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Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ha...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 st...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 of...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Wa...

Send us Fan Mail 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 mi...

Send us Fan Mail 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 w...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Gua...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 SOW...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode of the Ones Ready podcast, we have up and coming professional mixed martial arts fighter and prior USAF Combat Controller, Connor "Bad News" Matthews.  Connor was a Combat Controller from 2013 thru 2019 and has been kicking ass and taking names since he was a child.  He talks about the required mentality required to fight versus being a SOF op...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone is going to want to buckle up for this rollercoaster of an episode where the Ones Ready team and  “OB” discuss how the Thai Cave Rescue transpired.  These teams from numerous countries were able to work together against all odds (a continuously flooding cave, hungry and scared kids, cold water, an enormous cave network, shall I continue???).  There are some real nailbiter...

Send us Fan Mail The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has a unique set of skills.  Skills that make saving lives easy for someone like them.  They're called the Special Tactics Special Operations Surgical Team or SOST for short.  The Ones Ready team spoke to two of these SOST pipe hitters about what it takes to be SOST and the type of person they're looking for.  Their ability a...

Send us Fan Mail The Ones Ready team is going to dive into some of the more common questions we get to help you out!  Some of these questions include "should I go to college first and then join?" or "what sports should I be doing in high school to help me prepare?" and many more.  You are not the only one with these questions and we recognize that!  This is why we made this epi...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, the Ones Ready team will discuss some of the differences between officers and enlisted within Special Warfare.  We’ll discuss how we see the roles of an officer and an enlisted member differ when thinking about who is “in charge” and who is “in command” because there is a difference.  Some of the good characteristics of officers will be covered as well as some of...

Send us Fan Mail Every once in a while living legends will step in your life and function at such a high-level that they unwillingly embarrass you.  Roomba is that person in the TACP career field.  Roomba started off as a conventional TACP working large maneuvering Army Armor (tanks) units. Building on his foundations he wanted more, so he went to Airborne School to increase his abilities.  Even t...

Send us Fan Mail What a year Pararescueman TSgt Kenneth "OB" O'Brien has had!  First he was part of the Thai Cave rescue operations, treated a Korean after a tractor fire, was part of President Trump's medical protection detail, saved an infant on his flight on the way to be named United States Air Force 12 Outstanding Airmen Of The Year!  All of this happened in a span of a ye...

Send us Fan Mail Transitioning from a civilian to an Airman can be an interesting experience, to say the least.  Learning to make your bed, fold your shirts, dress, and shower how the Air Force wants you to all while saying "why the hell am I doing it this way"?!.  The Ones Ready team will discuss their personal experiences all while discussing the hilarity of the transition and what the...

Send us Fan Mail Air Force Special Warfare will be implementing some changes into the contracts of new recruits and crosstrainees called the Special Warfare Open Enlistment.  This are excited changes for the Special Warfare career fields and something that has been in the works for a long time.  The Ones Ready team will discuss what these changes are and what they mean for you going forward.  Thes...

Send us Fan Mail Every human has obstacles in their life that will get between them and their intended goal.  Some of these obstacles are internal obstacles like fear of heights or even your current fitness level.  Other obstacles could be external which could be family, friends, or coworkers questioning if you can make it.  Other external obstacles could be difficulties finding a pool to train in...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Ones Ready podcast, the team will discuss some of the ways that you can set yourself up for success when you're exploring cross-training opportunities,  ways you can gain the support of your Chain of Command and how important it is to have their support.  Also we'll cover the importance of the attention to detail you need to give your cross-trainin...

Send us Fan Mail The Ones Ready team have heard your questions, pondered them as some of life's great mysteries, and answered your questions from their experiences. We'll go through what you can expect for your daily life while on the teams, not deployed and not training at alternate locations.  We'll visit what daily life is like as a SR operator flying small unmanned aerial system...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are talking about how important recovery is and how you should go about recovering while you’re training for the pipeline and while you’re in the pipeline.  If you’re not paying attention to your recovery efforts, you’re shortchanging yourself and putting yourself at risk for injury. Want to watch this episode on Youtube? https://youtu.be/GPz6tCXUvK4 Need the show notes?...