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A team of active duty Combat Control (CCT), Pararescue (PJ), and Special Reconnaissance (SR) leveraging our 69 years of special operations experience to make the next generation of operators smarter, faster and stronger than we ever were. We are the PREMIERE resource for all things Air Force Special Warfare. The Ones Ready Podcast is honest talk about what it is like to go from a know-nothing high school graduate to an elite Special Operator. We will cover important practices for success…
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Ep 571: Rejected, Resilient, Still Serving The Bros | TACP - RJ Hunter
Send us Fan MailAaron sits down with RJ Hunter, former Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) operator, to unpack a career that didn’t follow the clean…
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Ops Brief 137: Daily Drop - 25 Mar 2026 - 82nd Airborne Deploying & 300 Troops Wounded
Send us Fan MailThings are not slowing down—and if anything, they’re getting more complicated. Peaches runs through a stacked update: the 82nd Airborne gearing…
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Ops Brief 136: Daily Drop - 23 Mar 2026 - F-35 Hit Over Iran & Blackhawk Without Pilots
Send us Fan MailYou blinked for a week and the military said “hold my beer.” Peaches is back ripping through everything you missed—an F-35 taking shrapnel over…
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Ep 570 You Think You’re Ready for AFSW? Yeah… You’re Not
Send us Fan MailYou keep telling yourself you’re “getting there.” Cool story. Meanwhile, guys who actually make it aren’t guessing—they’re executing. Aaron…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 82: Military Mental Health or Excuses? Peaches Says We’ve Gone Soft
Send us Fan MailPeaches goes solo and unleashes pure unfiltered Ones Ready energy. From Air Force football to government shutdowns, from bogus “Qatari base”…
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Ep 569: Stop Waiting to “Feel Ready” — The Discipline Most People Avoid
Send us Fan MailMost people are waiting for the right moment. The right motivation. The right feeling.That moment never shows up.In this episode Aaron breaks…
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Ep 568: Why Most People Quit
Send us Fan MailTrent pulls back the curtain on the Air Force Special Warfare pipeline and explains why so many candidates fail before they ever reach the real…
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Ep 567: You Want AFSPECWAR… But Are You Actually Preparing?
Send us Fan MailEveryone loves the idea of Air Force Special Warfare. Fewer people love the preparation it actually takes.In this episode of Ones Ready, Aaron…
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Ops Brief 135: Daily Drop - 13 Mar 2026 - KC-135 Crash & B-21 Expansion
Send us Fan MailToday’s Daily Drop covers a mix of hard news, weird internet drama, and the usual military chaos.Peaches breaks down a KC-135 crash in Iraq…
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Ep 566: David Goggins Entering the Pararescue Pipeline… Everyone Calm Down
Send us Fan MailThe internet lost its mind when the news dropped: David Goggins is entering the Air Force Pararescue pipeline.Instant hot takes. Instant…
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Ep 565: David Goggins the Pararescueman?
Send us Fan MailDavid Goggins has become the internet’s favorite punching bag. Every time his name comes up, someone jumps in with the same tired take: “That…
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Ep 564: Insurance Companies Are Evil!
Send us Fan MailNobody likes talking about life insurance. It’s boring, uncomfortable, and forces you to think about worst-case scenarios. That’s exactly why…
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Ep 563: The Air Force Told Her “You Can’t”
Send us Fan MailSMSgt Kristin “KP” Parks didn’t join the Air Force to be average. She joined to jump out of airplanes, solve impossible problems, and quietly…
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Ep 562: Veteran Suicide Is Beating Combat Deaths
Send us Fan MailThis one isn’t hype. It isn’t fun. It matters.Aaron goes solo to talk about something we’ve hit since day one: veteran suicide. Since 2001…
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Ops Brief 134: Daily Drop - 4 Mar 2026 - Navy Torpedo Strike & F-15E Friendly Fire
Send us Fan MailThe Navy just dropped a torpedo strike video that looks straight out of a movie… except it’s real.Peaches walks through the latest from…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 81: Too Many Generals, Mattressgate Scandal, and the Leadership Problem No One Fixes
Send us Fan MailPeaches and Trent are back swinging harder than an 0-dark-30 convoy to Quantico. This week’s chaos covers everything from “Mattressgate” at 23…
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Ops Brief 133: Daily Drop - 3 Mar 2026 - OP Epic Fury & F-15E Friendly Fire
Send us Fan MailTwo days. One Daily Drop. And a whole lot of chaos.Peaches breaks down Operation Epic Fury, the reported F-15 shootdown over Kuwait, B-2 strike…
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Ep 561: Iran Airstrikes, Welfare Gluttony, and Fat Privilege
