Episode 161 · February 21, 2023 · 57:33
#161: Cleared Hot! Battling PTSD with Apache Gunship Pilot Brian Slade
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Go behind enemy lines with Apache Gunship pilot Brian Slade! It's an exhilarating ride that will ironically equip you with the tools needed to survive the battles raging in your own life!
"Our mission in life never ends, it just changes as we go."
Brian L. Slade has held command positions in the Army and the Air Force and received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, and fourteen combat air medals. He attended Utah State, where he earned a BA and was commissioned as an Army Aviation second lieutenant. He's also earned an MA in aviation instruction. Brian currently serves as a lieutenant colonel for Air Force Combat Search and Rescue.
One in three will experience a significant trauma in their life. For army Apache pilot Brian Slade, his first was in Afghanistan.
Offering a unique perspective on preparing one's mind for trauma, Brian's book, Cleared Hot is intense, instructive, humorous, and brutally honest. This book puts readers in the cockpit of the most lethal helicopter in the world as Slade learns on the job, combating a tenacious enemy against all odds in the most challenging environment imaginable.
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