Meg Tucker: The Valkyrie Project, Pt. 1 - Ep. 83

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