About this episode
Send us a text Retired Pararescueman Doug Dicken has given his adult life in service to the Air Force and PJ community. Doug's life was forever changed on June 9th 2010, when he witnessed the crash of Pedro 66, in the Helmand area of Aghanistan. Doug talks us through all the lessons he learned while responding to one of the deadliest crashes the Pararescue and CRO community had seen. Thanks to Doug for having the courage to be open and honest about his struggles with mental health and for sharing his story with us. If you could, please take a moment and remember those we lost in the crash of Pedro 66: Capt. David Wisniewski - 66th Rescue Squadron Staff Sgt. David Smith - 66th Rescue Squadron 1st Lt. Joel Gentz - 58th Rescue Squadron Tech. Sgt. Michael Flores - 48th Rescue Squadron Senior Airman Benjamin White - 48th Rescue Squadron 00:00 The pre-roll of the intro that you need 04:00 Doug's Indoc experiences and pipeline and getting to team 13:50 Doug gets his first deployment 30:00 Bad feelings in Afghanistan and Tactical Momentum 32:30 The Story of Pedro 66 42:30 Doug gets on the ground 51:00 The fog of war 58:00 Patients were alive- time to go to work 01:03:00 The aftermath 01:09:00 Stories about our friends 01:13:00 Mental Health and struggling with PTSD Don't forget to subscribe to the Podcast on your favorite player! http://bit.ly/2OG2Olf Have a question? Email us at info@onesready.com Follow us on Instagram http://bit.ly/2OeNoFI As always, THANK YOU for your support, we truly appreciate it. #pararescue #onesready #mentalhealth Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY Hoist - Promo Code: ONESREADY ...