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Ep 202: Pararescue Team Leader: Doug Dicken And The Crash Of PEDRO 66

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

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Retired Pararescueman Doug Dicken has given his adult life in service to the Air Force and PJ community. Doug's life was forever changed on June 9th 2010, when he witnessed the crash of Pedro 66, in the Helmand area of Aghanistan. Doug talks us through all the lessons he learned while responding to one of the deadliest crashes the Pararescue and CRO community had seen. Thanks to Doug for having the courage to be open and honest about his struggles with mental health a...

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0:00.0

What's up everybody welcome back to the team room we got a great one for you this time talking the Pedro six six crash

0:12.4

We brought on the team leader for that event Doug Dickin

0:15.1

He is a long time now retired PJ that has a number of different things that he's moved on and he's working a bunch of different things

0:21.7

That are really really interesting, but he talks specifically about the Pedro six six incident in southern afghanistan in 2010

0:29.2

So it was a big loss to the community and and Doug is is kind enough to talk his way through it and talk about all the great things

0:35.2

That happened during that tragic event and and afterwards. So great episode with Doug Dickin awesome having them on

0:41.8

It was a real pleasure to talk to him and really work through some stuff

0:44.7

Doug is a long time personal friend. He's he's been working at the schoolhouse

0:48.0

I think he worked there for about 10 years of the PJ schoolhouse

0:51.2

Before he ended up moving on to his current gig, which he talks about here

0:54.6

So we appreciate y'all sitting down with us and listening into this really really big event in the rescue community

1:00.4

And talking about some of our friends that we lost. So great one with Doug. We really appreciate it. What?

1:05.6

No, no more clapping. What's up everybody back in the team room here with Trent and myself

1:09.3

We have a special guest that's come on long time friend. I don't think you can say former PJ

1:13.6

I know you'd never say like former marine like once a marine always marine

1:16.5

But you're you are who you are Douglas dick and welcome to the podcast. What's up, bud? You got frozen there man

1:22.5

I didn't hear anything. That's over to you Doug

1:24.6

I think he was like

1:27.0

He's like Doug introduce yourself and we're just like is he gonna say something?

1:31.2

We're just they're what's up guys. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Yeah, man

1:34.7

So I went into para rescue back in03

1:39.1

Went through in dock and the whole pipeline took me about two years ten months

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