Best Micro Drones Podcasts (2025)

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Micro Forests and Drones: A Conservation Revolution in Bermuda with Nicholas Coelho 1:36:10

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Curious about the role of technology in conservation? My conversation with Nicholas Coelho of the Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) on the Pilots of the Caribbean Podcast explores just that. From mapping to reforestation, discover how Bermuda is making strides with drones! 🌿🚀 #ConservationTech Contact Nick / BZS: https://bamz.org/ [email protected]…

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Ops Brief 070: Daily Drop - 4 July 2025 (Midnight Hammer Drops Truth Bombs) 46:56

20h ago46:56

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Send us a text Peaches returns with a scorched-earth breakdown of America’s latest military moves—and screwups. From counter-UAS task forces to the Pentagon’s \$330M-per-jet regrets, this episode tears into drone threats, Space Force drama, and Operation Midnight Hammer’s massive flex… that also accidentally exposed all our weak spots. We’re talkin…

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Beyond the Lens: The Evolution of Phil Archer 1:17:27

3d ago1:17:27

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GET YOUR ELEVATEUAV 2025 TICKETS HERE: https://elevateuavsummit.com/poc-attend2025/ Discount code: Caribbean75 From managing high-stakes live broadcasts to working on one of the world’s most ambitious projects (The Line in Saudi Arabia) all while navigating the complex world of international drone regulations, Phil Archer shares it all on this week…

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Ops Brief 069: Daily Drop - 2 July 2025 (B-2 Upgrades & The Air Force Rage Quits) 15:46

3d ago15:46

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Send us a text The Air Force is bleeding instructors, CENTCOM's next boss is a mystery wrapped in vagueness, and the B-2 is getting a glow-up because, well, the B-21 still isn’t ready. In this Daily Drop, Jared dives into the military’s latest budget frenzy, Iran’s Cold War cosplay, and why creatine is now part of his mental warfare toolkit. From w…

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Ops Brief 068: Daily Drop - 30 June 2025 (A-10 Dies (Again) & Space Force Goes Pixar) 18:06

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Send us a text In this spicy Daily Drop, Jared wades through the DoD’s latest chaos with all the charm of a migraine and none of the bureaucratic BS. Iranian missiles rain on Al Udeid (spoiler: we were ready), Raisin Kane flexes with Patriot batteries, and Trump might’ve poked the bear again—depending on who you ask. Meanwhile, the Pentagon's rolli…

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Ep 486: "He Didn’t Kill Himself" – The SEAL Conspiracy That Won’t Die with Matt Cubbler 1:23:25

5d ago1:23:25

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Send us a text Matt Cubbler is back—and this time, it’s personal. If you thought the first episode blew the lid off the Job Price case, buckle the hell up. In this scorched-earth sequel, the Ones Ready crew dives headfirst into the why behind the mysterious death of SEAL Team 4 Commander Job Price. Spoiler alert: the official “suicide” story doesn’…

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June 2025 - Caribbean Drone News 4:13

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Code: Caribbean75 Get you Elevate UAV Tickets here Check out Dervon's interview here Welcome to the latest edition of Caribbean Drone News! In this video, we're bringing you up to speed on some exciting developments across the region. We cover the first graduating class of the Bahamas National Unmanned Systems Academy, how thermal drones are helpin…

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Ops Brief 067: Daily Drop - 27 June 2025 (“Razin Caine” Bombs Iran & Roasts Top Gun) 14:57

8d ago14:57

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Send us a text The Pentagon dropped a $962B budget bomb, and Razin Caine dropped an actual bomb—well, more like 125 aircraft dropping GBU-57 bunker busters on Iranian nuclear sites. In this no-fluff Daily Drop, Jared unpacks the FY26 defense budget, the rise of the F-47, the death of the A-10, and why space is the new high ground (sorry, Wedgetail)…

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Ep 485: Foreign Aid Is Not a Handout—It’s a Weapon 49:07

