Anyone joining USAF Special Warfare for TACP, you better be able to swim just as good as the PJ, SR, and CCT candidates. You have to do all the same swimming. We didn’t know that and were completely unprepared and I pretty much drowned everyday. Everyone will do the 25m Rifle Swim, gear ditch, underwaters (up to full OCPs), 10-ups, buddy breathing, mask and snorkel recovery up to 20m in full OCPs, treading for up to 10-15 minutes with hands in water, treading for four minutes with fins hands out of water, and surface swimming specifically freestyle. Get good at all of this even if you want to be TACP if you want this course to be easier.
Are you a part of that flight that is just now graduating prep, and are having town pass? I'm over at the Trss med hold for being unvaccinated. But thanks for the heads up, I've been at the skylark pool every evening for the past several weeks!
Hey Jim, I am training at home right now; just training in a little 5 foot 30 meter back yard pool, i dont really have any good public pools near me,, will this be a problem when I get to the pool phase? Like is there any reason that I should be training in a deeper pool? Also What are 10 ups? Thanks.
It boggles my mind this channel doesn’t have a significant amount of more viewers for the quality information and dialogue contained within every posting. Please keep up the great work gents; thank you! I hope to get near the level of experience/knowledge of everyone associated with the channel once I get further into this path.
The topic of duty stations at the beginning is interesting sirs! Is it possible for you to shed some light on how difficult/easy it would be to request to be stationed as an SR/CCT/STO for your 1st station overseas at the 320th/321st? Asking for a friend…. & this friend may or may not be my wife who is praying if the day comes it’s one of these locations. 😅
It is possible to go overseas for your first duty station, it’s part of your preference list. Ideally though you want a stateside assignment first to gain experience before heading overseas.
I gotta say that I retired as an E-6 after 22 years (by choice believe it or not) and had to say that I had a few pet-peeves myself and I could definitely be an @ss-hole on occasion. At least from my point of view it was for a very real REASON. Mostly it was a safety thing or at least a discipline issue. Uniform stuff was something I really couldn't wind myself up to care all that much about with the exception of the real blatant stuff. I think that time in our lives is related more to your age experience rather than rank. During my stint as an instructor I knew how to deliver this "coaching moment" that wasn't condescending, for the most part. With 'things' getting stuck in one's head I can totally relate...as I get further and further over the half-century mark the more I find that things between the ears seem to be getting a little 'frayed'. At work I need a minimum of either/or 45 degrees of turn and/or 9 feet of travel before I've got to reset on "what I came in here to do". Yeah, I get why Trent came on to do an apology or whatever but truly...what's in a name? I remember Jerry Souls (sp?) and THAT guy Is just AWESOME. He would give us a talk about water-con there at the start just before the underwaters and after he gave us an inspirational speech (maybe 3-5 minutes at most) we were READY to GO! It didn't matter how badly/well the rest of the day went...we were READY.
You’re going to Sheppard to the EOD school there after basic. EOD doesn’t go to prep at Lackland with the other career fields just fyi if you aren’t already aware.
I always saw the position of senior leadership or command ( at least in LE, I didn’t get to senior leadership I the military). Was to occupy a rung on the blame chain. IE, giving the guys someone to call/ point at to say “ he approved it”. That’s what I see my position as, to provide guidance and direction to my troops, and to accept the blame from on high when something doesn’t go to plan. I’ve always told them if they have an issue to push it up the blame chain to me, maybe I’ve dealt with an issue like this before, perhaps I’ve got some ideas, if nothing else you pushed it up to me and I accept the responsibility if something goes wrong.
So, we already had Nikki Selby on; check that one out. I guess I would ask- those two career fields couldn’t be more different. Do you want to be in the Navy, or the Air Force?
@@OnesReady I leaning more towards Air Force. Navy is still in the back of my mind. I guess whatever one is in the field more, I wanna be out in the suck. Not in scrubs fetching bed pans
@@wkingp2755 SARCs start out as general duty HMs (8400), then get FMF qualified (8404), then select for Recon. The Navy medical pipeline is more patient care oriented. The PJ curriculum is more "technical rescue/personnel recovery" with paramedic on top for good measure. They take care of people getting rescued. SARCs go in to the field with, and take care of, the Marines in their unit (and others, of course). Quite a different focus - SARC training won't include auto/aircraft extrication, rope rescue, and a bunch of other stuff that PJs do. You'll have to pick those up later, if you want that. The thing that I like about the PJ career field (I'm an ex corpsman HM2) is that the PJs have a real mission whether there is a war or not. SARCs, unless there is a war, will be training with their Marines.
