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At the moment we hear the Fight Story of Mike Rutledge, a Navy SEAL turned to a hundred and sixtieth Particular Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) aviator who accomplished 17 fight deployments over a 30 yr profession.
It is a particular episode for me personally as a result of I went to flight college with Mike (as we focus on within the episode) and I nonetheless bear in mind being in awe once I noticed this different flight college candidate sporting a trident on his uniform.
Mike had a really unconventional path to turning into a particular operator in two branches, and flew alongside a number of the biggest pilots of our time, together with Al Mack, who you’ll recall from a earlier episode of Fight Story.
Among the many multitude of mission throughout his 17 deployments, Mike discovered himself on a mission in 2007 after we thought we had been going to seize Bin Laden. That was, in fact, a dry gap however generated classes discovered that had been utilized in 2011 within the last raid.
I hope you take pleasure in this wide-ranging and humble perspective into the world of somebody who went from being a SEAL to a a hundred and sixtieth aviator as a lot as I did.
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Present Notes:
00:00 – Intro
01:07 – Visitor Introduction (Mike Rutledge)
02:08 – Interview begins
02:30 – Workplace Statue
04:37 – Being a SEAL in Aviation lessons
08:50 – SEALs in a hundred and sixtieth
13:15 – Challenges rising up
16:56 – Expertise with father
21:53 – Being bullied as a child
25:50 – Being a guardian
29:00 – Becoming a member of the Navy
49:38 – Regrets on path
01:00:42 – Going again to Guam
01:03:50 – First time outdoors the wire in fight
01:11:11 – Deciding to enter Aviation
01:23:50 – reminiscent on the SEALs
01:28:28 – First flight mission
01:39:22 – Issues that go mistaken
01:45:48 – One mission from Mike’s perspective
01:53:48 – Processing crew relaxation
01:55:19 – A troublesome infil/exfil
02:00:47 – Shut calls
02:10:38 – Perfection within the mission
02:14:16 – Essentially the most brave factor
02:19:19 – Transitioning out
02:24:50 – Persevering with being a pilot
02:26:35 – elevating pilots
02:31:16 – Sentimental gadgets
02:33:35 – Do all of it once more
02:39:47 – Listener feedback and shout outs
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