Crosstrain Into AF Specwar
CROSS TRAINING
EPISODE 9
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WELCOME ANOTHER Info-packed EPISODE OF THE ONES READY PODCAST! ON THIS ONE the team talks BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CROSSTRAINING PROCESS AND THEN WHAT’S EXPECTED OF YOU IN THE PIPELINE.
The Ones Ready Team will give a brief overview of the administrative portion of the cross training process followed by an in depth explanation of what will be expected of you during the pipeline. The success of your Team may be in your hands. Pay attention and don’t jack it up.
Intro
[Nikki(BOSS)] You're listening to the Ones Ready podcast, a team of Air Force Special Operators forged in combat with over 70 years of combined operational experience as well as a decade of selection instructor experience. If you're tired of settling and you want to do something, you truly believe in, you're in the right place. Now here's your host, PJ team leader, Jiu Jitsu lover, meme enthusiast, and Dad joke aficionado, Aaron Love.
[Aaron] What's up everybody? Welcome to another slice of podcast heaven. Here, we are in the team room, the Ones Ready podcast. We heard all of the requests, we got all the DMs, we saw all the comments, we've gotten all of the direct messages from all of the platforms. We're finally gonna knock it out for you today. Cross-Training, being a cross-trainee and getting into the pipeline and what does that look like? I can't say that Peaches isn't here because he got disciplined by Brian and he's on the bench for one podcast. That's definitely not the reason. It's not because he's sick and he completely lost his voice. It might be because he got disciplined, but we'll handle that a little bit later. A couple of housekeeping notes. Brian, if you want to tell people about that later, go ahead. But, yeah no big deal. Check the YouTube channel for the downfall of Chief Peaches. Just some housekeeping notes. We want to start off, I want to talk about, Alpha Brew Coffee Company a little bit. It's a veteran owned LEO operated coffee companies, single source, never blended. The beans are always fresh. You can see from the stories and you can see from everything that we do, it's always got that fresh bloom that pour over is just delicious. It's got the newer nootropic that helps me get going, especially in the morning. My friends know I'm not a morning person, but get me a big cup of Alpha Brew Coffee, get my brain firing on all cylinders and you feel great. If you're not in the DoD or you don't intend to be in the DoD, they make a great CBD coffee. Remember can't take it if you're inside the DoD. So that's a hard line. But if you guys want the best possible coffee and nootropics out there, go over to Alpha Brew Coffee, use code ONESREADY at checkout and you're going to get 15% off and they're going to know that we push you over that way. So I'm getting another bag of it today. Another gift pack is going out from the meme war that we did and they're getting their own Alpha Brew Coffee. So check them out. Alphabrewcoffee.com, ONESREADY code at checkout. You're going to get that 15% off. You guys got any inputs for Alpha Brew Coffee?
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Set yourself up for success
The OnesReady hosts are not retraining process experts. Go to the MPS and get smart on the process.
Be good at your current job. When your retraining paperwork makes it to the SW decision makers they need to know that you’re a worker.
Make excellence a habit. During the phase 2 selection the cadre will be evaluating you on how you react in every situation. You can’t just think you can turn it on and fool them. If it’s not already ingrained in you it won’t be pretty.
Chain of command support
You will need support from your current chain of command. Keep them in the loop. Make sure they know you’re serious. Be the person they don’t want to leave, but support you because of the person you are.
Cone connect
Connect with training/competition partners on beapj.com. Become part of the community. Know how you stack up with the other candidates.
Also a phrasing joke…
Attention to Detail
The first step in retraining is filing the paperwork. Attention to detail is crucial. If you make a mistake it will be sent back to you and only lengthen the process. These same skills will be tested over and over again in the pipeline.
Maturity and leadership
As cross trainees the candidates that are new to the Air Force will look up to you. Instructors will expect you to be have the pulse of the team. Teams that have strong leadership are much more successful. You will be expected to provide that strong leadership and maturity.
5 meter targets
Aaron asked Brian and Trent what their 5 meter targets would be if they were going to cross train into SW.
Take care of home life
Mental prep, getting into student mode
Physical prep
Recap
[Brian] Alright, so a lot of things that we talked about today. I'm just going to go over a brief review. So first thing you want to do, if you're talking about going to transfer over, cross-train into any of these career fields as you want to go to your MPF, see what your retraining window is. And then once you have that kind of information, talk to your First Sergeant, talk to your supervisor, let them know what you're trying to do, and then build up your team within your respective community, wherever you're at in the world. So build up your team and check out again that Cone Connect. You can hit up the YouTube channel also. And then in the comments, you know, put it out there. Just put your name out there because I think one of the most important things for you guys whenever you're trying to cross train is to train with guys because you're going to be expected to lead. So practice that now with likeminded individuals, which are those guys that you're going be possibly actually going to team with if you're training with them now and you have the same mindset. So definitely reach out and get with those guys. Train as much as you can. Practice your leadership, practice your public speaking skills cause that's going to be a big thing. Also whenever you get into that selection for CROs and for cross-trainees. And then some of the other stuff that we've talked about, you know, just kind of like we were saying before, build those habits now and make it an actual habit you're going to do. Say if you have a workout plan for the day, don't skip out on it, don't do half of it. Make sure that you're disciplined enough right now to put forth the effort to make you successful whenever you actually get to selection. So those are the main points. And we're going to also do like Aaron was talking about before, another episode that has recruiter specific stuff and more in depth kind of the nuts and bolts of what you're going to have to do paperwork wise and everything. We're going to interview a recruiter who does prior service and cross-trainee type of paperwork and he's going to help us out to explain to you guys, you know that piece. Like Aaron said, we're PJ's and Special Reconnaissance. We're not recruiters and MPF. So we're going to have those guys come on, explain to you guys exactly what you need to do. So watch out for that on YouTube. We're going to put that video out there and like Aaron said, please leave us a review if you guys enjoy the podcast. If there are any other things that you guys want us to talk about, then hit us up at onesready.com there's a link down at the bottom. You can email us anytime or you can just hit us up on IG. We're always here to answer your questions and always here to help go out as much as we can. So really appreciate you guys watching us and listening to us on the podcast and we'll see you guys next time. Earn each breath.
TLDR: If you’re cross training into Spec War you need to start now. Practice excellence. Practice Leadership. You will be expected to act like a leader.
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