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Ep 304: New Boot Goofin' with TSgt Mark "Funky" Bunkley!

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

🗓️ 23 March 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Send us Fan Mail What's up to all the NorCal Bad Boys out here for this episode with the man, the myth, the legend, TSgt Mark "Funky" Bunkley. In this conversation, Mark Bunkley discusses his transition from being an operator to a special operations recruiter. He highlights the challenges and misconceptions of recruiting for special warfare and emphasizes the importance of educating the public about the benefits and skills gained in these career fields. Mark shares his strategies for s...

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0:00.0

You're not an operator anymore. I have team gear that I don't use because I was never an operator.

0:10.8

Welcome to the team room. Okay.

0:13.0

You're sitting here with Mark Buckley, Buckley, Trent, myself, what's up?

0:16.6

We're actually just BSing the name of this episode, New Boot Goofin, because we're talking about,

0:21.0

you know, we wanted to bring Mark on, you know, we've been, we'll tell you the story of the story of the world.

0:27.4

Trent and I just happened to be there, so, and Trent and I are a narcissist and that's why it's the best one but you know we were talking before we came

0:33.6

on we just we just want a new boot goof a little bit we want to talk and see

0:36.7

what's up with you so Mark how you doing brother what is up what is up guys yeah that was an

0:40.9

awesome session that was actually the first thing I was going to say

0:44.9

yeah the Monterrey Beach session was awesome thanks for coming out and yeah we had people come from a long way it was the biggest

0:51.2

session we had in Northern California they have a really good video in around along the

0:53.3

long way, it was the biggest session we had in Northern California. They have really good video interaction.

0:55.6

So yeah, it was good all around.

0:58.1

The bad boys really showed up for that one.

0:59.6

The NorCal bad boys were rolling in there hot.

1:01.6

We had people from St. Louis Obispo in there hot. We had people from San Louis

1:02.8

Obispo in there, people just out there from all over. Yeah, one guy

1:06.6

came from Vegas. Yeah, it was crazy. It was a good one. That's indicative of

1:11.9

the culture though, Mark.

1:12.8

I will give you a pat on the back up there.

1:14.4

You guys have it going on to where you guys have built a good drive

1:17.2

and that's important for a development program.

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