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Ones Ready
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…
Episodes
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Ep 512A: Does the Military Need a Culture Change? (Spoiler: Hell Yes)
Send us Fan MailAaron unloads on the state of the Air Force, the military, and America’s warrior ethos with zero filter. Forget sanitized speeches—this is a…
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Ep 511: CSAF Welsh Gets Canceled & the Air Force Is Broke
Send us Fan MailPeaches, Aaron, and Trent come in hot: Halloween costumes get dark, Oompa-Loompas invade, and naked 70s playing cards almost derail a four-star…
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Ops Brief 103: Daily Drop - 26 Sep 2025 - PT Test for 800 General Officers with Ozempic Faces
Send us Fan MailThe Ones Ready crew doesn’t do boring briefs—and this one is pure chaos. Peaches breaks down the military circus: Army stockpiles waiting for…
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Ep 510: The Military Justice System Is Rigged? Arvis Owens Drops Truth Bombs
Send us Fan MailBuckle up—this one’s going to piss some people off. Peaches, Trent, and Aaron sit down with Arvis Owens, a Naval Academy grad and former…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 62: When Everyone’s a Warrior, No One Is
Send us Fan MailAaron, Trent, and Peaches tackle the rising tide of valor inflation, where every LinkedIn bio says “warfighter,” but no one can pass a PT test…
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Ep 509: LinkedIn Clowns, Cancel Culture, and the Fallout After Charlie Kirk
Send us Fan MailWelcome back to the team room, where Peaches, Aaron, and Trent torch fake professionalism, internet tough guys, and the circus that is…
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Ops Brief 102: Daily Drop - 19 Sep 2025 - Javelin Sale to Poland, Laughlin Pilot Surge, Quantum Tech
Send us Fan MailStay updated with the Ones Ready 19 September 2025 Ops Brief. Peaches covers the latest defense and military developments including the U.S…
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Ep 508: Blackwater: The World’s Most Infamous PMC with Morgan Lerette
Send us Fan MailOnes Ready sits down with Morgan Lerette —author of Guns, Girls, and Greed—to talk about life as a Blackwater mercenary during the chaos of…
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Ops Brief 101: Daily Drop - 18 Sep 2025 - Army Drone Training, Air Force Awards, Space Force Updates
Send us Fan MailThis episode covers major updates across the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Space Force. Key highlights include Brooke Army Medical…
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Ops Brief 100: Daily Drop - 17 Sep 2025 - Military Rocket Motors & Bunker Busters
Send us Fan MailPeaches kicks in the door with another Daily Drop, tearing through the Pentagon’s SHIELD program (yes, they actually named it that), a $39M…
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Ep 507: So You Want to Be Special Warfare? Here’s Your Future Career
Send us Fan MailCongrats, you survived the pipeline and think you’ve made it. Spoiler: nobody at your first team gives a damn. In this episode, Peaches and…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 61: Thunderbirds Made Us Cry: A Documentary We Wanted to Hate… and Loved Instead
Send us Fan MailThis was supposed to be a roast. A snarky hate-watch of the new Netflix Thunderbirds documentary. Instead? Aaron and Trent got ambushed by…
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Ops Brief 099: Daily Drop - 12 Sep 2025 - The Pentagon’s New “Department of War”?
Send us Fan MailPeaches is back in the team room, and this “daily” drop is anything but short. From the Air Force reactivating old commands to Space Force…
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Ep 506: Air Force Discipline is Broken… and the Army Paid $250K to Lose?!
Send us Fan MailPeaches and Aaron are back swinging at the nonsense. From Special Warfare’s assessment model to Air Force Academy cadets racking up predatory…
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Ep 505: AFSW's #1 Candidate!
