Ep. 305: Special Tactics Officer, Prior CCT Capt Marc Esposito

Ones Ready

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

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

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🗓️ 30 March 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to the team room! This week, Trent sits down with Purple Heart recipient, prior Combat Control Tech Sergeant and current Flight Commander, Special Tactics Officer Marc Esposito!

From his time in Afghanistan, the unfortunate event that injured him, his recovery and move to officer, Capt Espo has a wealth of knowledge that he hopes to communicate to everyone that thinks they might want to give Air Force Special Operations a go.

Make sure to follow Capt Esposito on Instagram at Esposito_Unbroken, and thanks to all of you for your continued support.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Appreciation
01:25 Motivation to Join the Military
05:13 Training in the Pipeline
07:39 First Assignment in Okinawa, Japan
10:07 Deployment to Afghanistan
13:03 Injury from an IED
28:25 Meeting a Vietnam Veteran
30:24 Recovery at the Center for the Intrepid
32:17 Going to College and Finding a New Passion
34:02 Cross-Country Bicycle Ride for Wounded Warriors
36:27 Returning to the 2-1 and Facing New Challenges
37:53 Running the Battle Program and Training Future Operators
40:43 Training at Athletes Performance (EXOS)
42:10 Becoming an Officer and Returning to the Teams
45:02 Working at the Special Warfare Training Group
46:01 Returning to the 2-2 STS and Deploying
53:42 Returning to ATC and Improving the Pipeline
59:06 Starting the Esposito_Unbroken Instagram Page

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome back to the ones ready podcast I am your host Trent I have
0:12.1	Espo can I call you espo yeah you're out
0:15.8	we've known each other for a while it's a hard habit to break you know sir excuse
0:20.0	me here you you know we go back a ways but like I don't want to ruin the
0:24.5	introduction I appreciate you being on the podcast how you don't do well you know
0:30.3	starting off you know my apologies for ducking you guys. I think now for the last three years, these guys have been asking me when you're coming on, when you're coming on.
0:39.0	Because there's a lot of good stuff that's been going on and I've finally come to terms with
0:46.1	you know talking about myself a little bit and sharing you know my experiences but now
0:51.2	thanks for having me on man. Yeah, of course.
0:53.0	You know, it's it's hard to come on here and talk about yourself.
0:56.0	It's awkward. I get that.
0:58.0	And B though, even though you didn't come on for a long time, I do want to thank you for being one of the, I don't want to say few people, but one of the group of people that never, you know, came at us in a negative way. Like you saw the potential or you saw what we were trying to do. So though it wasn't really great in the beginning always appreciate your support.
1:15.6	Yeah, you know first guy through the door always gets his advice gets bloody.
1:19.8	Yeah, so you guys have definitely gone bloody and doesn't matter.
1:24.7	You guys have absolutely set the standard for, you know, messaging and everything for our communities.
1:30.1	Yeah.
1:31.1	Well, and we can only go up from here.
1:33.0	Yeah.
1:34.0	All right, let's, we're going to talk about your career in a nutshell.
1:38.0	So let's start in the beginning, you...
1:40.0	Can I start off with one acknowledgement?
1:42.0	Oh, yeah, yeah, no. No. All right. Can I start off with one acknowledgement?
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