#106 Brig Gen (Ret) Max "Stiffy" Stitzer

The Afterburn Podcast

John "Rain" Waters

Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

5 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In episode 106, Mike "Flash" McVay, hosts Brigadier General (Ret) Max Stitzer where they discuss a wide-ranging career in the military, from being an enlisted target intel specialist to becoming a maintenance officer and eventually a general officer.

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He shares his experiences and favorite assignments, including his time at the Air Force Reserve and the Pentagon. General Stitzer also talks about the importance of mentorship and the impact of the AMOS (Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Operator School) program. He provides insights into serving in the Pentagon and navigating the political landscape. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the establishment of the U.S. Space Force.

Gen Stitzer discusses the establishment of the Space Force and the challenges it faced. He emphasizes that the creation of the Space Force was driven by Congress and the recognition that space is a warfighting domain.

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0:00.0	My friend, Rhabger, I'm at 3 platform.
0:03.0	So ahead, one's off.
0:05.0	Next drive, I'm sure, 16,
0:07.0	and 10-5, I'll give you some of that.
0:09.0	Whatever one target.
0:10.0	All right, welcome everybody.
0:12.0	I'm Flash McVeigh, co-host with Rain Waters on the Afterburn
0:16.0	Podcast. We're coming at you with another episode. Today we have an incredible guest. I've been looking forward to this one for a while.
0:24.4	I got referred to this guest by a buddy of mine, Kelso Flick and today we got
0:30.0	Brigham General Retired Max Stiffy Stitzer.
0:34.3	So first officer and Stiffy welcome to the pod.
0:38.5	Oh, thanks.
0:39.4	So excited for this opportunity.
0:41.8	Yeah, no, we're excited to have you. So wide-ranging career. We're going to start this off by give us tell us about yourself. We're going to by the way before we get started, Stiffy, maintenance officer by trade, prior enlisted, myself, a fighter pilot,
0:57.0	we're going to attempt to get through this hour-long conversation without fighting each other or arguing over Code 3s.
1:02.0	It's going to be the is going to be the goal of the
1:05.9	of the day so I think we can probably make that happen but in all
1:10.2	seriously it says if you go ahead tell go ahead, tell us by yourself,
1:12.9	tell us kind of your experiences, your career,
1:16.0	any of your favorite assignments or anything like that,
1:17.8	but over to you.
1:19.5	Yeah, good.
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