Best Tacp Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 516: The System’s a Joke — Gladdin Family vs. Wyoming “Justice” 1:00:34

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Send us a text Peaches and the Ones Ready crew bring the Gladdins back into the team room for a brutal, emotional update on their fight for Justice for Julie — and it’s worse than you think. A repeat offender with 30+ charges kills Kate’s mom, and the state calls it a misdemeanor. Yeah. A misdemeanor. This episode rips open every layer of America’s…

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Ep 515: Air Force EOD Event Canceled Over Optics: Leadership Failure or Risk Aversion? 25:12

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Send us a text Peaches is flying solo and absolutely torching weak leadership in this unfiltered rant from the Ones Ready team room. The story? A Monster Mash at Little Rock AFB was shut down at the last second—after 50 candidates paid their own way—because someone got scared of “bad optics” during a government shutdown. Spoiler: nobody died, but t…

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Sneak PeekMBRS 64: You're Not Gonna Make It (and Here's Why You Suck) 20:40

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Send us a text Trent flies solo and absolutely lights the mic on fire in this unfiltered reality check for every would-be warfighter wondering if they’re cut out for the pipeline. Spoiler alert: you’re probably not. From “weak genetics” and mommy issues to delusional love stories about the girl back home, Trent serves up a hot plate of hard truths …

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Ep 514: Project Linear - What Tactical Athletes Wear 57:40

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Send us a text Most people see an injury at BUD/S as the end of the road. For Chris from Project Linear, it was just the beginning. After making it through Hell Week and Phase 2, a brutal injury cut his journey short only seven weeks before graduation—but instead of letting that define him, he turned the experience into fuel. Today, Chris leads Pro…

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Ops Brief 107: Daily Drop - 8 Oct 2025 - Fat Troops, Shutdowns & Cyber Failures 19:51

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Send us a text Peaches is back in the Ones Ready Team Room with another no-BS drop that’ll make the Pentagon sweat. From the government shutdown that’s starving paychecks to the beefy boys rolling off bread trucks in Chicago, this episode rips through every headline the brass wishes you’d ignore. Peaches calls out the “financially illiterate” lifes…

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Sneak PeekMBRS 63: “Retired but Still Spicy” — PJs, Broken Bodies & Burying the Air Force’s Bullsh*t 59:40

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Send us a text If you thought retirement would mellow them out, you clearly haven’t met Peaches, Trent, or Aaron. In this week’s blisteringly honest episode, all three come in hot. We’re talking about the mental minefield of getting out, the physical wreckage of a Special Warfare career, and the professional purgatory of trying to give a damn after…

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Ops Brief 106: Daily Drop - 6 Oct 2025 - 41-to-3 Icebreaker Beatdown 27:25

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By Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras

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Ep 513: Green Beret Dean Goble: Black Rifle Coffee, Special Forces Lessons, and Don’t Be Fat 1:03:10

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Send us a text Another week, another Green Beret schooling us on life. Dean Goble didn’t just crush 20 years in Army Special Forces—he turned retirement into running the Special Forces Foundation and steering Black Rifle Coffee’s philanthropy like a caffeinated warlord. From dropping “coffee speedballs” into disaster zones to roasting the nonsense …

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Ep 512: Air Force Special Warfare Pipeline: Training, Selection, and How Not to Fail 2:03:26

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Send us a text Aaron takes the mic solo and unloads on pipeline myths, training excuses, and bad packet habits. Forget the rumor mill—he explains why the Air Force keeps tweaking Special Warfare selection, why “pipeline optimization” isn’t a conspiracy, and why faster runners are always the ones who graduate. He drags combat controllers over pistol…

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Ops Brief 105: Daily Drop - 1 Oct 2025 - Government Shutdown: Jets Still Fly, Bombs Don’t 15:41

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Send us a text The Ones Ready crew dives headfirst into the chaos of a government shutdown. Peaches breaks down why jets are still flying even though half the civilians got furloughed, why dropping bombs is suddenly off-limits, and how “minimal manning” really means “maximum chaos.” From Air Force talent marketplace changes to the Space Force scram…