8d ago49:07

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Send us a text Buckle up, warfighters—this one’s gonna rattle some cages. In this fire-breathing episode, Jared and Aaron torch the lazy talking points and break down why foreign aid isn’t just “giving away your tax dollars.” From crushing fentanyl pipelines before they cross U.S. borders to outmaneuvering China’s Belt and Road sleight of hand, thi…

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Ops Brief 066: Daily Drop - 26 June 2025 (Squirrel Warzones & 44-Hour Bomb Runs) 20:04

9d ago20:04

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Send us a text Welcome to your June 26th no-BS team room drop—brought to you by the Ones Ready squad and powered by caffeine, sarcasm, and tactical booties. Jared dives into the late-breaking chaos of June 25th like a B-2 on a midnight hammer run. From underground terror bunkers to squirrels declaring war on Minot AFB, this episode hits harder than…

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Baboo.FPV 2:00:45

10d ago2:00:45

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Send us a text This month we welcome Baboo FPV to the Kwadverse. An amazing and humble pilot whose lines bring unique perspectives from Parkour and Skateboarding. His FPV journey has taken him from the vibrant landscapes of Brazil to the towering steel and stone of New York City. Along the way, he’s filmed with icons like Bam Margera, threading his…

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Ops Brief 065: Daily Drop - 24 June 2025 (Fat Shaming & B-2s) 18:04

11d ago18:04

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Send us a text Welcome back to The Daily Drop—where Jared rants, roasts, and breaks down the news like only the Ones Ready crew can. Today’s main event? Iran punches back with a missile strike on Al-Udeid, but 13 of 14 missiles get slapped out of the sky. Trump drops an F-bomb on the lawn. Space and Cyber Command flex behind the scenes. And everyon…

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Ops Brief 064: Daily Drop - 23 June 2025 (Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER & China's Buying Our Secrets) 16:20

12d ago16:20

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Send us a text Strap in, because this Daily Drop drops bombs—literally. Jared’s back from the San Diego Operator Training Summit and immediately diving into the nuclear circus known as Operation Midnight Hammer—the largest B-2 strike in U.S. history. We’re talking 125+ aircraft, deception ops worthy of Hollywood, and a casual flex on Iran’s nuclear…

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Ep 484: From Thunderbirds Maintainer to Netflix Star - TSgt Xavier Knapp! 1:06:55

12d ago1:06:55

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Send us a text Let’s get one thing straight—this ain’t your typical Air Force hype-fest. Xavier Knapp went from "please God, not F-16s" to becoming the standout maintainer in Netflix’s Thunderbirds documentary. In this episode, we pull the curtain all the way back on what it really means to be a top-tier wrench-turner in the Air Force. Xavier share…

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Ep 483: Trent’s Origin Story: How Pain and Pressure Built a Savage Mentor 57:27

15d ago57:27

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Send us a text This isn’t just an episode — it’s a character arc. For the first time, Trent pulls back the curtain on how his life before the pipeline forged the fire he brings to every candidate now. From getting his teeth kicked in (literally) during his early military career, to surviving brutal operational deployments, to losing everything that…

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Ep 482: Live Q&A with AFSW Recruiter! 1:05:43

16d ago1:05:43

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Send us a text What happens when a guy born in Mexico, raised in Montana, gets denied reentry into the Air Force for nearly six years—and comes back swinging as Puerto Rico’s first full-time AFSW recruiter? You get this episode. Peaches sits down with a recruiter who has seen every side of the Air Force: enlisted mechanic, disgruntled civilian, det…

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Sneak Peek MBRS 54: $2B Crop Dusters & British Hate Crimes 1:02:48

16d ago1:02:48

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Send us a text In this absolute banger of an episode, Peaches and Trent casually disassemble the military-industrial complex, parenting guilt, British censorship, and how not to run a drone program… all while planning t-shirt logistics and surviving haunted Airbnbs. It’s like sitting in on a leadership meeting, a roast, and an existential crisis—al…