Send us Fan MailForget the war stories from guys who graduated 20 years ago—this is the raw, unfiltered prototype of today’s Air Force Special Warfare…
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Ep 504: Inside the Next-Gen Pilot Training
Send us Fan MailPeaches sits down with Bane—combat-experienced F-15E pilot—to roast the insanity of modern warfare expectations. From Ziploc-bag bathroom…
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Ops Brief 098: Daily Drop - 4 Sep 2025 - Laser Guided Rockets & Harlem Hellfighters Honored
Send us Fan MailPeaches fires off on everything from the Pentagon shuffling Space Command to Alabama, Harlem Hellfighters finally getting the respect they…
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Ops Brief 097: Daily Drop - 2 Sep 2025 - The Pentagon Let China Touch Our Cloud?!
Send us Fan MailPeaches is back with your Labor Day hangover cure — the September 2nd Daily Drop. We’re talking Special Warfare assessment, why everything in…
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Ep 503: Why Military Influencers Keep Crashing Out + One Absolute Badass
Send us Fan MailThe boys went full chaos mode—no prep, no filter, straight smoke. Ones Ready talks squats and Lizzo-as-a-unit-of-measure, then the crew dives…
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Ep 502: Tim Kennedy & Shrek McPhee: Why Stolen Valor Still Plagues Special Operations
Send us Fan MailPeaches and Nate from Valhalla VFT torch the fake-warrior industrial complex in this unfiltered episode. From Tim Kennedy’s “oops, I…
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Ops Brief 096: Daily Drop - 28 Aug 2025 - AI Can’t Save the Pentagon (But Maybe It Can Teach Me to Pronounce Neodymium)
Send us Fan MailPeaches is back in the team room roasting bureaucracy, butchering rare earth minerals, and breaking down the latest defense chaos. From the…
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Ops Brief 095: Daily Drop - 26 Aug 2025 - $99M for CJADC2-Trash?!
Send us Fan MailPeaches is back in the team room with a ruthless daily drop that pulls no punches. From the Pentagon tossing $99 million at a Joint All-Domain…
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Ops Brief 094: Daily Drop - 25 Aug 2025 - Stolen Valor & the DoD Circus
Send us Fan MailPeaches rips through the latest DoD chaos—everything from fake heroes getting exposed to the National Guard finally being trusted with their…
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Ep 501: You’re Not Gonna Make It (Here’s Why You’ll Quit Anyway)
Send us Fan MailAnother week, another dose of hard truth. Trent and Peaches break down the brutal, hilarious, and very real reasons most people won’t survive…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 60: The Bonus is Gone, Your Orders are Delayed, and the Air Force Blames... Nobody
Send us Fan MailWelcome to the most brutal members-only episode yet—where we air out the entire damn mess the Air Force tried to sneak past you. No prep. No…
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Ops Brief 093: Daily Drop - 22 Aug 2025 - Is Emerald Warrior Still a Dumpster Fire?
Send us Fan MailAnother day, another Ones Ready drop where Peaches serves up hot takes with a side of sarcasm. From the Pentagon’s endless talent for screwing…
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Ep 500: 500 Episodes Later… Still No Plan, Still Talking Trash
Send us Fan MailWelcome to the Ones Ready 500th episode—proof that sheer stubbornness beats strategy every time. Aaron, Trent, and Peaches hit the milestone…
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Ops Brief 092: Daily Drop - 21 Aug 2025 - Smashburger & Vigilantes
Send us Fan MailWelcome to the Ones Ready Daily Drop, where Peaches rants his way through the Pentagon’s latest circus act. From Riga flyovers to AI…
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Ops Brief 091: Daily Drop - 19 Aug 2025 - MAHA Madness of Bad Push-ups
Send us Fan MailWelcome back to the Team Room for another unapologetically savage drop of truth. Peaches tears into the Pentagon’s new “Pete & Bobby Fitness…
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Ops Brief 090: Daily Drop - 18 Aug 2025 - Tilt-Rotors, Orbital Carriers, and Marines Saving the Day (Again)
Send us Fan MailThe Ones Ready crew is back in the team room with another unapologetic ops brief. Peaches kicks things off by dragging coneheads who fail day…
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Ep 499: 72 Failures on Day 1...You Should Be Ashamed!
