Tim Sheehy

Got my pilot's license right away. Sold when I was 16, pilot's license 17. And I went to Annapolis, and I went to Annapolis to be a Navy pilot. Like, that's what I was going to do, be a Navy pilot and an astronaut, you know, like the movie The Right Stuff. That was going to be my path.

Got my pilot's license right away. Sold when I was 16, pilot's license 17. And I went to Annapolis, and I went to Annapolis to be a Navy pilot. Like, that's what I was going to do, be a Navy pilot and an astronaut, you know, like the movie The Right Stuff. That was going to be my path.

Got my pilot's license right away. Sold when I was 16, pilot's license 17. And I went to Annapolis, and I went to Annapolis to be a Navy pilot. Like, that's what I was going to do, be a Navy pilot and an astronaut, you know, like the movie The Right Stuff. That was going to be my path.

And, of course, I get there, and the wars are kicking off, Afghanistan, Iraq, and realized pretty quickly that me flying planes was really a selfish desire. I loved flying, but this was a ground war. We didn't need guys circling around in jets, no offense to our pilot friends, but this was a door kicker's war. And I wanted to be where I was needed the absolute most,

And, of course, I get there, and the wars are kicking off, Afghanistan, Iraq, and realized pretty quickly that me flying planes was really a selfish desire. I loved flying, but this was a ground war. We didn't need guys circling around in jets, no offense to our pilot friends, but this was a door kicker's war. And I wanted to be where I was needed the absolute most,

And, of course, I get there, and the wars are kicking off, Afghanistan, Iraq, and realized pretty quickly that me flying planes was really a selfish desire. I loved flying, but this was a ground war. We didn't need guys circling around in jets, no offense to our pilot friends, but this was a door kicker's war. And I wanted to be where I was needed the absolute most,

in that war, and that was on the ground. So I went into the teams, but I always had that aviation knowledge and passion. And my first deployment was RAC 09 and part of a joint task force there out of Baghdad. And we had the integrated ISR all the time. And I really saw the power of those sensor systems. And my next deployment was Afghanistan in 10. a few others after that.

in that war, and that was on the ground. So I went into the teams, but I always had that aviation knowledge and passion. And my first deployment was RAC 09 and part of a joint task force there out of Baghdad. And we had the integrated ISR all the time. And I really saw the power of those sensor systems. And my next deployment was Afghanistan in 10. a few others after that.

in that war, and that was on the ground. So I went into the teams, but I always had that aviation knowledge and passion. And my first deployment was RAC 09 and part of a joint task force there out of Baghdad. And we had the integrated ISR all the time. And I really saw the power of those sensor systems. And my next deployment was Afghanistan in 10. a few others after that.

And across those deployments, I saw the impact of having real-time information being shared with us and then being able to bring in aircraft very precisely conducting airstrikes in support of troops in contact. And one of the times that I was injured was actually friendly fire and Apache shot at us instead of the enemy. It was a mix-up in the coordination. You've heard that.

And across those deployments, I saw the impact of having real-time information being shared with us and then being able to bring in aircraft very precisely conducting airstrikes in support of troops in contact. And one of the times that I was injured was actually friendly fire and Apache shot at us instead of the enemy. It was a mix-up in the coordination. You've heard that.

And across those deployments, I saw the impact of having real-time information being shared with us and then being able to bring in aircraft very precisely conducting airstrikes in support of troops in contact. And one of the times that I was injured was actually friendly fire and Apache shot at us instead of the enemy. It was a mix-up in the coordination. You've heard that.

Luckily, nobody was seriously wounded or killed, obviously, but we all got our bell rung and a little bit of, you know, Nick's dents and scratches there. But I came home from that after I got out of the military, and there was a fire in Arizona in 2013 called the Yarnell Mountain Fire. They made a movie about it called Only the Brave.

Luckily, nobody was seriously wounded or killed, obviously, but we all got our bell rung and a little bit of, you know, Nick's dents and scratches there. But I came home from that after I got out of the military, and there was a fire in Arizona in 2013 called the Yarnell Mountain Fire. They made a movie about it called Only the Brave.

Luckily, nobody was seriously wounded or killed, obviously, but we all got our bell rung and a little bit of, you know, Nick's dents and scratches there. But I came home from that after I got out of the military, and there was a fire in Arizona in 2013 called the Yarnell Mountain Fire. They made a movie about it called Only the Brave.

And in that fire, the team at Hot Shots, the Granite Mountain Hot Shots, were fighting a fire, and the fires in the Southwest is in Arizona, sagebrush, high desert. When you have a terrain and wind-driven fire in that kind of fuel type, Moves very fast, very dangerous. All fires are dangerous, but heavy timber fires in the northwest are really tough to put out, but they don't move quite as fast.

And in that fire, the team at Hot Shots, the Granite Mountain Hot Shots, were fighting a fire, and the fires in the Southwest is in Arizona, sagebrush, high desert. When you have a terrain and wind-driven fire in that kind of fuel type, Moves very fast, very dangerous. All fires are dangerous, but heavy timber fires in the northwest are really tough to put out, but they don't move quite as fast.

And in that fire, the team at Hot Shots, the Granite Mountain Hot Shots, were fighting a fire, and the fires in the Southwest is in Arizona, sagebrush, high desert. When you have a terrain and wind-driven fire in that kind of fuel type, Moves very fast, very dangerous. All fires are dangerous, but heavy timber fires in the northwest are really tough to put out, but they don't move quite as fast.

Dry sagebrush and high desert fuels, those light fuels, it rips. And the wind shifted direction. The team leader made the right decision to say, with this fire getting out of control, I'm going to get my team out of here. I'm going to move them to a safe zone. Well, unfortunately, he made the right decision, but with the wrong information.

Dry sagebrush and high desert fuels, those light fuels, it rips. And the wind shifted direction. The team leader made the right decision to say, with this fire getting out of control, I'm going to get my team out of here. I'm going to move them to a safe zone. Well, unfortunately, he made the right decision, but with the wrong information.