Ep 542: Why Local Power Beats Washington Every Time: Drew Johnson - Nevada State Treasurer Candidate

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

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail This episode isn’t about tactics—it’s about power. Aaron sits down with Drew Johnson to break down why local government, community accountability, and individual responsibility matter more than anything coming out of Washington. From growing up poor in Appalachia to running for Nevada State Treasurer, Drew explains why big government is inefficient, innovation dies without IP protection, and national security starts at the state level. They hit mining, rare earth minerals, Ch...

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0:00.0	One's ready?
0:01.0	All right!
0:02.0	Go!
0:03.0	So you guys are going into Special Warfare Assessment Selection.
0:09.0	It is an attributes-based selection model. What does that mean?
0:13.0	Guys, are we running right now to get better than we're practicing running?
0:16.0	Practicing.
0:17.0	Right? I can't.
0:19.0	Freaking.
0:20.0	So there's a holistic picture that we're looking for.
0:23.6	The instructors are giving you input and we're expecting an output.
0:27.6	And everything is for a reason.
0:29.6	If you guys haven't heard my spiel yet, everything that we do,
0:32.6	every single exercise has a connection to the job that you're trying to do. We don't want people at in-doc Special Warfare Assessment Selection,
0:43.3	whatever they're going to call the new course when it inevitably changes somewhere down the road.
0:47.3	I don't care what they call it.
0:49.3	What I need is you to show me the raw materials for the things that I want to build you into.
0:55.9	Just like everything else, it's a crawl, walk, run.
0:58.9	I can run a keystone just like this.
1:01.8	All the way to the agency, you never quit.
1:04.8	All the way to ACC, you never quit.
1:07.6	Welcome back to the podcast, everybody.
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