Air Force PJ Jason Sweet - Part Two | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 149

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Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2023

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Jason Sweet's darkest days seem to be behind him now, but last we heard he still had a ways to go. In his most dangerous engagement yet, Jason digs into Mission #0427 Alpha and his closest call in pararescue before stumbling into playing Division 1 Football at the University of Arizona (yes, really) and getting his start in training the next generation with SOCOM Athlete, an elite training group for aspiring SEALS and BUD/S participants.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:09 - Mission #0427 Alpha
16:17 - Establishing Contact
32:16- And I'm Free Falling
42:41 - Coming Home was Weird, Man
50:17 - Chasing the Football
58:39 - Playing Div 1 at University of Arizona
01:07:53 - A Blown-Out ACL
01:17:08 - The Science of Sport
01:24:11 - SOCOM Athlete
01:31:06 - Hell Day
01:36:56 - Is PJ Training Harder than BUD/S?

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0:00.0	0-427 Alpha was absolutely the most intense.
0:06.7	The way that a college football team is operated is very militaristic.
0:11.0	We start making contact with their lead guy and just asking for as much intel as we can get.
0:15.8	I look down at the Brit and he's dead, man.
0:18.6	I'm a PJ part-time man, like I could be served in my country full-time.
0:21.7	He put me on that team to go knock a dude out, man.
0:24.4	He put me on that team to go stick somebody and set the tone and do some damage to the other team.
0:28.3	The caliber of individuals that pursue the SEAL teams, in my opinion, are generally going to be a higher caliber
0:34.1	that you see pursuing Air Force Special Warfare.
0:36.3	Now, that doesn't mean that you're not going to have a bunch of studs pursuing Air Force Special.
0:39.3	That doesn't mean you're not going to have some Olympic athletes.
0:41.3	It's just the money that goes into it and the level of support.
0:44.3	I mean, just the blessings, the gifts that you're given as a football player.
0:48.3	I mean, when I'm in the heat of battle, as long as I don't go unconscious, I'm staying in the fight.
0:59.3	Welcome to Mic Drop.
1:02.3	The podcast where relevancy is irrelevant, and we don't give a shit about your feelings.
1:09.3	And so the fourth mission, 0-427 Alpha, I was sitting there watching Batman on my laptop.
1:18.3	And people would say, hey, when you get a big mission, it's going to be when you least expect it.
1:26.3	Sure enough, man, I mean, we had our walkie-talkie next to us.
1:29.3	And whenever a mission would go down, you'd hear scramble, scramble, scramble on the walkie-talkie.
1:34.3	And you know, that's when your blood starts boiling and you sprint out to the flight line.
1:37.3	You got the helos there, your armor, your weapon, everything, your rucksack, everything's in the helo already.
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