Ep 202: Pararescue Team Leader: Doug Dicken And The Crash Of PEDRO 66

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Retired Pararescueman Doug Dicken has given his adult life in service to the Air Force and PJ community. Doug's life was forever changed on June 9th 2010, when he witnessed the crash of Pedro 66, in the Helmand area of Aghanistan.

Doug talks us through all the lessons he learned while responding to one of the deadliest crashes the Pararescue and CRO community had seen. 

Thanks to Doug for having the courage to be open and honest about his struggles with mental health and for sharing his story with us. 

If you could, please take a moment and remember those we lost in the crash of Pedro 66:
Capt. David Wisniewski - 66th Rescue Squadron
Staff Sgt. David Smith - 66th Rescue Squadron
1st Lt. Joel Gentz - 58th Rescue Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Michael Flores - 48th Rescue Squadron
Senior Airman Benjamin White - 48th Rescue Squadron

00:00 The pre-roll of the intro that you need 
04:00 Doug's Indoc experiences and pipeline and getting to team
13:50 Doug gets his first deployment 
30:00 Bad feelings in Afghanistan and Tactical Momentum
32:30 The Story of Pedro 66
42:30 Doug gets on the ground 
51:00 The fog of war
58:00 Patients were alive- time to go to work
01:03:00 The aftermath 
01:09:00 Stories about our friends 
01:13:00 Mental Health and struggling with PTSD


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