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Air Force Pararescuemen, also known as PJ's, are the only elite combat force in the Department of Defense that are trained and equipped to perform personnel recovery. PJs are highly trained special operators who rescue, recover, and return American or allied forces in times of danger or extreme duress. It's a dangerous position from any angle - air, land, or sea, PJ's are there when others are not. Just take it from Brandon Daugherty.
With seven back-to-back deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and a few classified missions in parts unknown, Brandon knows a thing or two about flying into the dark. And after 10 years in Pararescue, he's since pivoted to rescuing astronauts with his company at Operator Solutions that we covered in his previous episode. But what makes PJ's so special? Where's Brandon seen the most action? And most importantly - what kind of situations has he seen that the rest of us never even heard about?
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - At Least You Weren't Dead Last, Right?
10:13 - Where Did You Learn to Swim Anyway?
13:32 - Becoming a PJ
33:40 - Drowning (or: Seeing the Wizard)
36:16 - Deploying to Kandahar in 2005
51:41 - Observing the Op Tempo
01:03:10 - Finding Jesus (and an Article 15) in the Horn of Africa
01:14:12 - Iraq to Afghanistan (and Getting Hitched Along the Way)
01:22:44 - Bagram in the Wintertime
01:50:58 - Questioning A Call from On High
01:47:39 - Ketamine in the Helmand River District
02:00:58 - Rescuing the British Convoy in the Canal
02:18:58 - Bone Blood Infusions via Medical Support
02:27:51 - Overcoming Mental Health at Home
02:32:11 - The Alpha Five Project & The Special Operations Warrior Foundation
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os-rescue.com/
Support Project Alpha 5 and the Special Operations Warrior Foundation -
specialops.org/alpha5
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