Training for the Most Elite Warriors on the Planet - USAF Special Operations w/ Lt. Col. Kerns - Barbell Shrugged — Barbell Shrugged #423
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
The Airmen who make up Air Force Special Ops are the most specialized warriors on the planet. They are the ones other special forces look to when the mission calls for their unique skills and fearless commitment. A job for the mentally tough and physically strong, these elite heroes go where others won’t because they’re trained to do what others can’t.
Learn more at http://airforce.com/specialops
Lt. Col. Heath J. Kerns is the Commander, 330th Recruiting Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. He leads Special Operations Recruiters to scout, develop and guide future Special Warfare Airmen to their combat calling. The 330th Recruiting Squadron is the largest squadron within Air Force Recruiting Service and its mission spans the entire globe.
Lieutenant Colonel Kerns grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in June 2004. He is the second Air Force officer to ever graduate the Brazilian Army Jungle Warfare course and holds advanced qualifications as a military freefall parachutist, combat scuba diver, and air traffic controller. Lieutenant Colonel Kerns served two tours as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and deployed extensively throughout Southern Command, Pacific Command, and Africa Command in support of Special Operations.
In this episode of Barbell Shrugged, Anders Varner and Doug Larson discuss:
The strength training and performance team in charge of preparing the USAF Special Operations units
Choosing to serve and what it means to put the mission first
Training to be combat ready
Water confidence and training in the most intense environments
What it means to trust your brothers in life and death situations
And more…
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| 0:00.0 | Lieutenant Colonel Kerns joins us today from the US Air Force Special Operations. |
| 0:05.4 | Friends, I don't know a whole ton about the US Air Force Special Operations. |
| 0:10.8 | That's until I met Lieutenant Colonel Kerns at the Spartan World Championship |
| 0:15.7 | and we hiked a 10 kilometer mountain together. |
| 0:18.8 | On top of that, we did three shows, we shot a ton of footage, |
| 0:22.4 | worked out with these guys, and if there's one place that I can build some trust |
| 0:25.8 | and really get to know what people are up, what they're like in real life, |
| 0:29.8 | it's in the gym. |
| 0:30.8 | And I met a ton of people in the Air Force, the Special Operations Unit is top notch. |
| 0:36.7 | And there's an incredible demand right now for people that are looking to enter into Special Ops. |
| 0:43.2 | The US Air Force has three separate places that you can go inside their Special Operations. |
| 0:49.3 | There's combat controller and charge of air traffic control, airfield establishment, special tactics. |
| 0:55.0 | Parariseous, those are the PJs that you hear about. |
| 0:58.2 | That's like the most elite of the most elite. |
| 1:00.5 | Search and rescue, they're jumping out of planes, combat, medical, they're jumping into bad places, |
| 1:05.6 | and special tactics. |
| 1:06.6 | These guys literally know everything. |
| 1:08.6 | And then special reconnaissance, global battlespace access, intelligence, surveillance, and special tactics. |
| 1:14.8 | And then there's the tactical air control party that's air strike targeting, close air support, and special tactics. |
| 1:21.9 | The US Air Force Special Operations is the most elite of the most elite warriors on this planet. |
| 1:28.5 | These guys get sent into the gnarliest situations, they come out alive, and for the most part, |
| 1:35.3 | no one knows about them because there's a code of silence. |
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