Ep 462: From SEAL to PJ to Ambassador? Anthony Donahue's Ride to the Philippines

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

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Send us a text Buckle up, because Ones Ready is dropping a banger with Anthony “Donny” Donahue, a guy who’s lived more lives than a cat with a death wish. From dodging jail time to crushing Navy SEAL BUD/S, serving as one of the only Arabic-speaking SEALs in Iraq, and then—because why not?—ditching his officer gig to become an Air Force Pararescueman, Donny’s story is a middle finger to the ordinary. Now, he’s gunning to be the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, repping his fourth-generation...

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0:00.0	One's ready.
0:01.0	All right.
0:03.2	Go!
0:07.3	Welcome back to the podcast, everybody.
0:09.0	Peaches and I are going to do the intro.
0:10.8	But what you're going to see, first of all, I want to give a shout out to Hardy Media.
0:13.8	We found a local studio here.
0:15.4	It's a friend of the family.
0:16.5	It's the father-in-law of a PJ.
0:19.5	He has Hardy Media.
0:22.9	I want you to go ahead and check out Hardymedia.net or you can just email him at Matthew at Hardy Media.net. It's awesome. He has got Black
0:29.0	Magic 4K cameras. Anybody coming to Vegas, make sure you go. Like hit us up if you need a place
0:34.2	in Vegas. Man, I have the spot for you. Absolute pro. So I want to say thanks for the space.
0:39.1	So there's a reason why.
0:40.4	You know, the first episode we brought in Jay Harmon because we're like, listen, we want
0:43.9	to have a sit down in-person conversation.
0:46.0	That's the way these things go because your story is that important.
0:48.2	This one is no different.
0:49.7	Anthony Donnie Donoghue has a great, amazing backstory of overcoming adversity from getting in a little
0:55.3	bit of legal troubles.
0:56.6	That's basically how he found his way into VMI.
0:59.0	The judge told him like, hey, as opposed to, you know, ruining the rest of your life with this
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