Ep 476: Smart Intel Guy? There’s Only One—And He’s Charlie Faint!

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

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Send us a text Let’s get one thing straight—Charlie Faint isn’t just an intel officer. He’s the intel officer that made it through JSOC, the 160th, and now West Point without once becoming a PowerPoint nerd with security clearance delusions. In this episode, we dig into his warrior-scholar journey—from nearly drowning in a flight suit during selection to launching the Havoc Journal and mentoring cadets who think Platoon is a recruiting video. We cover everything: JSOC mythos, combat intel scr...

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0:00.0	One's ready.
0:01.0	Pointing.
0:03.3	Go!
0:07.3	Oh, brother!
0:09.8	Welcome back to the podcast.
0:12.0	You are in the team room, but before we hop into the team room with a great guest, Charlie Faint, who is an intel background.
0:18.4	He was with fifth group.
0:19.8	He was with the 160th.
0:22.3	And now he's currently at West Point, molding and shaping young minds.
0:28.3	And future-
0:28.6	Wicked smart intel guy.
0:30.0	Wicked smart.
0:30.8	We just can't emphasize that enough how smart Charlie Faint is.
0:33.8	We love it.
0:34.1	He could say that he's like the only one, right?
0:39.3	Yeah, he's the smart Intel person. Yeah.
0:40.3	Yeah.
0:41.3	Yeah.
0:42.3	Okay.
0:43.3	So first off, where did that come from that like we don't like intel people?
0:46.3	I think you probably just like made a reel or something that was like something about dumb
0:50.3	Intel folks.
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