@@OnesReady no that sounded harsh I actually watch a lot of you guys shows. that topic was just a topic that doesn't get discussed much and reading my comment I didn't realize how hard it sounded. I should have said 😉, lol. I meant it as kind of a. joke. You all don't really get the attention you deserve really with the quality content you put out.
Technically yes, they could do all of that and not get selected, but it’s rare. It would be based on character flaws identified by the psych stuff and peer reviews.
Do you guys allow/do sacrificials? Meaning can a team member volunteer for one of them challenges or tasks and take one for the team? Or i guess has anyone volunteered for such a thing. lol
I mean, sure, but usually that noble idea lasts exactly one drop, because it looks *a lot* like attention seeking behavior. “No, Mr. Cadre! Smoke me! I’ll protect the team!” - Not as cool as you think, trust us. - A
As a prior service married guy with kids are you given BAH while in the prep course? I’m a dude in his 30s hoping to go this year and planning out with my family. Not sure if prep course is 8 weeks with 7 days per week and no liberty. Or if it’s 5 days with weekends off, etc. Thanks!
Anyone joining USAF Special Warfare for TACP, you better be able to swim just as good as the PJ, SR, and CCT candidates. You have to do all the same swimming. We didn’t know that and were completely unprepared and I pretty much drowned everyday. Everyone will do the 25m Rifle Swim, gear ditch, underwaters (up to full OCPs), 10-ups, buddy breathing, mask and snorkel recovery up to 20m in full OCPs, treading for up to 10-15 minutes with hands in water, treading for four minutes with fins hands out of water, and surface swimming specifically freestyle. Get good at all of this even if you want to be TACP if you want this course to be easier.
Hello dear leader
Are you a part of that flight that is just now graduating prep, and are having town pass? I'm over at the Trss med hold for being unvaccinated. But thanks for the heads up, I've been at the skylark pool every evening for the past several weeks!
@@pandemicwarfare4288 ahhh good ol med/airman hold. F* that place lmao
Hey Jim, I am training at home right now; just training in a little 5 foot 30 meter back yard pool, i dont really have any good public pools near me,, will this be a problem when I get to the pool phase? Like is there any reason that I should be training in a deeper pool? Also What are 10 ups?
Thanks.
@Jim Pickens I guess to ask it in an easier way, is it enough to practice holding my breath, and swimming back and forth in this little pool?
It boggles my mind this channel doesn’t have a significant amount of more viewers for the quality information and dialogue contained within every posting. Please keep up the great work gents; thank you! I hope to get near the level of experience/knowledge of everyone associated with the channel once I get further into this path.
Appreciate that. We *also* think we should be way more popular. Tell your friends! - A
Will do Sir. I'll make it my New Year's resolution.
Hair war continues! Aarons hair piece killed me. Just wondering if the hair piece is a standard issue for PJ’s when they get their beret?
I have A Trifold for PJ and TACP
On my nightstand
Serves as a motivator
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
The topic of duty stations at the beginning is interesting sirs! Is it possible for you to shed some light on how difficult/easy it would be to request to be stationed as an SR/CCT/STO for your 1st station overseas at the 320th/321st? Asking for a friend…. & this friend may or may not be my wife who is praying if the day comes it’s one of these locations. 😅
It is possible to go overseas for your first duty station, it’s part of your preference list. Ideally though you want a stateside assignment first to gain experience before heading overseas.
@@OnesReady I follow. Thanks for the insight!
Peach just said hell week?! We gonna need some info on that BOIIII🇺🇸
I gotta say that I retired as an E-6 after 22 years (by choice believe it or not) and had to say that I had a few pet-peeves myself and I could definitely be an @ss-hole on occasion. At least from my point of view it was for a very real REASON. Mostly it was a safety thing or at least a discipline issue. Uniform stuff was something I really couldn't wind myself up to care all that much about with the exception of the real blatant stuff. I think that time in our lives is related more to your age experience rather than rank. During my stint as an instructor I knew how to deliver this "coaching moment" that wasn't condescending, for the most part. With 'things' getting stuck in one's head I can totally relate...as I get further and further over the half-century mark the more I find that things between the ears seem to be getting a little 'frayed'. At work I need a minimum of either/or 45 degrees of turn and/or 9 feet of travel before I've got to reset on "what I came in here to do". Yeah, I get why Trent came on to do an apology or whatever but truly...what's in a name? I remember Jerry Souls (sp?) and THAT guy Is just AWESOME. He would give us a talk about water-con there at the start just before the underwaters and after he gave us an inspirational speech (maybe 3-5 minutes at most) we were READY to GO! It didn't matter how badly/well the rest of the day went...we were READY.
