Calm in the Chaos – U.S. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer Podcast
Calm in the Chaos - U.S. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer Podcast
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Brian Dickinson, the bestselling author of Calm in the Chaos and Blind Descent, a former U.S. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer and Mount Everest Solo Summiteer delivers raw, untold rescue experiences from the U.S. Navy's elite, unsung heroes. Each episode dives deep into the mindset of the individuals selflessly heading into the chaos to save the lives of others.
So Others May Live!
*This podcast is an unofficial exploration of the lives and missions of U.S. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmers. It is not endorsed by or affiliated with the U.S. Navy or the Department of Defense.
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The podcast focuses on themes such as heroism in high-stress situations, the importance of mindset during rescues, and the training of rescue swimmers. Episodes include specific rescue scenarios, such as a hectic nighttime rescue on a Navy destroyer and an impossible underwater parachute disentanglement, which illustrate the intensity and skill required in critical life-or-death situations.
Calm in the Chaos shares real rescue stories from the U.S. Navy’s Aviation Rescue Swimmers. Hosted by Brian Dickinson—bestselling author, former Navy Rescue Swimmer, and Everest solo summiteer. Ranked in the top 10% of podcasts worldwide, the show digs into the grit, mindset, and faith it takes to run toward the chaos so others may live.
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Scott Haskell and his crewmate Tater have a standing joke: they're one of the only rescue swimmers who ever rescued a rescue swimmer.
In this episode of Calm in the Chaos, Anthony Haskell shares 20 years in Naval Aviation—from a 100-mile scramble to recover a downed EA-6B crew, to a secret six-day mission into Iraq to bring home an ejected F-18 pilot, to a flight deck wire-snap that nearly took his crew out and earned his aircraft a painted purple heart. After the Navy, he kept saving lives as a drill instructor, combat pool instructor, police officer, and lifeguard trainer.
In this episode:
- The 100-mile scramble to recover a downed EA-6B crew—and the ”rescued a rescue swimmer” story that followed
- A secret six-day mission into Iraq to search for a downed F-18 pilot
- Finding him in a salt lake near Karbala—and the honor guard that met the aircraft
- A flight deck wire-snap during an F-18 ejection that injured deck crew and earned his helicopter a painted purple heart
- Becoming a drill instructor and training non-swimmers at the ”combat pool”
- Earning his first official live rescue at HS-14
Two decades of recoveries, rescues, and near-misses—and a career that never stopped saving people, in or out of uniform.
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CALM IN THE CHAOS PODCAST — Episode 62
So Others May Live. 🫡🇺🇸
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