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Sneak PeekMBRS 75: Stop Whining, Start Grinding: The Positivity Rant You Needed 34:50

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Send us a text Tired of the same old “my chief ruined my life” Facebook rants? Trent torches the victim mentality and lay down some hard truths. This episode isn’t about coddling—it’s about owning your mistakes, setting the example, and refusing to be the guy who drags everyone down with negativity. From pipeline lessons to real-world leadership fa…

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Ops Brief 104: Daily Drop - 30 Sep 2025 - Hegseth & Trump Speech: Culture Reset or Chaos? 27:34

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Send us a text Peaches goes off on the biggest shakeup in the military since forever: the Secretary of Defense (now Secretary of War) dropping a savage speech that could’ve been an email—but wasn’t. From “FAFO” threats to beard bans, fat generals, and nuking woke policies, nothing was off limits. Trump chimed in with his usual fire, telling general…

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Ep 512A: Does the Military Need a Culture Change? (Spoiler: Hell Yes) 27:13

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Send us a text Aaron unloads on the state of the Air Force, the military, and America’s warrior ethos with zero filter. Forget sanitized speeches—this is a raw breakdown of why GWOT veterans accepted the chaos, why today’s force feels distracted, and why the next generation better wake up before it’s too late. He rips into leadership theater (PT te…

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Ep 511: CSAF Welsh Gets Canceled & the Air Force Is Broke 48:12

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Send us a text Peaches, Aaron, and Trent come in hot: Halloween costumes get dark, Oompa-Loompas invade, and naked 70s playing cards almost derail a four-star visit. Then it gets serious—General Mark Welsh flames out at Texas A&M over gender ideology drama, Special Warfare kills all 2025 ship dates, and the Air Force admits it’s broke while Congres…

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Ops Brief 103: Daily Drop - 26 Sep 2025 - PT Test for 800 General Officers with Ozempic Faces 16:45

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Send us a text The Ones Ready crew doesn’t do boring briefs—and this one is pure chaos. Peaches breaks down the military circus: Army stockpiles waiting for the big fight, the Navy flexing nukes, Marines storming beaches like it’s 1944, and the Air Force still pretending AI is cheap. Space Force wants a 15-year plan before the end of the year (good…

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Ep 510: The Military Justice System Is Rigged? Arvis Owens Drops Truth Bombs 1:12:17

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Send us a text Buckle 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 officer who had his career torched by a broken system. From botched carrier landings to fighting false accusations, Arvis lays out how the Uniform Code of Military Justice turned into a political ci…

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Sneak PeekMBRS 62: When Everyone’s a Warrior, No One Is 53:18

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Send us a text Aaron, Trent, and Peaches tackle the rising tide of valor inflation, where every LinkedIn bio says “warfighter,” but no one can pass a PT test. This episode is a spicy roast of our participation trophy military culture, bloated titles, and the thirst for validation that’s killing authenticity. We dig into why the guy who’s “changing …

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Ep 509: LinkedIn Clowns, Cancel Culture, and the Fallout After Charlie Kirk 45:05

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Send us a text Welcome back to the team room, where Peaches, Aaron, and Trent torch fake professionalism, internet tough guys, and the circus that is LinkedIn. This episode takes a dark turn into the assassination of Charlie Kirk—why it matters, how it changes the political landscape, and what comes next when the “moderate” is taken out. The crew d…

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Ops Brief 102: Daily Drop - 19 Sep 2025 - Javelin Sale to Poland, Laughlin Pilot Surge, Quantum Tech 11:17

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Send us a text Stay updated with the Ones Ready 19 September 2025 Ops Brief. Peaches covers the latest defense and military developments including the U.S. approval of a $780M Javelin missile sale to Poland, Adriatic Charter security meetings, and USS Blue Ridge’s port visit to South Korea. Highlights also include Laughlin Air Force Base achieving …

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Ep 508: Blackwater: The World’s Most Infamous PMC with Morgan Lerette 1:06:06

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Send us a text Ones Ready sits down with Morgan Lerette —author of Guns, Girls, and Greed—to talk about life as a Blackwater mercenary during the chaos of Iraq and Afghanistan. From getting recruited as a broke Air Guard kid, to standing on flight lines wondering if forklifts win Bronze Stars, to suddenly pulling convoys through Route Irish with Na…

