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Ones Ready

Ep 347: The Local PipeHITTERS Union Takeover the Team Room!

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

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail In this dynamic episode of the Ones Ready Podcast, we’re thrilled to have an all-star lineup of Air Force recruiters who know what it takes to get into the elite ranks of Special Warfare. Join us as we sit down with MSgt Kris Tomes, MSgt Gerald Romo, and Master Sergeant Select Mark "Funky" Bunkley for an in-depth conversation that pulls back the curtain on the recruitment process and offers invaluable insights for anyone aspiring to join the Air Force. These seasoned recruit...

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0:00.0

Recruiters are masters of social media and all media.

0:10.8

Hey everybody welcome back to the ones ready podcast. We got a real

0:14.4

special episode for you today but I'm a little upset usually I can hop on a

0:19.0

podcast and know that I'm going to be like at least top 50% hair-wise

0:24.0

on the podcast and today I'm not even sure I make the top three.

0:27.0

But today we have Mark Funky Bunckley and Master Sergeant Gerald Romo here with us

0:31.0

to talk about all things recruiting life all that other stuff.

0:35.6

So if you all haven't listened to their episodes before, they've both been on the podcast

0:39.2

before and there's something that both have in common and I want to ask a few questions.

0:43.3

You all both go above and beyond.

0:45.8

Neither one of you are like through the bare minimum types of guys.

0:48.8

And I'll start with you Gerald, a Romo, sorry, Massaurant,

0:52.6

Massaurant, Romo.

0:54.2

What is it about you that doesn't accept the bare minimum?

1:01.2

I will credit that to my father, right?

1:05.0

Just an example growing up of a construction working dad who is up at four and home at six

1:10.9

every day and just he grinded his whole life so being able to see him grinded

1:16.6

always made me want to grind a little bit so understanding that he can do it even as he got older still doing it and then and then just coming up with a sports background right it's

1:30.8

you have to go above and beyond if you ever want to be good in that world.

1:36.4

So to me, you get paid to do your job, but you get promoted to be great.

1:45.0

So a lot of the times individuals expect because they do their job they're going to get promoted they're going to

1:48.1

get all these extra things that come with it. But in reality you're already getting your paycheck.

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