Why Air Force Special Warfare?

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I was an Air Guard recruiter, most satisfying enlistment I had was a kid who was determined to become a PJ. Very gratifying to see him a year later wearing the maroon beret.

[@zpezar8532]

But the pipeline for PJ is 2 years?

[@homelesshomie9626]

little liar

[@WayneBruceFishing]

Air guard? Also it takes 2 years of training to be a pj

[@robgriz72]

When I went to see my recruiter in 1990 I said “I wanna do some Charlie Sheen Navy SEAL shit!” He said, “the Air Force doesn’t do that.” Wish I would’ve had the information at my fingertips that today’s kids have. Not saying I would’ve made it, but I damn sure would’ve tried.

[@PATRIOT4L]

Here's one, 1992 never heard of PJ/CCT can't remember exactly but close to 100 jumped into the pool, ended up 3 of us maid it, changed my contract. Then failed flight physical low red blood cells. Wish they started with the physical,,,, ended up AMMO. Great show.

[@PATRIOT4L]

Can someone help me out, I see "Highlighted" comment. Why and by who causes this? Don't laugh to hard but I really don't no.

[@maxag7500]

If you don't mind, could you guys speak a little to where you were at physically when you joined the air force vs where you were once you became a PJ? I ask because it sounds like some members, such as those who were redacted, didn't really plan ahead and train for years as others have. (For example, what were your PAST scores like when you first took them)

[@OnesReady]

I don't remember my exact scores, but the PAST standards were slightly different when I went through. If I remember correctly I was getting 13 pull-ups, 70ish push-ups, 70ish sit-ups and running the 1.5 miles in 10:15 (I was never the fastest one). For the swim...I'm clueless. I was well under time, but I don't remember what it was. I'm in a different kind of shape these days versus back then. All of my cals and running was better, but my strength was weak and I wasn't well rounded. Now however, I'm running 7:15-7:30 minute miles, 15 pull-ups, probably 70ish push-ups, and 60 sit-ups. Hope that helps. (Peaches)

[@maxag7500]

Ones Ready perfect, thanks peaches, you’re the man. Love the content you guys are putting out

[@evanbertoniere5939]

Peaches thanks man. Reading that really helped!

[@pendularosea2536]

Really appreciate all the work you guys do to provide info to new CONEs or just interested people. Great work guys. Keep it up!

[@OnesReady]

Our pleasure!

[@awingman469]

I’m a Prior Service Active Duty Air Force C130 Mechanic and K.C.10 Boom Operator who is going to go ANG TACP. I will train my f’ing face off until I’m ready mentally and physically ready to enter the TACP pipeline Thank you for this inspirational video Gentlemen.

[@DarcReaction]

Did you do it?

[@ablast24]

Early morning releases make my 3rd shifts. Awesome pod, great to hear the more individualized takes from you gentlemen. Planning on implementing the grass drills that Brian mentioned this coming week. Thanks as always. -Avery

[@WealthandMoreWealth]

Very informative. Great content. Thanks. I’m gonna join the Air Force but I’m focused on preparing prior as to just showing up. Appreciate y’all.

[@johncarpenter6219]

Watching y’all’s vids makes me miss the AF really bad...old AMMO troop, got out in ‘05 and kick myself every day. Went in to be a PJ in the early 90’s, went to try outs in basic on a Saturday, but eyesight prevented further progression during the flight physical. Either way I still watch the vids as they can translate to real life. Keep up the great work 👍🏼😎

[@mainhub4124]

My life and Silva's pre-AF life are collinear down to almost joining Marines. Fortunately, that didn't happen although becoming a PJ seems like my calling. I truly appreciate you making the efforts to help those coming in after you. Nomas no se como decirle a mi mamá que me voy a ir... 😥

[@countrybrady377]

My army recruiter told me the same thing, I told him I wanted a Ranger contract, and the first thing he said was, “what if I give you 11x with 20,000$ bonus” took my practice test but haven’t been back there since that

[@richardstreet2474]

air force recruiters recruit like frat guys. My recruiter said very similar things when i asked why i should join. "honestly im not even gonna answer that the air force sells it self youre in this office right now because you already have those questions answered"

[@OnesReady]

Probably the wrong attitude for them to have. They get that mentality from not having to work to get the numbers into the USAF like the other services. The majority of the recruiters and Special Operations Recruiters do not have that mentality though.

[@panchovilla7580]

Recruiting like frat boys is exactly why they lose a lot of talent. I went into the AF and the recruiters acted like I was a scumbag for even walking in there. Complete arrogance. Went into the Marine recruiters and they were nice, cordial and straight forward. Ended up doing 5 in Recon. Met a ton of Marines in various units with similar stories about AF recruiters. Now working on joining the Guard SF. Really respect the guys in AFSOC and pilot/air community who drop bombs for us but the Air Force as a whole has a massive arrogance issue it needs to fix in this decade or they will lose talent to Regiment, SF, NSW, etc. Wish Ones Ready was around when I was going in and maybe thing would have been differently for a lot of people.