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Ops Brief 063: Daily Drop - 17 June 2025 ($300 for Evac & Lagging Hypersonics) 11:50

18d ago11:50

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Send us a text The Pentagon’s busy doing backflips to avoid picking a side in the Israel-Iran slugfest, while the U.S. military quietly scrambles tankers, evacuates families, and acts like $300 is enough to survive Naples, Italy. Meanwhile, Air Force tankers take center stage, hypersonic weapons get a reboot (because we’re behind... again), and Spa…

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Ops Brief 062: Daily Drop - 16 June 2025 (Drones & Alleged F-35 Shoot Downs) 18:20

19d ago18:20

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Send us a text The Pentagon is getting Spiderwebbed, CENTCOM’s begging for a faster arms dealer, and Iran claims it bagged three F-35s (with CGI receipts, naturally). In this no-holds-barred Daily Drop, Jared rips through the absurdity of base security theater, why our military sales process might as well be faxed from 1996, and why trusting SpaceX…

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Ep 481: Manda Bay - The Attack Nobody Was Ready For 1:19:40

19d ago1:19:40

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Send us a text Ones Ready goes scorched earth on the Manda Bay attack—a tragic cocktail of leadership failure, intelligence gaps, and straight-up tactical laziness that left Americans dead and a base in flames. This isn’t just a “bad day at work” story—this is what happens when we let comfort, complacency, and half-baked threat assessments set the …

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Ops Brief 061: Daily Drop - 13 June 2025 (We Should’ve Kept the Canal — and Nuked the Budget) 13:56

22d ago13:56

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Send us a text The Ones Ready crew is back with your daily drop, and today’s episode is hotter than the LRSO’s payload. Jared breaks down the latest in defense news with a healthy dose of sarcasm, fury, and common sense—none of which were found in the FY26 budget. From the Navy’s sixth-gen fighter dreams to Putin’s never-ending land grab, the episo…

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Ep 480: USAF Basic Military Training - AFSW Advisor CCT Vick! 1:05:40

22d ago1:05:40

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Send us a text What do you get when you mix scarlet berets, dive school lies, and a belt company that quietly shames your Amazon nylon webbing? You get this week’s Ones Ready episode featuring the legendary Greg “Vic” Novickas—a battle-hardened Combat Controller who’s operated at every level of AFSOC and is now rewriting how we prepare the next gen…

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Ops Brief 060: Daily Drop - 12 June 2025 (Budget Cuts & Micro-reactors) 59:40

23d ago59:40

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Send us a text Welcome to your daily dose of blunt-force intel. On this episode of Ones Ready, Peaches breaks down the 12 June Ops Brief with the same energy as a pissed-off NCO finding unbloused boots. From nuclear microreactors to E-7 program death rattles, and shady F-35 budget slashings, this rundown covers everything the Pentagon tried to slip…

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Ops Brief 059: Daily Drop - 10 June 2025 (Relaxation Cubes, Drone Wars & Newsom’s Meltdown) 16:22

25d ago16:22

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Send us a text Buckle up. In this Daily Drop, Jared steamrolls through a Pentagon fever dream where California governors cry about sovereignty, the Air Force funds anxiety nap pods, and Russia’s Spiderweb drone strikes are the new nightmare fuel. Meanwhile, Trump deploys 2,000 National Guard troops to L.A., the Air Force downs another billion on wi…

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Ops Brief 058: Daily Drop - 9 June 2025 (Aliens, Drones & Governor Meltdowns) 10:24

26d ago10:24

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Send us a text In today’s Daily Drop, Jared’s back to walk you through a spicy buffet of government overreach, UFO shenanigans, and military budget cosplay. NORCOM’s moving troops into L.A., Newsom’s throwing a federal tantrum, and the Pentagon is apparently deleting Signal messages like they’re hiding UFOs—because, spoiler alert: they kind of are.…

