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Peaches goes solo to finish another stack of Operator Training Summit questions — or at least tries to before the ribs downstairs start calling his name.
This is OTS FAQ Part 2, and it starts with one of the biggest questions candidates ask: what actually gets people through the hardest parts of selection and the job?
Peaches’ answer is pretty simple. Train your ass off. Build confidence through preparation. Get comfortable spending a lot of time on your feet. Run. Swim. Ruck. Be durable. And understand that the physical version of you that gets through selection may not be the version of you that your operational team eventually needs.
Then he gets into what actually makes a good teammate: integrity, reliability, communication, stress tolerance, teamwork, trainability, fitness, and drive. The inverse is just as important. If people cannot trust you, cannot rely on you, or have to constantly motivate you to do your job, you become a liability fast.
The episode also hits peer reviews, breath-hold apps, the four stupid mistakes candidates keep making, why dangerous jobs are still worth doing, and an easy way to build push-up volume without pretending every workout needs to be some heroic event.
Then things widen out: drone warfare, one-way attack drones, counter-UAS, and why the next fight will probably look very different from Iraq or Afghanistan.
Peaches also gives his mental-toughness trick: get on a treadmill, shut off every distraction, remove the clock, and live inside the suck. If you say you are running six miles, run six miles. Stop when the job is finished, not when it becomes uncomfortable.
He also breaks down Whoop recovery scores, why yellow does not mean “take the day off,” how people sabotage themselves by redlining every workout, and why backing off to 70–80% can actually produce more useful weekly training volume.
Then there is pipeline-specific stuff: possible two-week prep between BMT and SWAS, when spouses may join you, BAH questions, how fast a “good runner” should actually be, why Rocket Fins destroy your feet, what gear you can bring, and one of the most important lessons Peaches learned at Combat Dive School:
Eat. Everything.
You are not there to get shredded. You are there to pass. If midnight cookies and chips keep you fueled enough to survive the next dive, congratulations — you just discovered performance nutrition.
Also: ribs, soul mac and cheese, Velveeta, creamed corn, and why there will apparently be a Part 3.
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Chapters:
- OTS FAQ Part 2 Begins
- What Gets People Through Selection?
- What Makes a Good Teammate?
- Breath-Hold Training and Peer Reviews
- Biggest Candidate Mistakes
- Why Choose a Job Where You Could Die?
- How to Build Push-Ups Fast
- How Drone Warfare Changes the Fight
- Mental Toughness Without Distractions
- Whoop, Recovery, and Training Readiness
- Should You Take Recovery Weeks?
- Is a SWAS Prep Course Coming Back?
- Spouses, BAH, and Pipeline Logistics
- How Fast Should a Good Runner Be?
- Why Your Feet Cramp in Rocket Fins
- What Can You Bring Into the Pipeline?
- Should You Eat Everything You Can?
- Midnight Snacks Saved Combat Dive School
- Ribs, Soul Mac, and Part 3
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