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Ops Brief 101: Daily Drop - 18 Sep 2025 - Army Drone Training, Air Force Awards, Space Force Updates 13:09

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Send us a text This episode covers major updates across the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Space Force. Key highlights include Brooke Army Medical Center’s launch of surgical cardiac life support training, Army counter-drone live fire exercises at Fort Novosel, and the Air Force Culligan Trophy recognizing outstanding pilot airmanship. We also…

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Ops Brief 100: Daily Drop - 17 Sep 2025 - Military Rocket Motors & Bunker Busters 15:32

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Send us a text Peaches kicks in the door with another Daily Drop, tearing through the Pentagon’s SHIELD program (yes, they actually named it that), a $39M rocket motor bailout, and why Army inventory reports sound like Mad Libs. He drags the idea of draft “policies” floating around the Guard Bureau, laughs at new bunker buster contracts, and side-e…

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Ep 507: So You Want to Be Special Warfare? Here’s Your Future Career 56:53

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Send us a text Congrats, you survived the pipeline and think you’ve made it. Spoiler: nobody at your first team gives a damn. In this episode, Peaches and Trent rip the lid off the “career trajectory” nobody tells you about. From being the new guy fetching radios to running a team, dodging AETC orders, and getting stuck in jobs nobody wants (ops sh…

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Sneak PeekMBRS 61: Thunderbirds Made Us Cry: A Documentary We Wanted to Hate… and Loved Instead 1:00:13

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Send us a text This was supposed to be a roast. A snarky hate-watch of the new Netflix Thunderbirds documentary. Instead? Aaron and Trent got ambushed by feelings. What started as a casual poo-poo sesh turned into a confession of admiration, aviation tears, and redemption arcs that hit harder than a Friday safety brief. We went from “tight flight s…

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Ops Brief 099: Daily Drop - 12 Sep 2025 - The Pentagon’s New “Department of War”? 29:03

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Send us a text Peaches is back in the team room, and this “daily” drop is anything but short. From the Air Force reactivating old commands to Space Force rolling out new uniforms, this episode dives into the chaos of DoD rebrands, reorganizations, and questionable decisions. Why are we shooting at UFOs with Reapers? Why is Congress playing budget c…

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Ep 506: Air Force Discipline is Broken… and the Army Paid $250K to Lose?! 1:05:07

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Send us a text Peaches and Aaron are back swinging at the nonsense. From Special Warfare’s assessment model to Air Force Academy cadets racking up predatory loans, this episode rips into leadership fails, lazy commanders who hand out paperwork like candy, and the lost art of spot corrections. We go from stories of LOCs, LORs, and mustache games wit…

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Ep 505: AFSW's #1 Candidate! 1:01:50

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Send us a text Forget the war stories from guys who graduated 20 years ago—this is the raw, unfiltered prototype of today’s Air Force Special Warfare candidate. At just 22, this dude has maxed every test, trained like a psycho, lived in a recreated basic training bay, and even did medic work in Ukraine… all before stepping foot in selection. He tra…

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Ep 504: Inside the Next-Gen Pilot Training 57:33

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Send us a text Peaches sits down with Bane—combat-experienced F-15E pilot—to roast the insanity of modern warfare expectations. From Ziploc-bag bathroom breaks at 30,000 feet to the Air Force’s genius idea of “just fly 16 hours and THEN fight,” this one dives into the real limits of human performance. They rip into burnout, busted culture, risk ave…

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Ops Brief 098: Daily Drop - 4 Sep 2025 - Laser Guided Rockets & Harlem Hellfighters Honored 14:32

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Send us a text Peaches fires off on everything from the Pentagon shuffling Space Command to Alabama, Harlem Hellfighters finally getting the respect they deserve, and why the Air Force needed bargain-bin precision rockets to stay lethal. Sprinkle in a little DoD drama, Suicide Prevention Month at Keesler, and the Navy scuttling cocaine boats, and y…

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Ops Brief 097: Daily Drop - 2 Sep 2025 - The Pentagon Let China Touch Our Cloud?! 12:57

