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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 physical training, nutrition, recovery, and mindset traits essential to any team. Join us in The Team Room to get all your questions answered!! With battle-tested operators from across USAF SPECWAR and far-reaching web of recruiters, subject matter experts, and friends, there are no questions we can’t answer- and if we can’t, we know exactly where to look. See you in The Team Room!Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the OnesReady team are those of the team and do not reflect the official policy or position of the DoD. Any content provided by our Podcast guests, bloggers, sponsors, or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign the DoD, any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone.

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Ep 273: SERE Pipeline Deep Dive with SERE Specialist Kortney James! Nov 04, 2023

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Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape- or SERE- is not just a training you'll go through in the Air Force Special Warfare pipelines. As you all know (we have the most informed and well-read teammates here on the podcast, in Discord, and on the IG page), SERE is a robust and interesting career field in the Air Force.
We wanted to do a deep dive into all things SERE, so we brought on our friend Kortney James, a SERE Specialist, to get down into the nitty-gritty of everything it takes to make it through the SERE pipeline.
Thanks to Kortney for being willing to sit down with us and get you the answers you need to pursue your dream of becoming a SERE Specialist in the Air Force! If you have any questions we didn't cover, head over to www.gosere.af.mil and check everything out!
00:00 Aaron stole the intro for once (Peaches wasn't ready)
00:50 Kortney's Background
03:00 How much info did you have before starting
05:45 SERE Development
10:00 Being a Teacher vs Being an Instructor
23:00 San Antonio to Spokane and pre-team stories
33:00 Phases in the apprentice course
47:00 Attributes of a successful candidate
58:00 first assignments and future
1:03:00 Advice and wrap
10:30 We’re all teachers
12:30 Public speaking
16:30 BMT to Selection
19:15 Depending on your team
23:00 Transition between Selection and Fairchild
30:30 gosere.af.mil // How long is Team?
33:30 Phases you struggled with the most
46:45 SERE Attributes
54:00 First-year post-graduation
59:00 SERE at other units
1:02:45 What’s next for you?
1:05:00 Advice

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Ep 272: Air Force Basic Training and AFSPECWAR Training Program Oct 28, 2023

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The Air Force is looking for America's best- not just for Air Force Special Warfare but for the entire Air Force. One of the main questions we get is, "How early should I start training for the Air Force- and what should I do?" Well, as always, we brought on the Subject Matter experts to address just that for Air Force Special Operations hopefuls and everyone across the United States looking to become part of the world's greatest Air Force!
JD Mata and Zach Kinninger are experienced athletes and coaches who went from accomplished Top 25 collegiate football teams to the Special Warfare Candidate Course. While working with the best coaching staff in the DoD at Joint Base San Antonio, their team realized that they needed to go above and beyond to get a higher success rate.
The USAF Special Warfare Pre-Accession Preparation Manual was born from that initial idea. After thousands of man-hours utilizing cutting-edge research and tons of data, the SWCC team was able to field the step-by-step playbook for success in Air Force Special Warfare pipelines and beyond.
Copy and paste the link below into your browser to get everything from the manual to studies about injury prevention and more. If you are serious about a career in the Air Force and Air Force Special Warfare- don't wait. Get this FREE resource and start today!
https://linktr.ee/swhpsresearch
00:00 The intro with the least popular guy on (most likely) the planet
01:18 Zach and JD's Intro
04:00 Common issues with brand new trainees- bone stress and lack of fitness
08:00 Day-to-day actions to prepare for Basic Training and the IFT
11:15 How important is the warmup? How about specificity?
19:40 Breaking through plateaus
25:08 Regeneration days are not rest days
27:45 Ice- yes or no? Sauna?
31:00 "Building your engine" and support muscles
36:00 How important is swimming? How do you increase your bandwidth?
38:00 How do you feel when students leave SWCC and head to their next course?
41:00 Where to find the website - https://linktr.ee/swhpsresearch
42:30 Aaron actually lost to Chase 230.74 - 117.74, and had to write an apology to the whole league. Because Aaron sucks at Fantasy Football (amongst other things).

