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Hey, Ones Ready team! We’ve got to spotlight an incredible organization that's changing lives—QRF Up. This revolutionary app is on a mission to prevent veteran and first responder suicides by offering immediate crisis intervention and comprehensive aftercare support. It’s more than just an app; it’s a lifeline that connects users directly with therapists and mental health professionals in their area, ensuring they get the help they need when they need it the most.

The impact? Over 1,100 lives saved in Minnesota alone. QRF Up isn’t stopping there—they’re taking a holistic approach to wellness, integrating physical health, financial aid, and continued education into their support system. They’re partnering with like-minded organizations and are on the lookout for volunteers passionate about making a difference.

QRF Up is challenging the status quo in mental health care, pushing the boundaries to provide real, tangible support for those who have served. Their commitment to building a strong, supportive community is what sets them apart, and they’re making strides to break the cycle of mental health struggles that too many veterans and first responders face.

This is more than just an initiative; it’s a movement driven by the mission to be better, do better, and create lasting, positive change in our community. Let’s get behind QRF Up and support them in every way we can!

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background
06:10 QRF Up: An Innovative Application for Suicide Prevention
11:24 Success and Impact of QRF Up in Minnesota
18:18 How to Get Involved with QRF Up
25:27 The Holistic Approach of QRF Up
29:11 Partnerships and Volunteer Recruitment
49:59 Revolutionizing Mental Health Care
53:35 Challenging Industry Standards
56:55 Building a Strong Community for Positive Change

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Welcome back to the team room! This week, Trent meets with John, a SERE Specialist, and they cover a lot of ground. 

John shares his journey from joining the Air Force to becoming a SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) specialist, inspired by his older brother’s military service. John highlights the importance of persistence, learning through adversity, and sticking with your goals despite the challenges. He reflects on the rigorous SERE training, the lessons learned, and how the experience shaped him both personally and professionally. John also offers valuable advice on excelling in your primary role while navigating the path to retraining into a different career field, stressing the importance of maintaining strong relationships along the way.

In addition, John opens up about his own story of resilience and finding purpose through his experience as a SERE specialist, as well as his passion for ultra-running. He discusses the mental and physical challenges of pursuing his SERE dream and the role of leadership and mental health support in helping him overcome those obstacles. He also emphasizes the courage needed to step outside comfort zones and embrace difficult, transformative experiences. He shares compelling personal stories from his training and the camaraderie he built within the SERE pipeline, highlighting the power of pushing oneself to new heights.


Chapters

00:00 Trent hits the intro
04:40 The Challenges of Joining and Training for a Specialized Career
09:26 The Reality of SEER Training and Lessons Learned
17:42 Seeking Opportunities and Making the Decision to Become a SEER Specialist
23:45 The Importance of Being Self-Sufficient and Figuring Things Out
26:57 The Process of Retraining and the Challenges Faced
30:42 Resilience and Acceptance
36:07 Leadership and Support
39:29 Transforming Through Challenges
52:40 Finding Purpose in Ultra-Running
55:20 Overcoming Depression and Choosing Life
59:40 Motivation and Encouragement

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Welcome back to the team room!!! Members- thanks for hanging out. We think ya'll are the bees knees. We covered a lot of ground on this one, but we left the title cause it made me (Aaron) so worked up. 


Anyway- here is wonderwall! 

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and YouTube Subscriptions
04:15 That Others May Live
19:14 The Need for a Unified Command for Air Force Ground Forces
21:15 the King for a Day Questions
24:14 The Value of a Leader with Shared Experiences
29:02 The Significance of a Shared Baseline and Context
30:54 Introduction and Discussion of Chief Kelly's Appointment
37:06 The Lack of Reverse Diversity in Leadership Positions
43:55 The Importance of Context and Personal Experience in Leadership
48:16 The Inappropriateness of Non-Special Warfare Leadership in the Training Wing
54:57 Maximizing Capability and Supporting Field Personnel
57:46 Critique of the Video Reel and Closing Remarks


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With the entire world at your fingertips- why join the United Air Force Special Warfare pipeline? 

The Ones Ready team lays out every reason we had for why we chose the Air Force, and explore the difference in the services. 

Why are *you* thinking about joining Air Force Special Warfare? Tell us in the comments. 

00:00 Trent big times the intro
02:00 Peaches - Why AFSW
03:00 NARPs vs NONNER
04:10 Trent - Why AFSW?
05:00 Aaron - Why AFSW?
08:20 Immediate things we saw
20:20 What are the downsides?
35:30 ***Onesready.com new merch and all our partners!!!***
36:30 How important AFSW is to the mission
39:30 Trent is an honorary TACP
43:45 Cost per operator
51:30 Will you see combat
56:00 Shout out to the parents

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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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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

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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
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54:00 Distance to recruiting stations
56:45 Antiquated recruiting processes

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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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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?
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56:15 - Who’s going to curry the goats?

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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 
28:43 Check out ATAClete.com (or www.onesready.com) 
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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