Send us Fan MailThis episode goes from CPR saves to cruise missiles real quick.Trent and Peaches kick it off with a legit shoutout to an EOD Airman who stepped…
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Ops Brief 132: Daily Drop - 27 Feb 2026 - Chinese Pilot Training Arrest & Offensive Chinese Satellites
Send us Fan MailThis one moves fast.West Point dismisses a cadet for using generative AI to create fake explicit images. Zero tolerance for abusing emerging…
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Ep 565: The Air Force Kills More Enemy—And Nobody Wants To Admit It
Send us Fan MailPeaches and Trent riff on an uncomfortable truth the Air Force rarely markets well: per capita, it’s the most lethal force in modern warfare…
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Ops Brief 131: Daily Drop - 26 Feb 2026 - Warrant Officer Bonus “Bidding" & Mobility Crisis
Send us Fan MailThis Daily Drop is all movement, no filler.The Army is doubling down on its auction-style warrant officer retention bonus experiment…
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Ops Brief 130: Daily Drop - 25 Feb 2026 - Medal of Honor for Maduro Raid Heroics & China’s Nuclear Sub Move
Send us Fan MailThis Daily Drop hits heroism, policy shifts, and geopolitical tension in one tight package.President Trump presented the Medal of Honor to…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 80: Air Force Leadership Circus: Beards, Broken Windows, and a 4-Star Food Fight
Send us Fan MailPeaches goes full savage on the Air Force soap opera. From the tragic news of CMSAF Flosi’s loss, to General Allvin’s early retirement, to…
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Ops Brief 129: Daily Drop - 24 Feb 2026 - B-21 Acceleration, A-10 Farewell, and a $4.5B Bomber Push
Send us Fan MailThis Daily Drop covers multiple days of movement across the force—and there’s a lot to unpack.The Army is integrating AI into doctrine writing…
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Ep 564: $99 Million for “Coaching”? Air Force Contracting and Leadership Drift
Send us Fan MailThis one gets spicy.Peaches, Aaron, and Trent dig into a $99 million Air Force coaching contract and ask the uncomfortable question: why are we…
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MBRS 101: Hollywood Hostage Rescues, Weather Nerd War Heroes, and Yes… Aliens
Send us Fan MailThis week it’s just Peaches and Trent doing what they do best—talking shop, talking trash, and pulling back the curtain on real-world military…
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Ep 563: AFSW Attribute - Integrity
Send us Fan MailThis episode tackles the most important—and most misunderstood—attribute in Air Force Special Warfare: integrity. Aaron and Peaches break down…
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Ops Brief 128: Daily Drop - 18 Feb 2026 - Arctic Air Assaults and Space Force Reality Check
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a fast Daily Drop Ops Brief and opens by correcting his earlier miscall on the USS collision—owning it and fixing it. The Army…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 79: E-9s Gone Wild: When E-9s Dox Airmen
Send us Fan MailStrap in—this one’s a mess. The crew breaks down how the Air Force’s first female SERE Chief thought it was a good idea to dox an A1C because…
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Ops Brief 127: Daily Drop - 17 Feb 2026 - Army Honeypots, Ship Collisions, & UAPs
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and this one’s got everything: an Army Futures and Concepts Command elevation, a retired colonel…
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Ep 562: AFSW Attribute - Fitness
Send us Fan MailThis episode kills one of the biggest misconceptions in Air Force Special Warfare prep: the IFT is not a measure of fitness. Aaron breaks down…
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Ops Brief 126: Daily Drop - 13 Feb 2026 - Army Honeypots and Navy Ship Collisions
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and this one’s got everything: an Army Futures and Concepts Command elevation, a retired colonel…
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Ep 561: Being a Dad, a Warrant Officer, and a Creator—With OnexPunchxDad Josh Green
Send us Fan MailThe crew sits down with Josh Green—active-duty Army Warrant Officer, content creator, voice actor, and father, best known online as…
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Ops Brief 125: Daily Drop - 11 Feb 2026 - AI Data Centers and Drone Swarms
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and moves fast through a heavy slate. The Army looks to lease installation land for commercial AI data…
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Ep 560: AFSW Attribute - Drive
Send us Fan MailThis episode breaks down one of the most misunderstood attributes in Air Force Special Warfare: drive. Aaron explains why drive and grit aren’t…
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Ops Brief 124: Daily Drop - 10 Feb 2026 - Super Bowl Flyovers & a Skyraider Reality Check
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a fast Daily Drop Ops Brief with no fluff and no patience for nonsense. This episode hits Army quality-of-life updates at Fort…
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Ep 559: Fat Tony Is Out At The USAF Academy!!!
