Michelle "Mace" Curran
Former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and Thunderbirds lead solo, now keynote speaker and author
Michelle "Mace" Curran (Former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and Thunderbirds lead solo, now keynote speaker and author) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Impostor syndrome, United States Air Force, Veterans' transition to civilian life.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Impostor syndrome
Curran says she felt impostor syndrome about the title of leader because she left the Air Force before becoming a squadron commander.
“that's one of those titles that I always felt a lot of imposter syndrome around”
Mick Unplugged: Service Above Self: A Memorial Day Tribute to the Heroes Who Defended Our Freedom (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 51:51
United States Air Force
Curran says seeing fighter jets take off on a base visit made her abandon her plan to join the FBI.
“We end up visiting an Air Force base and I see two fighter jets take off in full afterburner”
Mick Unplugged: Service Above Self: A Memorial Day Tribute to the Heroes Who Defended Our Freedom (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 50:55
Veterans' transition to civilian life
Curran describes moving from active-duty military structure to solo entrepreneurship as a major shift.
“being an entrepreneur post active duty military, quite the shift, quite the change in just structure”
Mick Unplugged: Service Above Self: A Memorial Day Tribute to the Heroes Who Defended Our Freedom (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 43:53
Appearances
Service Above Self: A Memorial Day Tribute to the Heroes Who Defended Our FreedomMick Unplugged · May 25, 2026 · 59 min
Mick Hunt's Memorial Day compilation revisits interviews with Robert Irvine, JoAnne Bass, Rob O'Neill, CZ Colón-López and Michelle Curran on service, purpose and leadership.
Often appears with
- Mick Hunt · 1 shared episode
- Robert Irvine · 1 shared episode
- JoAnne Bass · 1 shared episode
- Robert J. O'Neill · 1 shared episode
- Ramón "CZ" Colón-López · 1 shared episode