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Ep. 271 - Why is AFSPECWAR Recruiting Down? Oct 21, 2023

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You have read about it in the news and heard us talk about it before, but this week we take a deep dive into exactly why we think recruiting is down not only in the Air Force, but across the entire Department of Defense.
Peaches and Trent highlight every issue they could think of so that you can be armed with the information you need.
00:00 The intro and the recruitment numbers
02:30 You are joining us; we aren't going to change to accommodate you
05:00 Standards change, Peaches says something nice about Aaron (it was appreciated)
12:00 Colorblind standards and flight physicals
18:00 Political Parties
24:00 SNCO’s Obesity
31:00 Decline in patriotism is bogus
36:00 Why would I join the military
37:00 VA scammers
45:30 ***Hoist ad-read ONESREADY
47:15 ***CardoMAX ad-read ONESREAD
54:00 Distance to recruiting stations
56:45 Antiquated recruiting processes

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Ep. 270: How to be a Bad Candidate in AFSPECWAR and in the Air Force Oct 14, 2023

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We get asked about how to be a good candidate, good cone, or a good operator in the AFSPECWAR career fields. Well, we have covered that before- but we thought that getting you all the traits of a bad teammate so you can avoid those things in the future.
This one is for all you cones and quitters that may do some of the stuff in this episode- time to realize it and stop before it bites you!
00:00 The intro and Peaches immediately shames Aaron
02:15 What are we talking about?
03:40 Peaches has regret about the intro, not asking questions
04:45 Acronyms and 9A’s
08:40 Aaron hates fat people
10:30 Injured vs lazy
14:50 Walk past trash
17:28 What are you here for?
18:00 22STS new bldg
20:56 Treating SWMS like crap
26:50 Check out 18A and Hoist!!!
31:30 Making Excuses
34:30 Accountability or lack thereof
36:30 Jared on mistakes
44:20 EPR’s being broken example
46:40 Not putting the team first
52:30 Lying / Integrity

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Ep 269: Ones Ready- Deep Dive: Training in AFSPECWAR Oct 07, 2023

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Training for any one of the Air Force Special Warfare jobs never stops- but what do you focus on? Who runs the training now, that AFSOC has made a change in how we train and to what standard?
Aaron and Peaches dive into all things training in this week's podcast.
00:00 The intro and the rise of Silly Goose Tactical
02:00 Train how you fight vs training for a fight and how we train to our absolute limits
15:45 Proper training attire and story time, and adding realistic stress
27:00 Why Instructors have "ism's" and How Realistic Training Saves Lives
40:00 Where do scenarios come from? How about lessons learned?
55:30 - ***ad-read Hoist***
56:15 - Who’s going to curry the goats?

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Ep 268: The Air Force and the Future Fight- What's Next? Sep 30, 2023

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At this point, it's a buzzword- but what role is the United States Air Force going to play in the "future fight", or the next conflict? You have questions, we have... a conversation to help you understand your own questions.
While we might not answer every single question you have, we hope we did help you to understand that the only constant is change.
Oh, and we talk about the dive removal, this time with Peaches, which means that we won't get memed over it. We shall see, I guess.
Thanks for hanging out with us here in the Team Room!
Most importantly, what did we get wrong?
00:00 Attention Seeking Fajita Behaviors
01:30 Defining the future fight, what do we do to prepare,
13:30 Best exercise Cold Response and Jackal Stone, the strongest operator ever, and BEEF 19
20:20 Staying disciplined for training and the fight
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30:30 Thoughts of Dive School Removal
38:30 Accountability, rules of the Ronin, Hanlon's Razor
45:00 What's Next for Controllers at Dive and is CCT Ready?
47:00 REGULATORS, Mount Up
48:05 The 🔪 gets a heads up to come and say what's up

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Ep 267: USAF Veteran, Combat Control Spouse Rizzy Howard Sep 27, 2023