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Send us a text Peaches is back with your Labor Day hangover cure — the September 2nd Daily Drop. We’re talking Special Warfare assessment, why everything in training actually ties back to the mission, and yes, why your hips are going to explode if you show up to Nashville’s Operator Training Summit. ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 – Special Warfare assessment…

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Ep 503: Why Military Influencers Keep Crashing Out + One Absolute Badass 1:07:57

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Send us a text The 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 into the viral “Braveheart Girl” story out of Scotland and the absolute clown show of UK laws. From there it spirals into stolen valor scandals, Nate from Valhalla torching Shrek McPhee, and th…

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Ep 502: Tim Kennedy & Shrek McPhee: Why Stolen Valor Still Plagues Special Operations 1:03:03

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Send us a text Peaches and Nate from Valhalla VFT torch the fake-warrior industrial complex in this unfiltered episode. From Tim Kennedy’s “oops, I misrepresented my service” excuse to Shrek McPhee’s fantasy war stories, the Ones Ready crew pulls no punches. Why are so many veterans lying about their past? Is it ego, money, or just chronic insecuri…

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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) 12:59

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Send us a text Peaches is back in the team room roasting bureaucracy, butchering rare earth minerals, and breaking down the latest defense chaos. From the Kabul Abbey Gate report that probably won’t change a thing, to U.S. troops in Indonesia firing Stingers for fun, to the Pentagon finally realizing maybe letting China work on our cloud wasn’t gen…

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Ops Brief 095: Daily Drop - 26 Aug 2025 - $99M for CJADC2-Trash?! 11:31

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Send us a text Peaches 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 buzzword with zero receipts, to Boeing’s KC-46 boom skewering fighter jets like kebabs, the hits just keep coming. The Air Force is out here buying VR dogfights that’ll give pilots bad habits,…

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Ops Brief 094: Daily Drop - 25 Aug 2025 - Stolen Valor & the DoD Circus 10:50

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Send us a text Peaches rips through the latest DoD chaos—everything from fake heroes getting exposed to the National Guard finally being trusted with their own sidearms. The crew doesn’t hold back: stolen valor clowns cashing in on lies, the Navy changing hands at the top, the Air Force still fumbling leadership drama, and the Army trying to let AI…

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Ep 501: You’re Not Gonna Make It (Here’s Why You’ll Quit Anyway) 1:03:49

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Send us a text Another week, another dose of hard truth. Trent and Peaches break down the brutal, hilarious, and very real reasons most people won’t survive Air Force Special Warfare training. From weak genetics and overprotective parents to the myth of “losing your freedoms,” the crew pulls zero punches while torching excuses. We talk about the li…

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Sneak PeekMBRS 60: The Bonus is Gone, Your Orders are Delayed, and the Air Force Blames... Nobody 48:25

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Send us a text Welcome 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 script. Just raw frustration, hot takes, and wild truths about canceled reenlistment bonuses, halted retirement orders, and why the hell the CMSAF wasn’t even in the loop. Peaches, Trent, and Aa…

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Ops Brief 093: Daily Drop - 22 Aug 2025 - Is Emerald Warrior Still a Dumpster Fire? 11:52

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Send us a text Another day, another Ones Ready drop where Peaches serves up hot takes with a side of sarcasm. From the Pentagon’s endless talent for screwing up interagency comms, to South Korea pulling more weight than half our “allies,” nothing is safe. We get speculation on who’s about to run the Air Force (spoiler: maybe a guy retiring today), …

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Ep 500: 500 Episodes Later… Still No Plan, Still Talking Trash 1:13:58

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Send us a text Welcome to the Ones Ready 500th episode—proof that sheer stubbornness beats strategy every time. Aaron, Trent, and Peaches hit the milestone the only way they know how: zero prep, maximum chaos. From reminiscing on legends and favorite guests to dunking on officers, bad takes, and the Air Force’s love for pointless bureaucracy, nothi…

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Ops Brief 092: Daily Drop - 21 Aug 2025 - Smashburger & Vigilantes 19:45

