We Own The Skies - The Most Assets I've Ever Deployed with CCT Peaches Jared Pietras | Mike Drop 202

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Former Navy SEAL CCT (Combat Controller) Jared Pietras describes his experience managing multiple aircraft assets during operations in Mosul around 2009. He explains his techniques for coordinating everything from AC-130s to A-10s using two radios and a handwritten notebook to track call signs, munitions, and altitudes. Pietras also recounts a confrontation with a Canadian controller when he cleared medevac helicopters into airspace without authorization to evacuate wounded personnel.

Key takeaways

• Pietras recalls using a handwritten notepad to track multiple aircraft assets, including their munitions and radio frequencies, while managing ISR assets on one frequency and strike assets on another
• Pietras describes using a dual-radio setup with priority settings that allowed him to monitor multiple frequencies and respond quickly, though both radios could transmit simultaneously causing confusion
• Pietras recounts clearing medevac helicopters into airspace he didn’t control to evacuate wounded personnel, then confronting the Canadian controller who tried to reprimand him over the decision

Episode details: published August 27, 2024 · 4.3K views · 9:32 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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