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Rizzy Howard served honorably in the United States Air Force (USAF) in Services, specifically Mortuary Affairs, before meeting her future husband and Combat Controller Jonathan Howard. Check out the full episode with Jonathan Howard and the great work he is doing now!
Rizzy and Jonathan found a lot of different ways to serve, culminating in their combined service with the ⁠ and their continued work to support Air Force Special Operations Combat Controllers and their families.
This was a real, raw, and honest podcast about the realities of service in all different career fields, not just Air Force Special Warfare career fields!
00:00 - Trent shames the audience on the intro
03:40 - Services job description
05:45 - Mortuary affairs experience
07:30 - Dark military humor that leads to love, the maggot lady, and Jonathan falls in love
11:25 - Rizzy ruins rice and barbecue
16:30 - Expectations of Combat Control
21:00 - Wives being left alone, challenges, and supporting your spouse in the pipeline and beyond
32:00 - Leaving the AF, real estate
34:30 - SOF mindset as a civilian
36:00 - Marriage is hard
40:00 - First There Foundation
45:00 - Keeping in touch with folks
48:40 - Lessons Learned

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Ep 266: Ones Ready -Trent and Aaron: Through the Looking Glass Sep 23, 2023

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Aaron and Trent tackle everything they could possibly think of in this one. If you are looking for great information on how to succeed in Air Force Special Warfare... maybe check out the library of other episodes.
If you want to talk about allegations, conspiracy theories, and wild assumptions, you are in the right place.
Please listen to Trent and leave your one comment in the comment section.
00:00 Intro
00:30 Aaron Iraq story / Lebron: telling people what they need to hear
05:15 Dive school discussion
06:30 Matt Parrish meme lord
07:30 Cultural leadership
09:00 Army deaths and murders and Tinker
10:30 Cannon property values
12:30 The Hal Moore of our generation
14:30 The original memes- cartoons
20:30 Leaders making decisions for reasons
23:00 Malicious compliance
26:30 Where is dive going?
30:00 Pipeline efficiency
33:30 Leaving the career field
36:50 The Flu makes a comeback?
37:30 Ohio and fantasies for grown men
39:40 Shoutout to the Browns fans
41:30 Chasing clout
42:55 What we’ve learned doing the podcast
48:55 Self-deprecating humor
51:00 Tyrants

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Ep 265: Security Halt Podcast Mental Health Advocate Deny Caballero Sep 20, 2023

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Deny Caballero of Security Halt has a single goal- to provide peer-to-peer mental health support to veterans like him to stem the tide of veteran suicides.
Deny has a lifetime of trauma from his time as a Special Forces Soldier in 7th Group and nearly lost his own battle with mental health. From that struggle, Deny came up with the idea for ⁠ and neer looked back.
We want to say thanks to Deny for coming on the podcast and for sharing his story. Follow him on all his socials for Security Halt, please check out and check out his podcast. A like, review, and some comments are free, take no time, and will help out Deny's project immensely.
00:00 The Intro where Aaron is average
02:41 The Intro where Peaches is great
02:00 Deny Caballero’s background
09:45 Stuck in a rut
19:45 Military Health Complex
22:45 Peer to Peer
35:30 Shout out to VB and REORG, finding a tribe other ways, and mindfulness
36:00 Hollywood’s portray Veterans wrong
50:00 Identity, transition, and ego- find your purpose
56:00 Security Halt! & Integrative Performance Labs

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Ep 264: Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman - SEAC Ramon Colon-Lopez Sep 16, 2023

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The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) is a highly respected military position and rank in the US Department of Defense. The SEAC is the most senior enlisted service member by position in the US Armed Forces. They are appointed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) to advise on joint and combined total force integration, utilization, and health of the force. Additionally, they serve as a spokesperson on issues affecting all enlisted personnel. The SEAC may have varying duties as determined by the Chairman, but typically spends a lot of time traveling throughout the Department of Defense, observing education and training, and communicating with the total force, including active and reserve members, veterans, retirees, and military families. The SEAC's term of service is usually 2 years and coincides with the Chairman's tenure, with the possibility of reappointment.
SEAC and Pararescue Legend Ramon Colon-Lopez is the first Airman to hold that position, as the 4th SEAC, and a leader without equal.
Huge thank you to SEAC CZ for taking the time to sit down with Peaches and Aaron on this edition of the Ones Ready Podcast!

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