Ep 458: I Joined Special Ops Because I Sucked at College: Trent's Story

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

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Send us a text In this heartwarming, sarcastic, slightly chaotic episode, Trent joins M42 Adventures to unpack 20 years of Air Force Special Warfare—and the wild decision-making process that got him there. Spoiler alert: It all started because he hated being told what to do... so naturally, he joined the military. We dive into what makes someone pursue a path where 90% of people fail, why burning your life down might be the best prep for basic training, and how Ones Ready accidentally became ...

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0:00.0	One's ready.
0:03.2	Go!
0:07.0	Hey everybody, before we hop into this next episode with Trent, and it's not even one of our episodes, really, it's just Trent was on an episode with M42 Adventures and decided to hit record, and this is actually their podcast, which is we're just dropping it simultaneously, which is
0:24.3	why it looks a little bit different.
0:26.1	But before we hop into that, go over to onesready.com, go over to the top right hand side
0:31.9	where it says prep, hit the drop-down menu that says partner discount, and then scroll to
0:37.0	UC attack lead. If you're looking for
0:39.2	rocket fins, high volume masks, snorkels, ropes, or anything, Alice Rucks, anything that you need to
0:45.2	help you prepare for the pipeline, or if you're just trying to get physically better, then
0:52.0	a TACLEET has got the equipment for you.
0:54.9	If you hit their picture or hit any of those links,
0:58.6	it'll take you to their site,
1:00.7	but it'll pop up a generic code that is associated with us,
1:08.1	copy, paste it, use that, get yourself a discount on any of their gear.
1:13.5	Invest in yourself and get going with it.
1:17.7	Now, enjoy this episode with Trent talking about how bad he sucked at college.
1:24.6	So, yeah, man, nice to meet you.
1:26.1	So Trent, right, Seg Miller?
1:29.7	Yep. Related to this guy here, Chase. I mean, yeah, man, nice to meet you. So Trent, right? Seg Miller? Yep. Related to this guy here,
1:34.1	Chase. I mean, yeah. He doesn't want to admit that. Yeah, he's going to say the last name, man. It just gets you. And then they know you're related. Yeah, then they know. There's no escaping it.
1:39.6	That's right. So nice to meet you, man. Yeah, we've been trying to do this one for a while. You've been getting pulled away, right?
1:45.0	You've got a lot going on.
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