Been looking for videos en tips on what to expect I ship the next month going AF EOD.
You’re going to Sheppard to the EOD school there after basic. EOD doesn’t go to prep at Lackland with the other career fields just fyi if you aren’t already aware.
@@utnac10 yeah i know that’s where the preliminary begins then after that is Eglin.
Man we need a podcast like this for anyone trynna go the army route
Maybe just… ya know… try the AF? - A
Life is a Special Operation has some good stuff.
fng academy
I always saw the position of senior leadership or command ( at least in LE, I didn’t get to senior leadership I the military). Was to occupy a rung on the blame chain. IE, giving the guys someone to call/ point at to say “ he approved it”. That’s what I see my position as, to provide guidance and direction to my troops, and to accept the blame from on high when something doesn’t go to plan. I’ve always told them if they have an issue to push it up the blame chain to me, maybe I’ve dealt with an issue like this before, perhaps I’ve got some ideas, if nothing else you pushed it up to me and I accept the responsibility if something goes wrong.
11:38 I think Aaron is just mad that you exposed his fake hair
Can you guys get a Navy SARC on here and compare what you guys do as PJ’s vs a navy SARC I’m considering both
So, we already had Nikki Selby on; check that one out. I guess I would ask- those two career fields couldn’t be more different. Do you want to be in the Navy, or the Air Force?
@@OnesReady I leaning more towards Air Force. Navy is still in the back of my mind. I guess whatever one is in the field more, I wanna be out in the suck. Not in scrubs fetching bed pans
@@wkingp2755 SARCs start out as general duty HMs (8400), then get FMF qualified (8404), then select for Recon. The Navy medical pipeline is more patient care oriented. The PJ curriculum is more "technical rescue/personnel recovery" with paramedic on top for good measure. They take care of people getting rescued. SARCs go in to the field with, and take care of, the Marines in their unit (and others, of course). Quite a different focus - SARC training won't include auto/aircraft extrication, rope rescue, and a bunch of other stuff that PJs do. You'll have to pick those up later, if you want that. The thing that I like about the PJ career field (I'm an ex corpsman HM2) is that the PJs have a real mission whether there is a war or not. SARCs, unless there is a war, will be training with their Marines.
Good dev session today
You should have a specpps flight surgeon on. They were great. I was an A10 SGP, but please get an AFSOC expert.
We already did- go check out our episode on SOST; it's a great one!
This was the hardest first 2 min of anything ive ever watched 🤣
Lol but you made it. Proud of you!!! Lololol
At 34:05…that was me lol! Valeela Sgt!
9:30 r u kidding this is the part that had me hooked. I swtched channels after this.
We are definitely not for everyone! Thanks for the engagement. Let us know what you’d prefer to see
@@OnesReady no that sounded harsh I actually watch a lot of you guys shows. that topic was just a topic that doesn't get discussed much and reading my comment I didn't realize how hard it sounded. I should have said 😉, lol. I meant it as kind of a. joke. You all don't really get the attention you deserve really with the quality content you put out.
Can a candidate pass all physical evals, all academic evals, & what ever mental barriers they get hit with…& still not get selected for afspecwar?
Technically yes, they could do all of that and not get selected, but it’s rare. It would be based on character flaws identified by the psych stuff and peer reviews.
Thx
Do you guys allow/do sacrificials? Meaning can a team member volunteer for one of them challenges or tasks and take one for the team? Or i guess has anyone volunteered for such a thing. lol
I mean, sure, but usually that noble idea lasts exactly one drop, because it looks *a lot* like attention seeking behavior. “No, Mr. Cadre! Smoke me! I’ll protect the team!” - Not as cool as you think, trust us. - A
@@OnesReady fair enough lmao. i could see how it could become "teacher's pet" like
This is Caleb with a K behavior
Trent - what is your day job in the Air Force? Something Peaches said made me want to know. Thanks.
Until just recently I was the AETC Functional Manager for SR. I’m just Mr. Seegmiller now.
@@OnesReady Thanks. Best wishes for continued success in retirement!
roger that
Let’s go Brandon!!!
What’s the oldest candidate to go through AFSW? Prior service included
39 is the age limit.
43 year old prior service in course right now
@@awesomeguy2668 good luck man that’s a feat
As a prior service married guy with kids are you given BAH while in the prep course?
I’m a dude in his 30s hoping to go this year and planning out with my family. Not sure if prep course is 8 weeks with 7 days per week and no liberty. Or if it’s 5 days with weekends off, etc.
Thanks!
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