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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 something the US and the world will need to get better at addressing as we continue to learn more about it. Please enjoy this episode and give us your feedback. If we didn’t answer your questions, please let us know!

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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 you and your family to help support you in great times and difficult times.  Finally we touch on overseas assignments with kids and what it is realistically like having a family while being in Special Warfare.  Please enjoy this episode and give us your feedback. If we didn’t answer your questions, please let us know!

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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 did, a lot on Phase II, and deployments.  He's a bundle of energy that cannot and will not be contained.  He's a good friend of ours and will help to stir you in the right direction for your path to be a CRO, AFSPECWAR, or the SOF Community as a whole.  Please enjoy this episode and give us your feedback. If we didn’t answer your questions, please let us know!

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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 AFSCs).  There is some story time thrown in from Wink's experiences when he was in Okinawa, Japan and the humanitarian aid and relief efforts in Puerto Rico post Hurricane Irma and Maria.  Wink is absolutely a pipe hitter and we feel privileged to have him on.  Please enjoy this episode and give us your feedback. If we didn’t answer your questions, please let us know!

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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 similar experiences that we did when we were training for the pipeline and had the same discussions with family and friends.  Please enjoy this episode and give us your feedback. If we didn’t answer your questions, please let us know!

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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 her challenges that she faced during assessment and selection, some of her favorite and not so favorite parts of the pipeline, and also how she ultimately was not able to pass due to a land navigation error.  This was a fun episode to record and gives some good insight and perspective to consider when you're considering joining Special Warfare.  Please enjoy this episode and give us your feedback. If we didn’t answer your questions, please let us know!

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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 Special Tactics Squadrons.  Each until in the Air National Guard handles their recruitment process differently in both the Special Tactics Squadron and Air Support Operations Squadron realms.  Please enjoy this episode and give us your feedback. If we didn’t answer your questions, please let us know!

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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 from our time in the UK failed by jumping, focusing on a cow, hitting said cow, having said cow poop on him, and then being dragged through more poop.  It's a good little story!  Please enjoy this episode and give us your feedback. If we didn’t answer your questions, please let us know!

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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 the capability gaps that exist.  Please enjoy this episode and give us your feedback. If we didn’t answer your questions, please let us know!

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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 operator.  Both require some serious grit and intestinal fortitude that is second to none.  We discuss the 80%/20% rule while in the pipeline and how much we love this community of ours.  We wrap up with a quick lightening round of questions and answers to close us out.  Please enjoy this episode and give us your feedback. If we didn’t answer your questions, please let us know!

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