Ep 306: Chief Master Sergeant Josh Leonard

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

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the team room! Chief Master Sergeant Josh Leonard is returning for his second episode with a lot of updates from Washington, D.C. In this conversation, Chief Master Sergeant Josh Leonard talks about his experience working on the Hill and his transition back to the Pentagon. He highlights the importance of relationships and bipartisanship in Congress, discusses the challenges of passing legislation, and emphasizes the value of experience over education. He als...

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0:00.0	Yeah, when showing up to the ones ready podcast folks, never say like we can talk about whatever you want to talk about,
0:12.1	although Aaron's not here today. So, you know, we can talk about whatever you want to talk about although Aaron's not here today so you know we could probably stay within the lines and keep it pretty easy
0:18.6	Welcome back everybody our guest today Chief of my Sergeant Josh Leonard. When was the last time you were on, Josh?
0:24.0	It was about a year and a half ago, about a year and a half ago.
0:29.0	About a year and a half ago.
0:30.0	Yeah, it's big.
0:31.0	Because it was, what was it, 23?
0:33.0	Yeah, 22.
0:35.0	The end of summer of 22 is when I was on, man, so right before I went on the hill.
0:40.0	Yeah, so, so kind of a lot's happened since then, right?
0:43.0	Oh yeah, tons of stuff, man.
0:45.0	Well, for everybody listening, go listen to the last episode we did.
0:50.0	It was all about, you know, chief here about to go up on the hill and and do
0:54.0	political things with political people I don't know what any of that means but you
0:59.0	kind of like you you did that and now you're moving on to something else so like if you
1:02.2	don't mind give everybody
1:03.2	the update you know like what happened? Yeah man so so based off the last episode man we talked
1:10.8	about the fellowship man of being a part of the legislative liaison, so going up, getting an opportunity to go on the hill.
1:20.0	So, January of 23, I got to go on the hill. I worked in Senator Bozeman's office.
1:28.8	And I worked in his office for a year. So I did his defense and veterans portfolios.
1:35.0	And so there's a little bit difference
1:37.1	between working on the House side
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