Ep 537: The Pararescue Legend "Yo-Yo" Keaton Drops Brutal Truths About Military Standards & Leadership

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

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Retired Chief PJ Yo-Yo Keaton shows up and immediately proves why half the community worships him and the other half is still trying to keep up. Peaches and Trent drag him through a career of combat rescues, dumb mistakes that almost killed him, leadership hot takes, and the kind of honesty that would vaporize a modern CBT. Yo-Yo breaks down why standards matter, why mediocrity is a disease, and why today’s Airmen desperately need a reality check. He also casually admits to r...

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0:00.0	One's ready?
0:01.0	Point a trip!
0:03.0	Go!
0:05.0	One, two, two, two, two,
0:11.0	two, and a...
0:13.0	A.
0:14.0	One, two,
0:16.0	keep talking, grind every day yeah we aim for the stars feet on the ground but our heads are our
0:34.9	laws visions the glory sweat on our skin we craft our heads of our mars, visions of glory, sweat on our skin.
0:38.3	We craft our story, determined to win.
0:41.2	We the Titans with hearts untamed.
0:43.7	We face the giants in this battling game.
0:46.4	Our dreams are loud, echoes of them remain.
0:49.1	We stand as one heading for the Hall of Fame.
0:51.3	We chase the lights till the final whistle.
0:54.4	We'll leave it when we say we never settle. We chase the lights to the final whistle. Believe it when we say we never settle.
0:56.7	We chase the lights to the final whistle. Believe it when we say we never set. Oh, we did it. We did it. We did it. We did it. Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the Ones Ready podcast. You're in the team room. Before we hop into this next episode with retired
1:11.7	paro rescueman, Chief Master Sardin, David Yo-Yo-Yo Keaton. You guys have heard us talk about him on
1:17.3	the podcast before, actually. Yo-yo, yo, yo! Anyway, he's the one that talks about and making
1:23.2	sure that his bank account looks like a phone number. But before we happen to that,
1:27.9	we still have slots available for the Operator Training Summit in Las Vegas.
1:31.7	If you want to register for it,
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