Ep 455: Combat Rescue Officer #8 J Harmon - Leaving PJs in the Ocean with Sharks (Part 2)

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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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🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Send us a text In this absolute rollercoaster of an episode, CRO #8 Jonathan Harmon returns to finish what he started. The man has survived boat ramps, raging seas, rogue helicopters, and his own dumb decisions—so you know he’s qualified to roast himself and everyone else in the process. We go deep on: Nearly dying multiple times (on purpose), Hazing that would make HR explode, Buddy-breathing with the Devil, And how to fail upward into leadership. Oh—and if you’ve ever wondered what happen...

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0:00.0	One's ready.
0:01.0	One's ready.
0:03.3	Go!
0:07.0	What's up, everybody?
0:07.9	Welcome back to the podcast.
0:08.9	We got, I mean, probably the most impactful one that we've ever done.
0:12.0	I think this is the first time that we can say that we're going to put out information
0:15.6	that wasn't previously available to the entire culture.
0:19.4	I think that's fair.
0:20.6	There's some bombshells in this one
0:21.7	we brought on our good friend so I've known him he's a crow but he's got a long
0:25.4	backstory John John Harmon so Jonathan J.H. Harmon from Destin Florida entered the
0:30.6	USAF in the late 80s separated after serving some time in Panama and Colorado by
0:35.7	choice or by chance, excuse me.
0:37.5	He was recruited in a par rescue from a civilian drop zone rejoining the USAF in 1998.
0:42.8	That's a great story.
0:43.6	He's just out there living his bro life and gets picked up.
0:46.4	So he was like, you should try to be a PJ.
0:48.0	So he ended up getting in me as a PJ.
0:50.4	Okay.
0:51.1	I guess I'll just do the hardest thing in the DOD on a win because some guy to drop zone told me.
0:55.8	As a PJ, he deployed four times and supported three NASA towel missions. He commissioned in 2002 is one of the first 10 combat rescue officers. He was actually Crow number eight.
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