Ep 532: From Navy Rescue Swimmer to SWAT: Kody Dickerson's Comeback Story That Refused to Quit

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 November 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Peaches and Trent sit down with Kody Dickerson — the guy who took every hit life could throw: failed run, COVID cruise, family crisis, BUD/S heartbreak, the whole stack. And instead of folding, he rebuilt himself into a SWAT enforcer, gang-unit problem-solver, and CrossFit machine. Kody breaks down the moments that rocked him, the honesty that saved him, and the mindset that pulled him out of a 250-pound fog and back into the fight. If you’re still telling yourself “now’s not...

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0:00.0	get on the track, I end up trying to keep up with a guy who end up finishing the run in like the low eights for a small and half. Like, yeah, and I was never, I never broke nine minutes, or even nine 30. So I was like, in my head, I was like, I'm just going to try to stick with this guy. And we'll see what happens. No, I stuck with him for like two laps and I just I hit a wall and I saw people passing by.
0:23.2	I'm like, okay, I'm still good. I'm still good.
0:25.0	But I just didn't have the awareness to know how many people passed by.
0:28.7	I came at the line at 943.
0:31.9	The stay in, you have to be at a 10.30.
0:34.5	So I missed it by like 13 seconds.
0:36.2	And I was like, oh my God. Like everything just,
0:40.6	my whole entire world, like home life was, you know, complete shit. I just failed this test
0:45.6	that I've been prepping for for years. One's ready. Point a trip. Go!
0:58.0	One, two, one One, two, three, two, two
1:00.0	two,
1:01.0	one, a,
1:02.0	two,
1:03.0	one,
1:04.0	six,
1:05.0	and so,
1:06.0	and so,
1:07.0	a
1:08.0	a Grind every day, yeah, we aim for the stars, feet on the ground, but our heads are our mars.
1:23.6	Visions the glory, sweat on our skin, we craft our our story determined to win we the titans with
1:30.7	hearts untamed we face the giants in this battling game our dreams allowed echoes of then remain
1:36.7	we stand as one heading for the hall of fame we chase the lights till the final whistle
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