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Caleb Schmidt

Caleb Schmidt

Technical Sergeant Caleb Schmidt, Air Force Military Training Instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland responsible for training basic military trainees.

Jul 24, 2026

CordHOST
40:43
So what is your – I know when we had been talking, you know, just chatting with each other, you had kind of even brought in, you know, what is the moral imperative of – everyone in that line right when you talk about 135 per square foot house what is the moral imperative of uh the bank what is the moral imperative of the subcontractor you know um what are your thoughts on that
41:10
so a great question by the way great question and it it is kind of a soul-searching question in some ways right um me the way i was raised and i have some great great folks in business that I've looked up to.
41:24
I've have been fortunate enough to, to have some great mentors and great people in my life.
41:29
And some of this has changed a little bit as well, but, um, answering that for ourselves personally is important.
41:39
And, and I mean that from the deepest part of my heart, um, There is some money hungry craze in the country right now, especially for young men like myself that want wealth, want money.
41:56
And the sad thing I've seen over and over where contractors are not true masters at what they do, still ask a thousand questions, still are confused about what they're done.
42:06
And of course, often they need somebody to throw under the bus when they're done with the job and they didn't make as much money or whatever.

16 MINS LATER

CordHOST
57:51
And one of the things that is most practical, cause we're getting into some big, big, you know, uh, uh, heavy issues, but like, how do you approach that, that, um, informational or, or teaching, uh, piece with your customer, because I think at the end of the day that the, the information, the awareness is what is going to, to really make a groundswell, you know, ground level difference in people's lives.
AaronHOST
8:29
Let's talk about it.
8:31
Uh, well, a- again, I mean, so this is the problem for, for us being old guys, right? That have seen this play out a million times, is it's like Tre- it depends on how well you do in the water, my guy.
8:43
It depends on what you're doing in the water.
8:45
It depends on how focused your training is.
8:48
Yeah, but yes, if you have access to a pool though, I would recommend some time in the pool every day if you can, but then also what's your run look like? What's the rest of your stuff look like? You know? And, and, and, and are you the, the person that they're looking for? Which is not just a, a physical monstrosity, it's also somebody that can step back and lead, like, and I hate the L word, right? But like the, the, we're not hiring you as an NCO or an airman or anything else like that.
9:15
You need to be able to like tell people what to do and, and disseminate information, and then pick up the slack where we're required, so.
9:23
Uh, but it is gonna be pool, pool heavy, so.
AaronHOST
11:01
Yeah

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