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Ones Ready

Ep 557: AFSW Attribute - Teamwork

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

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail This episode breaks one of the biggest myths in Air Force Special Warfare selection: teamwork is not about getting along. Aaron lays out exactly what instructors are looking for in an attributes-based selection model—and why teamwork is evaluated even in an individually graded pipeline. From hydration and gear prep to buddy breathing, leadership, authenticity, and putting team gear before personal comfort, this is a no-fluff blueprint for being the teammate units actually wan...

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0:00.0

There is a picture of how your urine is supposed to be colored.

0:03.7

And down at the very bottom where it's bright yellow or even approaching brown,

0:07.2

all they say is bad teammate because you are becoming a liability.

0:11.3

One's ready.

0:14.4

Go!

0:18.0

So you guys are going into Special Warfare Assessment Selection.

0:20.8

It's an attributes-based selection model. What does that mean?

0:23.6

Guys, are we running right now to get further than practicing, honey?

0:26.6

Practicing. Right? I can't. Freaking.

0:31.6

So there's a holistic picture that we're looking for.

0:34.6

The instructors are giving you input, and we're expecting an output.

0:38.3

And everything is for a reason. If you guys haven't heard my spiel yet, everything that we do,

0:43.3

every single exercise has a connection to the job that you're trying to do.

0:50.3

We don't want people at endoc special warfare assessment selection, whatever they're going to call the new course when it inevitably changes somewhere down the road.

0:59.0

I don't care what they call it.

1:00.7

What I need is you need to show me the raw materials for the things that I want to build you into.

1:07.0

Just like everything else, it's a crawl, walk, run.

1:10.1

I can ride a piece, sir, just like this, all the way a crawl, walk, run. I can run a piece load just like this.

1:13.0

All the way to the HECC and never quit.

1:16.0

All the way to ACC, you never quit.

1:19.0

Hey, everybody.

1:20.1

Welcome back to the Ones Ready podcast.

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