Meg Tucker began her career as an Army Kiowa Warrior pilot. After the Kiowa was removed from the Army inventory, Meg was assessed and selected for Army Special Operations as a Psychological Operations officer. She has served in several conventional, Joint, and SOF roles in South Korea, El Salvador, and Syria. She left military service as a Major in 2023.
In 2018, Meg founded The Valkyrie Project to fill the need for intuitive, woman-centric human performance training in the wake of the revocation of the Combat Exclusion Rule. Valkyrie is now a 501c3 nonprofit focused on the advancement of American servicewomen through research, education, and advocacy. Meg currently serves as the President of the Board of VP Inc. She holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Modern Languages from Winthrop University and a Master's of Science in Information Strategy and Political Warfare from the Naval Postgraduate School.
More about Meg:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meg-tucker-937493207/
More about The Valkyrie Project:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-valkyrie-project/
Website: http://thevalkyrieproject.org
Facebook: @valkyrieprojectus
Instagram: @valkyrieprojectus
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@valkyrieprojectus
Timestamps:
00:00:23 Intro to Meg Tucker
00:01:23 How Did Meg Become a Helicopter Pilot?
00:04:34 Do Trainees Get to Choose the Aircraft They Want?
00:09:27 How Easy Is It to Control a Helicopter?
00:11:07 Emergency Procedure if the Engine Stalls
00:13:07 Practicing Slow Crash Landing Skids
00:15:21 How Many People Travel on These Helicopters?
00:15:55 Who Does the Shooting?
00:16:49 Shooting is a Team Effort
00:18:45 Challenges with a Weapon in a Helicopter
00:20:26 How Do You Account for Wind While Aiming?
00:22:15 Where Does the .50 Cal Sit in the Helicopter?
00:22:30 Calibrating the .50 Cal Inside of a Helicopter
00:23:57 How Does a Hellfire Missile Work?
00:24:43 How Much Time Do You Spend with Your Co-Pilot?
00:27:24 From Pilot to Joining Psy Ops
00:30:05 Sponsor Note: Our Book, “Building The Elite”
00:30:51 The SOF Recruitment Process and Making the System Work for You
00:33:07 Take Care of Yourself or the System Could Eat You
00:34:31 What is Psy Ops?
00:37:48 Digital Environments Used for Psy Ops Support
00:40:34 Being Stationed in Syria
00:44:51 Being Stationed in El Salvador
00:48:59 Strategies to Overcome Corruption and Tribalism
00:49:54 Stark Contrasts Between Living Situations on Deployment
00:51:24 How Bad Was the Food Poisoning You Had?
00:52:07 Outro
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