Send us Fan MailNothing screams “lifelong dream” like failing your IFT on day one. That’s right—72 cones showed up to the hardest pipeline in the world and…
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Ep 498: The 2-Mile Run is Oppressive (Apparently) - Thanks CMSAF!
Send us Fan MailTrent flies solo and absolutely nukes the pity party over the Air Force adding a gasp two-mile run. If you’re one of the Facebook warriors…
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Ops Brief 089: Daily Drop - 14 Aug 2025 - B-Team Terrorists & Why Instagram Wants You Kidnapped
Send us Fan MailPeaches tears through the August 14th Daily Drop with zero fluff and plenty of side-eye. From the U.S. military flexing in the Caribbean and…
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Ops Brief 088: Daily Drop - 13 Aug 2025 - DARPA’s Giant War Sim & Panama’s $3M Bargain
Send us Fan MailPeaches unloads on a wild week in defense news—DARPA drops the mic with the world’s biggest real-time electronic warfare range, the U.S. throws…
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Ops Brief 087: Daily Drop - 12 Aug 2025 - Washington’s on Fire & Cyber Ninjas are Scary
Send us Fan MailPeaches kicks off this drop swinging at everything from the chaos in D.C. to the ridiculous idea that military academies ever needed race-based…
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Ops Brief 086: Daily Drop - 11 Aug 2025 - DoD Turns 76 & Space Force Gets Part-Time
Send us Fan MailPeaches is back with your August 11 Ops Brief — and as always, the military circus doesn’t disappoint. From the DoD’s 76th birthday party (cake…
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Ep 497: AFSW Pipeline Cheat Codes
Send us Fan MailForget the Instagram highlight reels—Peaches and Aaron are dropping the unfiltered, step-by-step hacks to survive the Air Force Special Warfare…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 58: Deep State Frogs and Why Deployments Aren't Cool
Send us Fan MailIn this members-only deep cut, Aaron and Trent pull no punches (and no show prep) as they ramble, rant, and roast their way through moving…
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Ops Brief 086: Daily Drop - 8 Aug 2025 - $88M in Drugs, 0 Balls on Terrorists, and a Space Force Flex?
Send us Fan MailWelcome back to the Ones Ready team room, where Peaches kicks down the door with another unapologetic ops brief. We’re starting off hot with…
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Ep 496: Why This A-10 Crew Chief Ditched Active Duty and Won at Life - Derrick Blake
Send us Fan MailThink active duty is the only path? Derrick Blake would like a word—preferably during his 3-day weekend. From almost joining the Marines to…
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Ops Brief 085: Daily Drop - 7 Aug 2025 - Public Affairs Blocked Me…So Here’s the Intel They Don’t Want You to Hear
Send us Fan MailPeaches is back with a savage ops brief for August 7th—spitting truth, roasting bureaucracy, and dragging the Air Force’s finest decisions…
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Ep 495: Danielle Sebastian - He’s Not a Narcissist—You’re Just in a Trauma Loop
Send us Fan MailDanielle Sebastian has heard it all: “Just leave him.” “You deserve better.” “Try date night.” After years of battling confusion, control…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 57: Mentorship, Mayhem, and Middle Fingers: A Members-Only Rant-a-thon
Send us Fan MailWelcome to the most wholesome, family-friendly members-only episode we’ve ever recorded—just kidding, grab your ear muffs and a cold beverage…
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Ops Brief 084: Daily Drop - 1 Aug 2025 - $123.7B to Ukraine already...But Sure, Let's Send Another $800M
Send us Fan MailPeaches is back with your August 1st daily drop—after fighting his microphone and allergies like a true professional. He breaks down the latest…
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Ep 494: US Navy Rear Admiral to Whiskey Mogul: Scott Sanders' Side Quest Is Better Than Your Main Mission
Send us Fan MailScott Sanders didn’t just go from Navy E-2 to Admiral—he took that momentum and barrel-rolled straight into crafting world-record bourbon and…
