Ep 338: Failure Isn't Final - Lessons From A Failed AFSPECWAR Candidate

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

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Welcome back, everyone! In this week's episode, we've got a special treat for you: joining the team is none other than FernRod, a resilient Airman who's been through the highs and lows of AFSPECWAR training. FernRod's journey is a testament to perseverance. Despite setbacks at TACP schoolhouse, he's rekindled his determination to chase his dreams within AFSPECWAR. His story is packed with lessons that every aspiring military member can learn from. We delve into the nitty-gr...

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0:00.0	What's up?
0:01.0	What's up everybody?
0:02.0	What's up everybody?
0:05.0	Welcome back to the One's Ready Podcast.
0:09.0	We have a juicy one for you this week.
0:11.0	We brought on Fernrod.
0:12.0	Now, Fernrod, as you'll listen, he tried to become
0:14.7	a Tac P Airmen and he failed miserably and some would say he went down in a blaze of glory.
0:19.6	He's been open about that fact, he's been honest about that fact and he's been putting his journey out there on his way back
0:24.7	to get back into an Air Force Special Warfare career field since now listen it takes all types in these
0:30.5	career fields it takes eccentric dudes like Fernrod. It takes run of the
0:34.5	mill stereotypical dudes like me. It takes everybody in between those things, right?
0:39.7	We would hate to discourage other people that see themselves in Fernrod to come into these career fields thinking that they're going to be treated unfairly.
0:49.2	You won't be. It's awesome. The instructors of the 3.53rd, they did everything correctly with Fernrod. Fernrod is just that guy.
0:57.0	And we talk about all of his mistakes and everything that he did wrong in the podcast to follow.
1:02.0	So, as always, it's an open invite, Bro's in the podcast to follow. So as always it's an open invite.
1:04.0	Bro's in the career field, people that are going through the pipeline, people in development.
1:08.6	Look at Fernrod's story, listen to his message, and let us know if you want to come on the podcast.
1:14.0	We're open to it. Have a great one. This is a great episode. I hope you all get a bunch of
1:17.8	lessons from it, and I hope I get a bunch of text messages from it.
1:21.1	I love that sort of confidence. Welcome back to the
1:23.2	team room everybody. It's a full house. We got a full house today. We got
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