Best CCT Podcasts (2025)

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CCT 255: Practice CISSP Questions - Understanding APIs and the Security Principles (Domain 8.5) 34:06

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Send us a text The pursuit of AI expertise has reached staggering heights in the cybersecurity world. Meta reportedly offering "billion-dollar salaries" and $100 million sign-on bonuses to lure OpenAI talent reveals just how valuable the intersection of AI and security has become. This episode explores why security professionals should seriously co…

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

10d 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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IACMI at 10: Discussing Next Week's Members Meeting with IACMI CEO Chad Duty 22:10

2d ago22:10

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IACMI CEO Chad Duty joins the podcast to discuss their big event next week in Dayton, OH. The IACMI Members Meeting will celebrate a decade of innovation and a future of impact as it brings together top leaders in composites, manufacturing, and workforce development. Attendees will dive into groundbreaking research, discover the latest DOE-funded t…

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

3d 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

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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

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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

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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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Recapping the ACMA's Composites Fly-In with Dan Neumann 27:28

5d ago27:28

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Dan Neumann joins the podcast to discuss last week's Composites Fly-In in Washington DC. This event provided a unique setting for members of our industry to meet with Members of Congress and agency leadership and educate them on the capabilities of composite materials.By Jonathan Taylor

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Thermal Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality 15:08

6d ago15:08

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In this episode, we delve into the paper "Thermal Haptic for Virtual Reality: A Review" authored by Wei Ning and Marco Gilardi, published at the IEEE SKIMA conference. The paper explores the field of thermal haptics (TH) and its application in virtual reality (VR) to enhance user immersion and realism. The authors provide a valuable review and cate…

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

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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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CCT 254: Understanding APIs for the CISSP Exam (Domain 8.5) 40:46

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Send us a text Cybersecurity vulnerabilities continue to emerge in unexpected places, as evidenced by the recent Iranian-backed attacks on U.S. water treatment facilities through poorly secured Unitronics PLCs. This alarming development sets the stage for our deep dive into API security - a critical yet often overlooked aspect of modern cybersecuri…

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

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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

9d 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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Episode 130 - Opinion-Based Medicine w/Mike Carunchio 1:10:08

9d ago1:10:08

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Though evidence dictates much of what we do as emergency medical providers, some areas remain open to debate: How are we justifying stroke ambulances, CCT speciality teams, AHA guidelines, and our choice of crystalloids? How are we justifying what professionals are allowed to post on social media? And do we agree with the currently accepted norms? …

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

10d 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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CCT 253: Practice CISSP Questions - Conduct logging and monitoring activities (Domain 7.2) 25:09

11d ago25:09

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Send us a text Security professionals face a constant battle to keep up with evolving threats, and our latest CISSP Question Thursday podcast delivers critical insights into one of the most fundamental cybersecurity capabilities: effective logging and monitoring. The episode begins with a warning about a sophisticated attack campaign targeting recr…

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Behind the Mole Hill: Children's Theater From Page to Stage 24:56

11d ago24:56

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Send us a text Dive into the enchanting world of "The Mole Hill Stories" with director Jesse Pyle as she unveils the creative journey behind Chino Community Theater's latest production. This magical bilingual adaptation transforms three beloved children's tales by Lois Ehlert into a celebration of friendship, nature, and cultural diversity. What ma…

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

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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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EP 6: Jessica Ramirez of D'Arcy Johnson Day 36:36

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In this episode, Anthony and Cyndie sit down with Jessica Ramirez, a Partner with the Law Offices of D’Arcy Johnson Day and a trial attorney specializing in serious personal injury, sexual abuse, medical device, and product liability litigation. She is an assemblywoman of the 32nd district serving Jersey City and Hoboken. She has served on the New …

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Eye-Controlled Web3D Cultural Heritage Viewer 10:15

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This podcast explores the paper "Enhancing Web3D Accessibility in Cultural Heritage: An Eye-Controlled 3D Model Viewer" by Julius Bernikas (UWS), Raymond Holder (Smartify Holdings ltd), Thanos Kokkiniotis (Smartify Holdings ltd), and Marco Gilardi (UWS), published at the IEEE SKIMA 2025 conference. The research presents a 3D model viewer designed t…

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

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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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CCT 252: Logging and Monitoring Security Activities for the CISSP (Domain 7.2) 44:45

14d ago44:45

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Send us a text Dive deep into the critical world of security logging and monitoring as we explore Domain 7.2 of the CISSP certification. This episode unpacks the strategic considerations behind effective logging practices that balance comprehensive visibility with practical resource management. We begin with a thought-provoking look at Anthropic's …

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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CCT 251: Practice CISSP Questions - Security Control Testing, Vulnerability Assessments and Network Scanning (Domain 6.2) 19:53