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Ops Brief 083: Daily Drop - 31 July 2025 - 24 Months Alone in Korea & Cartels in Ukraine
Send us Fan MailPeaches dives headfirst into the DoD’s latest chaos buffet—$5.4 billion budget reshuffles, fighter jet production whiplash, and the Air Force…
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Ops Brief 082: Daily Drop - 29 July 2025 - Missile Stockpile’s Low
Send us Fan MailIn today’s daily drop, Peaches blasts through the latest ops headlines like a Hellfire through a Toyota Hilux. From exposing our hilariously…
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Ops Brief 081: Daily Drop - 28 July 2025 - CV-22 Ospreys, Pizza Cats, and CMSAF Apology
Send us Fan MailStrap in, because this “daily drop” is a full-throttle rollercoaster of Pentagon absurdity and global WTFs. From promoting a former Space Force…
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Ep 493: Wyoming Let a Predator Walk—Now Someone’s Dead
Send us Fan MailKate Gladdin’s mom was killed by a man who shouldn’t have even been on the streets. And the prosecuting attorney? She’s more interested in her…
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Ep 492: Aaron's Origin Story
Send us Fan MailWhat happens when a broke, hungover Ohio kid accidentally throws a beer bottle in front of a cop car, watches 9/11 unfold on a CRT TV, and…
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Ops Brief 080: Daily Drop - 24 July 2025 - Space Force Wants $175B for a Dome? Cool Cool Cool…
Send us Fan MailPeaches drops into the team room to roast the DoD’s latest brainchild—the $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense program. Because nothing…
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Ops Brief 079: Daily Drop - 23 July 2025 (The Pentagon Spent What on a Space Blimp?)
Send us Fan MailPeaches is back with another scathing ops brief—this time dragging the DoD for everything from mystery missiles and “indefinite quantity”…
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Ops Brief 078: Daily Drop - 22 July 2025 (Army Embarrassing Themselves...AGAIN!)
Send us Fan MailPeaches returns with another banger, torching bureaucratic blunders and Joint Force nonsense. From the Pentagon flexing like it just invented…
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Ep 491: Older Dude Smashes TACP Pipeline – Then Ghosts the Air Force for MBA
Send us Fan MailBuckle up, aspiring warriors and pipeline survivors – the Ones Ready crew is back with a savage takedown of military myths, featuring Tac P…
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***Sneak Peek***MBRS 56: Tactical Athletes, Toxic DMs, and the Fine Art of Breaking Rules
Send us Fan MailIn this glorious mess of a members-only episode, Peaches and Trent go full rogue: no guests, no guardrails, just straight-up brain dumps and…
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Ep 490: From Sweaty Enlisted TACP to TACP Officer Hot-Bunker – Lt Col Temple (Sleeping Bags Mandatory)
Send us Fan MailThis one’s a banger, folks. Lt Col Brandon Temple—Mustang, TACP legend, and card-carrying member of the “deep state”—joins the team room and…
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Ops Brief 077: Daily Drop - 17 July 2025 (The Air Force Runs on Excel and Hope)
Send us Fan MailWelcome to your no-fluff, sarcasm-fueled download of the Ones Ready Ops Brief for July 17th. In this episode, we cover everything from…
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Ops Brief 076: Daily Drop - 16 July 2025 ($300M Barracks, Broken Drones, and Busted Tankers)
Send us Fan MailHope you packed your sense of humor and a fire extinguisher—because this episode scorches everything from overpriced moldy barracks in Guam to…
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Ops Brief 075: Daily Drop - 15 July 2025 (Pentagon's Drone Panic: Why We're Still Screwing Up the Sky While China Laughs)
Send us Fan MailBuckle up, buttercups—Jared's back in the Ones Ready team room, dishing out yesterday's DoD drama because the PAO couldn't update today's…
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Ep 489: Founder of Carolinas for Ukraine - (ret) COL Curtis Lee
Send us Fan MailThis episode is a gut punch of clarity and common sense wrapped in Hoist-fueled sarcasm. Aaron and Peaches sits down with retired Marine Corps…