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Ep 479: STOP asking these DUMB Air Force Special Warfare Questions! 32:58

26d ago32:58

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Send us a text Strap in, nerds — it's time for another brutally honest, occasionally aggressive PSA from your favorite cynical pipehitters. Aaron, Jared, and Trent are done pretending like your DMs are cute. This episode is a tactical nuke on all the dumbass questions that keep clogging our inboxes like an MRE-induced constipation crisis. Are you 2…

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Ops Brief 057: Daily Drop - 6 June 2025 (Billion Dollar Planes & Space Force Daddy Issues) 17:04

29d ago17:04

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Send us a text The Daily Drop is here and this one is overflowing with fraud, firepower, and the federal fumble reel. Jared dives into the Pentagon’s latest week of insanity: $10.8B in fraud? Check. Hypersonic missiles making a comeback? Check. A free Qatari plane that’s somehow costing $400M to modify? Check. And that’s before we even get to the A…

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Ep 478: Who the F* is Peaches?! 47:21

29d ago47:21

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Send us a text Strap in, nerds. This episode is Peaches, raw and unfiltered—no Aaron, no Trent, no buffer. Just one man, one mic, and 46 minutes of Combat Controller origin story, featuring: childhood trauma via Lethal Weapon, a trifold pamphlet that somehow convinced him to join the Air Force, and a fratricide incident that definitely wasn’t in th…

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Ops Brief 056: Daily Drop - 5 June 2025 (Dronepocalypse Now & No Soup For The Navy!) 11:34

30d ago11:34

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Send us a text It’s another beautifully chaotic episode of the Ones Ready Daily Drop, and today we’re launching straight into the bureaucratic bonfire. Jared's back with updates so wild you’d think the Pentagon was drunk texting Congress. From billion-dollar GPS launches to PFAS exposure going prime time, we’re diving headfirst into drone dread, si…

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Ops Brief 055: Daily Drop - 4 June 2025 (Drones & $38M Daycares) 10:45

1M ago10:45

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Send us a text Strap in and put your outrage pants on, because this Ones Ready Daily Drop is pure Pentagon chaos. Jared drops a firestorm of updates faster than a drone swarm over Belgorod. NATO wants 5% GDP? Greenland’s back on the menu? Pete Hegseth skips Ukraine for brunch in Brussels? And oh yeah — $38 MILLION for a child development center tha…

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Ops Brief 054: Daily Drop - 3 June 2025 (The Pentagon’s $1 Trillion Clown Fiesta - Now with Bonus AI Paranoia!) 19:58

1M ago19:58

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Send us a text Welcome to another episode of the “Daily Drop,” where Jared breaks down the chaos disguised as a defense budget. We’re talking about a $1 trillion spendathon featuring: cutting cybersecurity staff during peak cyber threat season, trying to mass-produce drones in 24 hours with foreign parts we don’t make, and senior leaders treating A…

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Ops Brief 053: Daily Drop - 2 June 2025 (We’re Not Winning in Africa & Space Is a Mess) 15:55

1M ago15:55

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Send us a text In this chaotic return to the Daily Drop, Jared barrels through a no-holds-barred rundown of DOD chaos, diplomatic double-speak, and the ongoing clown show in space. The Pentagon’s trying to win hearts and minds in Somalia with airstrikes, Space Force is low-key getting circled by Russian sats, and we’re hoping AI can save Indopaycom…

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Ep 477: Special Tactics Officer & Combat Control School Commander - Lt Col Rylan Tanner 1:04:11

1M ago1:04:11

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Send us a text Some dudes show up shredded with swagger. Others show up ready to grind. Rylan Tanner showed up both — and still had to bleed for it. In this brutally honest episode, Aaron and Jared break down the rise, stall, and redemption of one of the most talked-about Special Warfare candidates to come through the prep pipeline. You’ll hear abo…

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Sneak PeekMBRS 53: "Recruiters Are Liars and My Son’s a Little Angel” – The Delusional Parent Episode 57:25

