Ep 231: Apache Pilot, Rescue Pilot, Author Lt Col Brian Slade

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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

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🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Meet Lt. Col Brian Slade, a former enlisted Army diesel mechanic who later found himself flying Apaches in Afghanistan as part of the global war on terror. He eventually transferred over to the Air Force, becoming an HH60 Rescue Pilot. Throughout his journey, he learned how to cope with trauma and prioritize his mental health by preparing for stressors rather than just reacting to them. In honor of Men's mental health month, we had the privilege of sitting down with Lt...

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0:00.0	Welcome back everybody the ones ready team room you got myself you got Trent
0:10.9	peaches is off in the wind somewhere it is peaches always does but we got a
0:14.5	good one for you this week so I got a crazy message on LinkedIn I had put a
0:19.0	message out I was like hey we really want some people with a unique
0:21.9	experiences come on the podcast and into my DMs comes Lieutenant Colonel Brian
0:26.3	Slade Brian was like hey I think we flown together and I was like you know
0:29.9	I think we have to and I recognize this face but I did a little bit of
0:32.9	research Brian Slade is the author of the Cleared Hot Podcast are the
0:36.6	Cleared Hot Podcast the Cleared Hot uh Cleared Hot Lessons in Afghanistan it was a
0:40.1	book that he wrote about his time as an Apache pilot but he has a story that is
0:43.7	way bigger and way more involved than just writing a book and becoming an
0:48.0	Air Force H-H60 pilot so Brian Slade welcome on thanks for coming on sir how
0:52.8	are you today thank you so much for having me I'm doing pretty great um
0:57.6	despite what I mentioned earlier getting over a flu but you know the the books
1:02.0	about resilience so we will mark on yeah well the the magic of podcasting and
1:06.8	internet stuff is that we can always just edit it so nobody's going to be
1:10.0	able to see if you jumped off screen or if you had to go for a second so
1:13.6	we appreciate you coming on so sir I want to I want to take you all all the
1:17.1	way back so that you know the beginning of your career and this is stuff that
1:19.8	until I did show prep I had no idea and it was it was a really cool thing and
1:23.4	you know I am the I am the big brother of three little brothers that are all in the army
1:28.0	two of which are army aviators and both of those dudes ended up crossing over from
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