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MBRS 67: "We Broke the Pipeline... On Purpose?" – Monster Trucks and Hero Coasties
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Exclusive access to bonus episodes!Trent and Peaches start with monster trucks and end up demolishing the Special Warfare pipeline. But first, they highlight the absolute unit that is Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer who saved 165 people during the Texas floods—only to get force-fed a hero tour he didn’t ask for.
What follows is a surgical takedown of the Pentagon’s latest “reforms” to the AFSW pipeline: less training, more liability, and a slow slide toward mediocrity—all in the name of speed. The guys torch the leadership failures, expose the false promises of a “common skills course,” and explain why survivability isn’t something you sprinkle on later.
Also: weather nerds vs. floodplain ignorance, Epstein conspiracies, and why the real danger isn’t water—it’s decisions made by people who never touched it.
🔥 Key Takeaways:
- 🚁 Scott Ruskan is a damn legend. 165 lives saved, no ego, just action.
- ⚠️ The hero tour = psychological landmine. Repeated exposure to trauma masked as “recognition.”
- 🧠 The Gill-Man Amnesia Effect: Everyone forgets yesterday’s lies when today's headline feels good.
- 🥽 Water confidence can’t be bolted on. It needs to be baked in—early and often.
- ⏱️ 12-month pipelines = tactical malpractice. Nobody wants a part-trained teammate.
- 🪖 SOCOM's contractual standards? Being ignored. The Air Force is daring them to care.
- ⚔️ Officers who push back get fired. Bootlickers get promoted.
- 🧃 Fast-roping is fine, repelling is too dangerous? Sure, Jan.
- 🌊 Pacific fight coming, but water training gets cut? Make it make sense.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Monday Mayhem & Monster Trucks
01:40 – Coast Guard’s Scott Ruskan: 165 Lives Saved
04:15 – The Real Cost of Going Viral
06:30 – Texas Flooding: Preventable Tragedy, Zero Prep
10:45 – Weather Nerds Knew. No One Listened.
15:00 – Epstein Conspiracies: DOJ Says “Nothing to See Here”
20:00 – Trust Is Dead. The Government Killed It.
25:00 – “Big Beautiful Pipeline” Update
28:15 – Why the 12-Month Pipeline Myth is Bullshit
30:30 – GWOT Hangover: SOF Got Bloated
34:00 – Training Waivers: The New Normal
40:00 – Credibility Takes a Hit When Standards Drop
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