Send us Fan MailPeaches and Trent break down the growing fallout around Gen. “Fat Tony” Bauerfeind, his short tenures at AFSOC and the Air Force Academy, and…
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Ops Brief 123: Daily Drop - 6 Feb 2026 - Medal of Honor, 3D Printed Drones, and a USAFA Shakeup
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief covering multiple days of military news after a short recording gap. The episode opens with a…
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Ep 558: Top 10 Things You Should Be Doing Right Now to Survive the AFSW Pipeline
Send us Fan MailThis episode is the closest thing you’ll get to a no-BS preparation checklist for Air Force Special Warfare—delivered straight by Peaches and…
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Ep 557: AFSW Attribute - Teamwork
Send us Fan MailThis episode breaks one of the biggest myths in Air Force Special Warfare selection: teamwork is not about getting along. Aaron lays out…
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Ops Brief 122: Daily Drop - 3 Feb 2026 - Army Recruiting Shifts, ORIs Are Back, and the Shutdown
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and cuts through a wide slate of military news with zero patience for nonsense. From the Army’s…
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Ops Brief 121: Daily Drop - 2 Feb 2026 - Army Recruiting, Trump-Class Ships, and Russian Space Shrapnel
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and moves fast through recruiting wins, force readiness, and why some headlines deserve side-eye. From…
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Ep 556: AFSW Attribute - Problem Solving
Send us Fan MailThis episode closes out the Attributes Series with the one that ties everything together: problem solving. Aaron and Peaches break down what…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 78: Charlie Kirk and the NFL: Welcome to Clown World
Send us Fan MailThe Ones Ready crew just lit a fire under every sacred cow—politics, violence, the gym, and yes, even Justin Herbert’s love life. Peaches…
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Ops Brief 120: Daily Drop - 30 Jan 2026 - Stolen Explosives, and Why Trusting China Is Insane
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and covers a packed slate of military news with zero patience for bad takes. From the Army…
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Ep 555: AFSW Attribute - Stress Tolerance
Send us Fan MailThis episode closes out the Attributes Series with one of the most mission-critical traits in Air Force Special Warfare: stress tolerance…
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Ops Brief 119: Daily Drop - 29 Jan 2026 - US Army in Space, Stuck Cruise Ships, and AI Cockpits
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and walks through a dense slate of defense news the internet is already misunderstanding. From the…
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Ops Brief 118: Daily Drop - 28 Jan 2026 - AI Pilots, New England Patriots, and a Government Shutdown For Good Measure
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and cuts through another stack of headlines the internet is already misreading. From Army AI platforms…
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Ep 554: AFSW Attribute - Trainability
Send us Fan MailThis episode tackles one of the most decisive attributes in Air Force Special Warfare selection: trainability. Aaron, Trent, and Peaches break…
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Ops Brief 117: Daily Drop - 27 Jan 2026 - AI Contracts, Venezuela, and NATO Reality
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief covering what actually matters across the force—without the internet losing its mind. From a massive…
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Ops Brief 116: Daily Drop - 26 Jan 2026 - NATO Comments, Venezuela, Space Force, and a Loot Box?
Send us Fan MailPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and covers a wide-open slate of military news the internet is reacting to—often without context. From…
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Ep 553: Air Force BMT Is Finally Changing
Send us Fan MailPeaches and Trent break down what’s actually changing in Air Force Basic Military Training 3.0—and why most of the outrage is missing the…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 77: Air Force Leadership...Who’s Really in Charge?
Send us Fan MailPeaches goes off on the revolving door circus at the top of the Air Force. Chiefs stepping down early, generals bailing on nominations, and the…
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Ep 552: AFSW Attribute - Communication
Send us Fan MailThis episode breaks down one of the most overlooked attributes in Air Force Special Warfare: communication. Aaron explains why communication…
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Ops Brief 115: Daily Drop - 22 Jan 2026 - U.S. Ops, NATO Exercises, and Hypersonic Weapons
Send us Fan MailPeaches is back with a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief—and it’s a needed reset. From Army barracks issues and counter-drone tech to Navy hypersonics…
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Ep 551: Visual Friendlies Tally Target Vol 2 with TACP Ethan Brown
Send us Fan MailAuthor and former TACP Ethan Brown returns to break down Visual Friendlies, Tally Target Volume Two and the work behind documenting the…
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Ep 550: Leadership, Fitness, and Recruiting—Why Accuracy Still Matters
Send us Fan MailThis solo episode is part leadership talk, part reality check. Peaches opens with congratulations—and a warning—to newly selected Air Force…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 76: Cancel Culture for Operators: Tim Kennedy, Shrek, and the Stolen Valor Circus
Send us Fan MailPeaches dives headfirst into the swamp of veteran drama—Tim Kennedy, Shrek McPhee, stolen valor call-outs, and the internet’s obsession with…
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Ep 549: Venezuela's Maduro Snatch & Grab a Psyop… It Worked (And That’s the Point)
Send us Fan MailPeaches and Aaron break down the report coming out of Venezuela that has the internet melting down—mystery weapons, drones, sonic effects, and…
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Ep 548: Everyone Isn’t Stupid (Zulu Course)—You’re Just Arguing Like an Ass
Send us Fan MailThis episode is a masterclass in why bad arguments rot organizations from the inside. Aaron, Trent, and Peaches dig into the Special Warfare…