[@richardstreet2474]

Ones Ready when I finally got in contact with my SOR he was completely different extremely kind. Calls me every week to check on me, gives me updates and even asks how my family is.

[@richardstreet2474]

Horacio Gonzalez after my first visit I was kind of doubting my desire to join the Air Force but I didn’t want someone else to dictate that decision for me.

[@OnesReady]

@@richardstreet2474 That's great to hear and I'm glad you're getting that kind of treatment from your SOR.

[@noahbyers8803]

18:16 Tank squadron LOL!!! I’m pretty sure that’s not a thing. Also I appreciated being shamed into subscribing. Thanks for that.

[@Christian-nn3ms]

He’s probably just referring to the 19k MOS... where were you shamed into subscribing?

[@Matticus_32]

as a muscle bound person recently looking into special operations, the beginning of this was unfortunate to hear lol. I do appreciate all the info tho! Keep doin what ur doing

[@WealthandMoreWealth]

“It’s actually a coyote because I’m not going to plan it but I’m a survivor” 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 ~Love You Guys.🇺🇸 🔥😎🔥

[@jacobherber8703]

Love the podcast, just wondering why everyone has super cool memorabilia behind them except for peaches who has.... junk 😂

[@OnesReady]

That's because I get banished to my garage gym due to the times we record!🤣🍑

[@justelynnnjoelle]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO ANOTHER EPISODE WOOOOOOOO

[@santosjose792]

Former Navy Corpsman from Tampa here, 1. I’ve been leaning on the idea of coming back in through either the Guard or the Reserves as a PJ how does the process differ from signing up as active duty?

[@robmills7611]

By the way I'm sure that the coyotes are in Hawaii by now because a year ago I saw a pack of them swimming across the Pacific and they were about halfway there then. They are EVERYWHERE man!!!! 😂

[@1pkurbro]

Out of the different special warfare career fields which have the most DA operations?

[@thomastucker2774]

Patrick Abbott cct. They roll with seals and oda’s . They basically do the same stuff as them but their specialty is bringing the heat from the sky and airfield seizures/ setting them up.

[@DDIISSEE]

@@thomastucker2774 No. Your basic 'vanilla' SEAL team or SF ODA isn't even doing DA like that, most of those fools were doing VSO, FID, etc for most of the GWOT. Pure DA is the Ranger Regiment's domain...SOF TACP's from 17th STS are assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment and deploy/deployed with them attached to Ranger Platoons doing HVT night raids and movement to contacts into enemy strongholds and areas not held by conventional forces...for essentially the entire GWOT. They probably have been involved in more Direct Action consistently along with whoever gets attached to the SMUs, easily.

[@aidansteele7127]

Just followed on Spotify! Excited to listen in the car lol.

[@SwimFaster]

Question: when going into the Special OPs what is the possibility you pass everything and get placed into a unit due to numbers. By that I mean You wanna be a Pj but their are already so many PJs but the af needs some more TCAPs. whats the likelihood you get placed as a TCAP?

[@OnesReady]

If you're a top performer like you mentioned, then you'll get to choose to be a PJ or whatever you'd like to do.

[@zacharydavis4398]

"Listen up Karen" Trent lmao

[@ocoutdoors2355]

Hey Aaron, some of us are proud to have liberal arts degrees! Damn! Lol

[@trajansand5370]

What’s the best work out or routines to learn before joining the Air Force to be physical ready???

[@jirren9143]

Did you find your answer if so what is it

[@TheMaxqb]

@@jirren9143 Based on what I've been reading you want to focus on cardio (swimming and running) and workout to be be able to meet the PAST minimums (ideally exceeding them). They discuss a little starting at 51:18 These guys sell some training programs: beapj.com/workouts/programs Some related videos from them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/momlnnaqncSLaLM kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIG9omCAbpiBnas kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5LShKatjrx_m68 Here's a plan I've been following (with some additional exercises to improve my weak spots): www.netc.navy.mil/Portals/46/NSTC/OTCN/docs/OTC%20Physical%20Training%20Plan.pdf kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaKrmGCXlrqEsKs

[@unknownymos]

Most of the issues of getting in new recruits 1. ASVAB SCORES 2. PHYSICAL 3. CRIMINAL RECORDS

[@Shin.boi.28]

Are the nutritionists and trainers mil personnel or civs

[@OnesReady]

A mix of both! - A

[@redzen5149]

Same questions I'm trying to get out of the Marine Raiders. Afsoc, usasoc, and navspecwar all have tons of info online, but not marsoc, what's the deal?

[@GreyFlash805]

They want it to be unknown so that when they get there they will surprised and receive to a certain extent the full force of the course. Also, they want to measure the actual commitment of the individual without having the individual prepare on the basis of what’s known. Like they want to know if you’re prepared physically and mentally when coming to the unknown.