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Send us a text Welcome to the Ones Ready Daily Drop, where Peaches rants his way through the Pentagon’s latest circus act. From Riga flyovers to AI “investments” that wouldn’t even buy a used Ford Ranger, this week’s Ops Brief is a buffet of absurdity. We’ve got ten tankers launching in Guam (because why not), Sharon peacing out of DISA IT, and the…

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Ops Brief 091: Daily Drop - 19 Aug 2025 - MAHA Madness of Bad Push-ups 16:22

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Send us a text Welcome back to the Team Room for another unapologetically savage drop of truth. Peaches tears into the Pentagon’s new “Pete & Bobby Fitness Challenge,” part of the grand Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) campaign—where SecDef Hegseth and RFK Jr. prove that apparently half the DoD still can’t do a proper push-up. We hit the big headl…

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Ops Brief 090: Daily Drop - 18 Aug 2025 - Tilt-Rotors, Orbital Carriers, and Marines Saving the Day (Again) 18:52

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Send us a text The Ones Ready crew is back in the team room with another unapologetic ops brief. Peaches kicks things off by dragging coneheads who fail day one fitness tests and then launches into the week’s wild ride of military news. Marines get their obligatory “media hero” spotlight, the Army unveils another tilt-rotor science project (because…

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Ep 499: 72 Failures on Day 1...You Should Be Ashamed! 1:08:00

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Send us a text Nothing 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 tripped over the mile-and-a-half run like it was a banana peel. The Ones Ready crew (Peaches, Aaron, and Trent) put on their disappointed dad faces and rip into the excuses, bad prep, and pure cl…

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Ep 498: The 2-Mile Run is Oppressive (Apparently) - Thanks CMSAF! 27:40

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Send us a text Trent 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 crying about extra laps, this one’s for you. He breaks down exactly why being fit isn’t just a box to check—it’s the damn point. From waistband inflation to PT test trauma, this episode drags ever…

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Ops Brief 089: Daily Drop - 14 Aug 2025 - B-Team Terrorists & Why Instagram Wants You Kidnapped 14:57

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Send us a text Peaches 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 800 Guard troops rolling into D.C., to the Space Force launching a GPS upgrade that’s only five decades overdue, it’s a buffet of defense news with extra sarcasm. We cover Pentagon IT projects t…

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Ops Brief 088: Daily Drop - 13 Aug 2025 - DARPA’s Giant War Sim & Panama’s $3M Bargain 16:22

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Send us a text Peaches 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 pocket change at Panama’s border, and NATO still cries poor while leaning on U.S. muscle. From AI-driven target tracking and new Air Force dorm “suites” that’ll make Marines jealous, to Space…

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Ops Brief 087: Daily Drop - 12 Aug 2025 - Washington’s on Fire & Cyber Ninjas are Scary 13:14

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Send us a text Peaches kicks off this drop swinging at everything from the chaos in D.C. to the ridiculous idea that military academies ever needed race-based admissions. National Guard troops are back in the capital because apparently it’s become Mad Max with monuments. Cyber interns get a salute for their terrifyingly cool hacking skills, a World…

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Ops Brief 086: Daily Drop - 11 Aug 2025 - DoD Turns 76 & Space Force Gets Part-Time 16:15

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Send us a text Peaches 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 not included) to the Navy handing CENTCOM over like a hot potato, it’s been a week. We hit the SkillsBridge hustle, Red Flag roaring over Nellis, Space Force flexing with upgraded sensors and…

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Ep 497: AFSW Pipeline Cheat Codes 1:03:30

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Send us a text Forget the Instagram highlight reels—Peaches and Aaron are dropping the unfiltered, step-by-step hacks to survive the Air Force Special Warfare pipeline without becoming another quit statistic. This isn’t “drink more water” fluff; it’s the down-and-dirty, why-your-shins-are-dying, how-to-not-faceplant-on-the-IFT kind of episode. From…

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Sneak PeekMBRS 58: Deep State Frogs and Why Deployments Aren't Cool 32:40

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Send us a text In 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 mishaps, military stupidity, and the myth of “cool deployments.” If you thought Ones Ready was structured… buckle up. This episode is pure stream-of-consciousness chaos, blending gym talk, Air For…