The Swearing In Podcast Marty Smith

Today we discuss the Boeing Strainer crew flight test (20:43), the SpaceX Starship heavy booster splashdown (24:24), how Maui rejected the Space Force telescope proposal (39:37), AF Security Forces Center reaches the final phase of fielding Model Defender gear (46:45), our submission for the Patron Saint of the Space Force (57:05), and the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot” of June 1944 (69:54).

We are joined today by BG (Ret) Chris Petty. We discuss the Space Force proposal to convert National Guard to active duty (05:30), then we decide which US Military helicopter joins the “All Military Team” (25:27), and Gen Petty presents a battle analysis of The First Battle of the Marne in Sep 1914 (47:07).

Today the crew talks about The Freedom Hunters clay shoot fundraiser (04:20), the Space Force STARCOM gets official nod to come to the Space Coast (21:05), military beards gain new momentum as House panel OKs Air Force pilot program (37:22), an Air Force security team can breach an ‘impenetrable’ SCIF in one minute (50:02), the 134th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces train with the local Sheriff’s Office (65:20), and The Battle of Cantigny fought on May 28, 1918 (68:58).

Freedom Hunters: https://freedomhunters.org/
Houndsman of Colorado Ballot Initiative #91: https://www.unitedhoundsmenofco.com/post/ballot-initiative-91-prohibit-trophy-hunting

Today my guest is Air Force SMSgt (Ret) Kevin Reed. Kevin grew up in the Los Angeles area both in Canoga Park and Thousand Oaks. He attended Westlake High School and graduated in 1998. After a semester at Cal State Northridge, he met with an Air Force recruiter and signed a delayed enlistment contract, and in May 1999, he attended Basic Training at Lackland AFB, TX as a 1C6 Space Operator. He then attended Enlisted Undergraduate Space Training (EUST) at Vandenberg AFB, CA.
Kevin’s first assignment was to 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, CO. In May 2001, he was reassigned to Kapaun, Germany for DSP Missile Warning. He left Germany in Aug 2002 for assignment to the 2nd Space Operations Squadron (GPS) back at Schriever AFB. His next assignment was to the 2nd Space Warning Squadron (SBIRS) at Buckley AFB, CO. There, he was selected to the 2006 SBIRS Guardian Challenge Team.
In 2008, he was reassigned to the 533rd Training Squadron as a SBIRS System Instructor at Vandenberg AFB. During this time, he completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Liberty University. After four years he was reassigned back to 2 SWS at Buckley AFB. In 2014, he took an Active Guard/Reserve position with the 8th Space Warning Squadron. In 2015, he was promoted to MSgt and earned his Master’s Degree in Space/Planetary Science from American Military University. In 2018 Kevin was promoted to SMSgt and became the Squadron Superintendent for Det 1, 8 SWS which later reflagged as the 4th Space Warning Squadron. He went on to be selected as a Traveling Instructor for the SNCO Leadership Course for the Air Force Reserve Command in 2019.
Kevin retired from the military on June 1st, 2021.

Today we talk about further delays to Starliner Crew Flight Test launch (06:01), Inversion Space wants “warehouses in space” (17:10), House bill proposes to end recruit marijuana testing (32:29), the last WWII “triple ace” dies at 102 (50:10), and the 10th Mountain gets three new aces for drone kills (55:12).

Join us as we discuss pet and animal stories while in the military (03:54), Millennium Space lands $414 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites (30:24), the Navy tests a surface drone (38:55), DARPA’s autonomous ’Manta Ray’ drone (46:13), the Coast Guard offloads $185 million in cocaine and marijuana (51:12), an Air Force pararescue team dropped onto a cruise ship to retrieve a sick child (54:32), and the SS Mayaguez incident on 15 May 1975 (58:42).