[@mountaingem6]

@@GreyFlash805 So how is that working for you? Does being ignorant of or unaware of course objectives by the candidate produce an objectively better SOF operator than the other military service's SOF operators? Are you able to recruit, train, qualify and graduate a higher percentage of your applicants?

[@ryanquijada9392]

Can officers join special warfare for SR?

[@justindixon5107]

The Special Warfare recruiter in my region won't call me back or answer any of my messages. The normal air force recruiter in my area even put himself the special warfare recruiter and myself into a text group chat but the special warfare recruiter hasn't even answered that. What should I do moving forward? I'm a USMC reservist trying to switch to active duty Air Force. Ps macaroni yellow crayons taste the best

[@mrduck1895]

reach out to a different one

[@justindixon5107]

Final he gave me a call back after 5 months and I’ve got a date to take the PAST test

[@redzen5149]

Why not go recon or marsoc? Just curious

[@elchuzalongo4339]

@@redzen5149 you can't go MARSOC out of the gate, and from what I've heard, Recon trains hard for a mission they never get to do

[@redzen5149]

@@elchuzalongo4339 he can still put a package in for marsoc, especially if you want to do afsoc. I’m starting to think that marines don’t even like being in the marine corps. I read about so many former 03’s and other marines going to other branches? It rarely the other way around.

[@gilbertoenriquez8345]

Dang I was dying when Bryan said he told the interviewer no.

[@brian_AG]

Better to try to get into a SOF specialty in another branch of service. The Air Force's priority are the pajama-wearing sun gods. They could care less what you bring to the Air Force besides publicity in the Air Force Times. If I had to do it all over again I would've tried to become an 18-series in the Army versus being a TACP.

[@OnesReady]

Thanks for the input! Only downside to your plan is being in the army. 😎

[@underratedcritic1983]

I understand duty station assignment is never guaranteed. But what are my chances of being stationed in Washington state if I enlist as SR?

[@OnesReady]

25% chance for stateside units and 15% chance if you count overseas units as well.

[@tiyonbaret6914]

My JROTC is my inspiration for joining the military

[@coryjohnsen1220]

Are there any SR or CCT jobs available to reservists, if so is it only enlisted or officers too?

[@christopherhazell420]

Yes, in the Air National Guard, officer & enlisted but only two states, Kentucky & Oregon. Contact those state ANG recruiters for more info.

[@adamsapp28]

3:22 Aaron owes Brian a quarter to put into the bad word jar. SOF community doesnt use bad words.

[@OnesReady]

Lol. Yeah I try not to string 8 f bombs together on the podcast, doesn’t work 100% of the time. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@jancarlosuribe7326]

No TACPs

[@jordanj.2886]

I know this...you’re trippin’ if you ain’t using the Assault Bike

[@justsleazo3507]

How often do they see combat...

[@overdriver2912]

Do the Special recon teams have snipers ?

[@OnesReady]

Yes.

[@Mikeplaysdbd]

@@OnesReady thats badass how can i find out more ?

[@OnesReady]

@@Mikeplaysdbd More about Sniper School? There are several of them and you'll find out even more once you become SR! 😁

[@Mikeplaysdbd]

@@OnesReady yes sir about them and awesome!

[@siwel060lewis6]

You should get an EOD guy PLZZZZZ That or point me where you already did

[@OnesReady]

Already in the works. Spoke to an EOD guy yesterday that we're going to have on. What questions do you want to have answered?

[@siwel060lewis6]

How good the pay is and what deployment is like would be helpful.

[@Cobu_Cooper]

Wait a minute. Did you guys really just say you don't know what the SILVA BACKS spirit animal would be?! Disappointed!

[@OnesReady]

Haha, usually Aaron is the quick witted one...I am not! 🍑

[@g-rocks6548]

Gotta always have the Nerf gun ready😂

[@cameronfischer5702]

They said there will be a 2 week quarantine before basic. How does everyday life work such as: food, sleeping, entertainment.

[@NHoule12]

40:26 Brian is leaving?

[@OnesReady]

Nope, he's not going anywhere!

[@TheStreamlinetyr]

One sergeant

[@deannagel5143]

Navy SEAL pool comp or Air Force PJ pool comp which is tougher yours or the babies thank you

[@OnesReady]

Both have their own challenges and will take a person to the edge and push them off!

[@deannagel5143]

@@OnesReady Thank You. Thank you for your service and what you do

[@aidencolon3969]

I’m about to go to airforce special warfare and idk if I can make it. I really want to make it but I’m 6’3 and 150. Which is a twig and I want a complete honest opinion can I make it thru. I want to no matter what but I need a honest answer.

[@noahisac4711]

Hey man, I'm 5'6 and 120 pounds so I get being small but as long as you're able to train to indoc grad standards you'll have as good a chance as any. I would also look into beapj.com/ he has some great workout programs that can also help with getting to those standards and beyond! And as a last piece of advice, look after your guys and they'll look after you!

[@ryanphillips47]

I’m about to do the same thing how did it turn out @aidencolon

[@Seaneskatejitsu]

Is it really 50$ to talk to one of you guys ..