1M ago57:25

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Send us a text Welcome back to the Ones Ready Podcast, where sarcasm is a love language and tough love is free. In this episode, Aaron, Trent, and Peaches go full scorched earth on the real MVPs of military recruiting… overbearing parents. You know the type—rolling into recruiter offices like it’s a job interview at Deloitte, trying to “negotiate” …

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Ep 476: Smart Intel Guy? There’s Only One—And He’s Charlie Faint! 1:02:28

1M ago1:02:28

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Send us a text Let’s get one thing straight—Charlie Faint isn’t just an intel officer. He’s the intel officer that made it through JSOC, the 160th, and now West Point without once becoming a PowerPoint nerd with security clearance delusions. In this episode, we dig into his warrior-scholar journey—from nearly drowning in a flight suit during select…

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May 2025: Caribbean Drone News 7:15

1M ago7:15

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Interview with Dervon McKellop In this May 2025 episode of the Caribbean Drone News we have 3 Big drone stories for you: 1) Jamaica to compete in the first ever Drone Soccer World Cup in South Korea 2) St. Kitts are using drone surveys to address water shortages 3) DJI ends support for the Phantom 4 Pro and Advanced The Pilots of the Caribbean Podc…

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Pacific North Whoop 1:02:51

1M ago1:02:51

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Send us a text This month we welcome Pacific North Whoop to the Kwadverse. One of the first US-based BetaFPV sponsored pilots, he’s pioneering O4 whoops to turn gray skies into golden lines. Pacific North Whoop takes us on his journey from the earliest whoops, held together with hot glue and a prayer, to his latest custom builds that pack 4K HD int…

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Ep 475: Live Reaction of Thunderbirds on Netflix 1:29:59

1M ago1:29:59

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Send us a text It started with jokes about zippers and tight flight suits—and somehow ended with tears, respect, and emotional damage. In this episode, Jared and Aaron go full live-reaction mode to Netflix’s Thunderbirds documentary, expecting to roast some high-speed sky dancers… but end up with a full-blown redemption arc, complete with G-locks, …

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Ops Brief 052: Daily Drop - 24 May 2025 (F-47 Upgrades...ALREADY?!) 19:53

1M ago19:53

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Send us a text Today’s drop is brought to you by… anger, caffeine, and one last damn slot for the Operator Training Summit. Jared’s back with a full-frontal assault on the newest batch of DoD clownery: airframes that are being “upgraded” before they even exist, moving programs that still don’t move anything, and bonus cuts that would make a finance…

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Ep 474: Why the Air Force Can’t Budget or Tailor a Damn Uniform 53:18

1M ago53:18

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Send us a text Welcome back, peasants. In this spicy no-ads-needed episode, the Ones Ready crew tears into the mind-numbing chaos that is the DoD’s budgeting incompetence. From canceled bonuses to SkillBridge chaos and the eternal mystery of why military uniforms fit nobody, this is your front-row seat to the clown show that is Pentagon-level “plan…

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Ops Brief 051: Daily Drop - 22 May 2025 (PCS Meltdowns, Drone Strikes & Budget Lies) 15:25

1M ago15:25

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Send us a text If today’s Pentagon brief were a movie, it’d be a dark comedy with no budget and a glitchy drone trying to play hero. Jared returns with another savage rundown of everything broken in military bureaucracy—from the $18B PCS debacle to the Air Force accidentally playing bumper cars with drones mid-flight. We’re talking Space Force fund…

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Ops Brief 050: Daily Drop - 21 May 2025 (Golden Dome, Qatari Jets & CYBERCOM) 18:42

2M ago18:42

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Send us a text Strap in, kids—this episode is a buffet of DoD chaos, spicy geopolitical moves, and “WTF are we even doing?” headlines. Jared unleashes on everything from the sketchiest Air Force One replacement idea ever (thanks, Qatar) to Golden Dome missile pipe dreams and the absolute circus that is Cyber Command’s latest identity crisis. We’re …

