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Ones Ready

Boom Operator A1C "Val" Valiente

Ones Ready

Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras

Education, Special Reconnaissance, Special Operations, Air Force, Pj, Combat Control, Tactical Air Control Party, Self-improvement, Fitness, Selection, Health & Fitness, Pararescue, Special Warfare, Tacp, Government, Assessment And Selection, Cct

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Send us Fan Mail n this captivating episode of the Ones Ready Podcast, we're joined by A1C Valiente, or Val, a dynamic and enthusiastic Air Force boom operator. Val's journey is anything but ordinary, starting with aspirations to join the Marines, a switch to the Air Force under family advice, and an initial goal to become a SERE candidate. His story is a testament to resilience and adaptability. As Val narrates his path, he shares how his dream shifted gears after an injury during tra...

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0:00.0

Hey everybody welcome back to the ones ready podcast we have

0:10.4

vow with us I appreciate you doing us, Val. Thank you, Peaches. Yeah man. So you are a boom operator, right? How

0:19.0

long you been doing that? I've been booming for a little over a year and a half now.

0:23.4

I've been loving every minute of it.

0:25.5

But most of it was spent in tech school, but it was a great time, a little bit of

0:28.6

of maternity parties, like I can't complain.

0:31.0

Where did you come from then? A little bit everywhere about Clinton, Tennessee, it's not home state.

0:35.0

I love it out there.

0:36.0

Great country.

0:37.0

Have you ever heard of us?

0:38.0

I have.

0:39.0

I have. I've been listening to you guys for about three or four years now,

0:41.0

off and on. I've been, I love all the guys advice so what made you

0:45.5

want to join the Air Force then so originally I went to the Marines they kind of

0:52.1

of entice me with the blues. They look all nice and fancy and then my father

0:55.6

who was in the Navy said if you go to a marine son I'm one to Sony.

0:58.4

Okay. So I was like okay I quite literally googled what is the best branch.

1:03.1

Air Force came up, okay.

1:04.6

What's the hardest job in the Air Force?

1:07.4

And that is how I learned about Steer.

1:09.7

Okay.

1:10.7

So originally I was, I came into a senior candidate and I was a boy scout growing up and how I looked at it at first was adult boy scouts.

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