18d ago19:53

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Send us a text The boundaries between digital vulnerabilities and physical warfare are dissolving before our eyes. Ukrainian forces have dramatically shifted military paradigms by marrying cybersecurity breaches with commercial drone attacks against strategic Russian targets like Tupolev aircraft manufacturers. This evolution demands security profe…

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

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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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Discussing Hexcel's Role in JetZero's Revolutionary All Wing Body Aircraft Design 19:33

18d ago19:33

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On this episode, Justin Hamilton of Hexcel will share some of the latest news regarding their partnership with JetZero to qualify composite materials for a new "all-wing” design aircraft demonstrator. They are advancing this partnership through the FAA’s Fueling Aviation's Sustainable Transition (FAST) program, qualifying composite materials for Je…

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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

19d 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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Guidelines for Immersive Serious Games Design 19:03

20d ago19:03

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Welcome to Episode 2 of the AI generated UWS CCT's Research podcast. This episode highlights "Guidelines for Immersive Serious Games Design" by our PhD student Luke Beveridge. Published at IEEE SKIMA 2025, this paper presents over 100 universal design guidelines for immersive serious games (ISG). Based on a thematic analysis of literature, it aims …

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

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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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CCT 250: Vulnerability Assessments and Network Scanning and the CISSP (D6.2.1) 39:54

21d ago39:54

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Send us a text Vulnerability assessments serve as the frontline defense against cybersecurity threats, yet many professionals struggle to understand the terminology and methodologies that make them effective. In this comprehensive episode, we demystify the critical components of vulnerability management that every security practitioner should maste…

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

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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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VR and Deafness: The Emergence of Virtual Reality Sign Language 17:17

23d ago17:17

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Welcome to the first UWS CCT AI podcast from the University of the West of Scotland Creative Computing Technologies Research Group. This first episode examines recent research from our undergraduate student Lara McIntyre's paper "A User Study on Deaf Individuals in VR Social Spaces - The Emergence of the VR Sign Language" published at the IEEE SKIM…

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

24d 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

24d 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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CCT 249: Practice CISSP Questions - De-provisioning and Role Definitions (Domain 5.5.2-3) 19:10

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Send us a text Ransomware attacks are surging at an alarming rate - a Scottish non-profit recently reported a 100% increase year-over-year, with fraud cases expected to exceed $33 million. Even more concerning, businesses report feeling less resilient against these threats than in previous years. As cybersecurity professionals, we have a responsibi…

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Interview with Mark Stiving, Author of Selling Value: How to Win More Deals at Higher Prices 35:10

26d ago35:10

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This week, Mark Stiving joins us on the podcast. Mark is the author of the recent book Selling Value: How to Win More Deals at Higher Prices. In the last 25 years, Mark has consulted, trained and/or coached hundreds of companies, including Cisco, Procter and Gamble, Grimes Aerospace, Splunk, and Crowdstrike. Today, he works regularly with PE firms,…

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CT 248: Implementing Authentication Systems (SAML, OpenID, ODIC, Kerberos, RADIUS/TACACS+) - Domain 5.6 34:21

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Send us a text Navigating the complex landscape of authentication frameworks is essential for any cybersecurity professional, especially those preparing for the CISSP exam. This deep-dive episode unravels the intricate world of authentication systems that protect our digital identities across multiple platforms and services. We begin by examining O…

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Building Tomorrow’s Workforce: SpaceTEC’s New Center and the Role of CCT Certification 27:08

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On this episode, Kyle Jordan and Steve Kane join the podcast to discuss some updates on SpaceTEC® Partners' new Florida training facility and its role in preparing the next generation of composite technicians. Kyle is the director of certifications for the ACMA and Steve is the executive director of SpaceTEC® Partners. SpaceTEC® Partners offers Aer…

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CCT 247: Mastering Access Controls - From Biometrics to Administrative Policies (CISSP Domain 4) 18:34

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Send us a text A shocking incident in Spain recently left 60% of the country's power grid dark in less than five seconds. Was it a cyber attack? The jury's still out, but this real-world event perfectly illustrates why understanding access controls and security mechanisms is critical for today's cybersecurity professionals. Sean Gerber, despite bat…

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

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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

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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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Episode 129 - Little Lung Problems w/Nate Brown 1:07:36

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Wet or dry. Air in or out. Reactive or obstructive. The possibilities may seem endless when treating the pediatric patient with undifferentiated respiratory distress. It is confounded by the fact that pediatrics are outside the comfort zone of many novice critical care transport providers. In this podcast episode, neonatal/pediatric specialist Nate…

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CCT Vendor 03: From Bomb Loader to Hacker - A Journey in Cybersecurity with Clint Steven (Phycyx.com) 43:28

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Send us a text What happens when a former Air Force weapons loader transforms into a cybersecurity expert? Clint Stevens from Physics joins us to share his remarkable journey through military intelligence, special operations support, and cyber warfare before founding his own security consultancy. This conversation peels back the layers of cybersecu…

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