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Ops Brief 049: Daily Drop - 20 May 2025 (Bonus Cuts & PCS Chao) 21:05

2M ago21:05

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Send us a text In this extended Daily Drop, Jared unleashes a tactical nuke of sarcasm on the Pentagon’s parade of WTF decisions. From billion-dollar contracts imploding to Airmen stuck in retirement limbo, it’s clear nobody’s steering this defense dumpster fire. Cyber Command wants to be SOCOM now (because that worked so well before), troops can’t…

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Ep 473: Paralyzed to Podium: Drew Outstanding’s Savage Comeback Against the Vax Mandate Nightmare 1:04:14

2M ago1:04:14

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Send us a text Buckle up, Ones Ready fam, because this episode is a gut-punch of raw truth and unrelenting grit. We’re sitting down with Drew Outstanding (@drewoutstanding on X), a badass Army vet who went from slinging Applebee’s two-for-20s to slaying in Iraq, only to get sucker-punched by the DOD’s “safe and effective” COVID vaccine mandate. Spo…

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Sneak PeekMBRS 52: DEI Drama, Budget Cuts & Tesla Nazis? 1:04:56

2M ago1:04:56

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Send us a text Welcome back to the Ones Ready Podcast—where we break down the latest military clown show for your entertainment. Today, we’re talking about how DEI scrubbing went off the rails, the insane amount of Pentagon budget waste, and why owning a Tesla apparently makes you a Nazi now. 💥 DEI Data Dump: – The Pentagon is scrubbing the interne…

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Ep 472: The Air Force Just Ghosted Your Bonus and Retirement Plans 9:39

2M ago9:39

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Send us a text In this high-velocity “WTF is happening?” episode of the Ones Ready podcast, Jared pulls no punches breaking down the latest Pentagon finance dumpster fire—because apparently, the Air Force’s solution to a budget shortfall is to hit pause on YOUR retirement and nuke the Selective Retention Bonus mid-fiscal year. Classic. We’re talkin…

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Ops Brief 048: Daily Drop - 16 May 2025 (Bonuses Canceled & Budgets Busted) 22:24

2M ago22:24

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Send us a text May 16’s Daily Drop is here, and it’s a clinic in chaos. Jared dives headfirst into a flaming pile of Air Force mismanagement, with everything from canceled retention bonuses to space-based missile defense initiatives nobody budgeted for. We’re talking about the Pentagon quietly prepping to boot transgender service members, the DoD a…

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Ep 471: Recon, Rage, & Real Talk With James Sisco 1:05:52

2M ago1:05:52

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Send us a text Strap in, degenerates. In this brutally honest, no-holds-barred episode of Ones Ready, we sit down with Recon Marine, The War Journal author, intelligence community insider, and potential future Ambassador to Afghanistan—James. Freakin’ Sisco. This isn’t your average “rah-rah” war story episode. Sisco takes us deep into the grit and …

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Ops Brief 047: Daily Drop - 15 May 2025 (Air Force Axes Bonuses While Ducks Shoot Down Jets) 18:26

2M ago18:26

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Send us a text In today's savage May 15th Daily Drop, Jared delivers a glorious roast of Air Force bureaucracy, tone-deaf budgeting, and defense priorities so backwards you'd think they were developed by a Magic 8 Ball. Retention bonuses? Gone. Your SRB? Vamoosed. But hey, at least the Pentagon hired a guy from Uber to help us with hypersonics and …

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Wave-Propelled Innovation: The Story of AutoNaut with Drew Watney 37:33

2M ago37:33

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In this episode we are joined by Drew Watney of AutoNaut, a unmanned surface vehicle (USV) company that is making waves in sectors like meteorology, environmental conservation, defence and more. Learn all about AutoNaut and how they are being deployed in the Caribbean and around the world. Enjoy! Learn More: https://www.autonautusv.com/ https://www…

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