[00:00:00] Scott DeLuzio: Thanks for tuning in to the Drive On Podcast, where we are focused on giving hope and strength to the entire military community. Whether you’re a veteran, active duty, guard, reserve, or a family member, this podcast will share inspirational stories and resources that are useful to you. I’m your host Scott DeLuzio and now let’s get on with the show.

[00:00:21] Scott DeLuzio: Hey everybody, welcome back to the Drive On Podcast. Today my guest is Dominic Teich. Dominic is a fighter pilot who started Single Seat Mindset to guide goal-oriented individuals towards success using techniques and strategies that fighter pilots use on a daily basis through planning, execution, and debriefing, and different things like that.

[00:00:45] Scott DeLuzio: So he’s here today to talk about how to overcome the transition back into civilian life and what he did to get back on his feet after his own transition coming coming back stateside after several deployments. So welcome to the show Dominic. Glad to have you here. [00:01:00]

[00:01:00] Dominic Teich: Thanks, Scott. Looking forward to it.

[00:01:02] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah, absolutely. So why don’t you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your background.

[00:01:07] Dominic Teich: Yep. So I’m a dad, married, still to the same wife, so that’s been pretty cool and uncommon nowadays. So, so I hear, and I got four kids. I’m, I started out in the civilian world flying airplanes but then transitioned and got picked up to go through OT officer training school, and then went through all that training and I’ve been In the active side of flight training in the military Air Force for 16 plus years now.

[00:01:32] Dominic Teich: And I’m teaching currently in the F 16 schoolhouse here in Phoenix, Arizona.

[00:01:38] Scott DeLuzio: Cool. Yeah. And so, so that’s that’s actually kind of interesting how you started off on the civilian side and then got into the military basically doing the same thing that you were doing on the outside as far as you know, flying and ob obviously much d.

[00:01:52] Scott DeLuzio: Planes and everything that you’re flying, but but you’re kind of following that same kind of career path. How did you go about getting into the military? From there, How [00:02:00] did that come

[00:02:00] about?

[00:02:01] Dominic Teich: Yeah, so I had I had gotten the itch as a young kid through, you know, air shows and what have you, and I just loved airplanes.

[00:02:09] Dominic Teich: So at seven, my dad and I built an F four fighter jet on the kitchen table for my birthday. And then at 12 I found myself standing on the flight. You know, at a, in an it was on Alaska Airlines. My uncle worked there as a mechanic and he took me up to the flight deck as they were doing engine runs to test some of their work.

[00:02:26] Dominic Teich: And I just remember standing there going, Holy smokes. This is a freaking coolest seat in the house up here. And then I fast forward to, I was 16, I got, I signed up to go. Basically follow my uncle’s steps, who’s a goal war veteran, and then turn aircraft mechanic and he’s gone through some crazy veteran stuff too.

[00:02:44] Dominic Teich: But yeah, that kind of sparked that, that little flame that I needed. And I found myself signed up to be an aircraft mechanic and in that program, and there wa...