{"podcast":{"title":"Former Action Guys Podcast","slug":"former-action-guys-podcast-518014","podcast_index_feed_id":518014,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3632052/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://jcramergraphics.com/blogs/former-action-guys-podcast/main","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/97312ac74d10ff38945f28bf83785500.jpg","author":"Justin Cramer","episode_count":290,"summary":"Former Action Guys Podcast is a way for veterans, first responders and others to share their stories that the world has never heard in a casual, conversational format that allows a natural flow of information about their career and lives. Justin Cramer is a former Marine JTAC Evaluator that completed 5 deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and on the USS Makin Island. Justin served with 1st ANGLICO, 10th Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment and others before leaving the military after 12 years in 2018. Some content is not appropriate for children or listeners because of the graphic description of combat and other traumatic events. Support the show https://patreon.com/formeractionguys https://jcramergraphics.com https://ANGLICOshop.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T00:19:10.994020+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 242 | Chris Janecek | CH-46 Pilot, FAC, 3rd ANGLICO","slug":"ep-242-chris-janecek-ch-46-pilot-fac-3rd-anglico","published_at":"2026-04-12T17:37:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014/ep-242-chris-janecek-ch-46-pilot-fac-3rd-anglico","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-242-chris-janecek-ch-46-pilot-fac-3rd-anglico--71276129","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71276129/ch_46_marine_corps_pilot_1080.mp3","summary":"Chris Janecek was an enlisted armorer with 3rd ANGLICO while he completed college and worked towards becoming a Naval Aviator. Chris got his wish and was selected to fly the CH-46 Sea Knight. He flew the twin-rotor helicopter during the invasion and follow-on deployment to Iraq before being assigned to 3rd Battalion 1st Marines as a Forward Air Controller for his third deployment to Iraq. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/formeractionguys https://www.jcramergraphics.com https://www.ANGLICOshop.com Chris's book https://us.amazon.com/dp/B0GQ4Q87M7/ref=zg_bsnr_g_9681306011_d_sccl_2/000-0000000-0000000?psc=1 00:00:00 Intro | Artemis II 00:03:04 Iran CSAR Mission | Rescue of DUDE44 00:10:09 3rd ANGLICO 00:16:50 Flight School 00:21:51 CH-46 Selection | Training 00:28:49 CH-46 Safety Record | Aviation Risks 00:34:53 Invasion of Iraq 00:51:46 Iraq Air Threats 01:03:00 How The War Changed | 3 Deployments to Iraq 01:14:33 3rd Battalion 1st Marines FAC Tour 01:22:53 CH-46 is Decommissioned","meta_description":"Chris Janecek was an enlisted armorer with 3rd ANGLICO while he completed college and worked towards becoming a Naval Aviator. Chris got his wish and was…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5708,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/former-action-guys-podcast-518014/episodes/ep-242-chris-janecek-ch-46-pilot-fac-3rd-anglico/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/former-action-guys-podcast-518014/ep-242-chris-janecek-ch-46-pilot-fac-3rd-anglico.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}