll know some of the differences between PJs and 18Ds from an aspect of clinical medicine versus trauma.  Pararescue has a wide array of mission set they can cover down on.  Anything from high angle rescue, swift water rescue, extraction, CSAR, and anything Personnel Recovery relat...