Ep 520: The Broken Medal System: Why the Wrong People Keep Getting Recognized

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

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Peaches and Active Duty CCT, MSgt Dan torch the myth of “fair” awards in the military. This one’s not a feel-good story—it’s a reality check. From Manda Bay to the Pentagon, the boys call out the clown show where some people collect medals for surviving the wifi going out while others who actually fought for their lives get nothing. Dan drops receipts straight from the battlefield, naming the hypocrisy, inflated hero worship, and bureaucratic nonsense that’s poisoning the ran...

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0:04.5	Overwatch positions and you see how they kind of muddy the waters with this gray area where they can maybe argue like, well, technically it did happen. No. Like it was us, it was us alone. 17 of us that retook the airfield. We did CQB cleared cleared out all the buildings, like it is what it is.
0:21.8	That's where it ended. Nobody else on that entire day were directly engaged.
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