Best Tactical Air Control Party Podcasts (2025)

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

21h ago57:25

57:25

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

23h ago1:02:28

1:02:28

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

5d ago1:29:59

1:29:59

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

6d ago19:53

19:53

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

8d 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

8d ago15:25

15:25

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

10d ago18:42

18:42

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

10d ago21:05

21:05

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

12d ago1:04:14

1:04:14

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

12d ago1:04:56

1:04:56

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

14d ago9:39

9:39

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

15d ago22:24

22:24

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

15d ago1:05:52

1:05:52

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

16d ago18:26

18:26

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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Ops Brief 046: Daily Drop - 14 May 2025 (Border Bills and AI Thrills) 18:22

16d ago18:22

18:22

Send us a text Buckle up, patriots. In this episode of Ones Ready, Jared delivers your May 14th intel drop with a healthy dose of snark, sarcasm, and sheer disbelief. From raiding facility repair budgets to secure the border (bye-bye, AC in Vegas) to an AI tool that’s definitely not Ultron (yet), we hit the military’s greatest hits of misplaced pri…

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Ops Brief 045: Daily Drop - 13 May 2025 (Budget Cuts and Bobsleds) 26:57

17d ago26:57

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Send us a text Today’s Ones Ready daily drop is live, chaotic, and absolutely unfiltered. Peaches is back with the May 13th Pentagon dumpster fire, bringing you face-to-face with the DoD’s awkward puberty phase—complete with budget panic, stop-loss PTSD flashbacks, anti-satellite power moves, and the government realizing maybe it should let junior …

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Ops Brief 044: Daily Drop - 12 May 2025 (DEI's Out, Drones Get Cruise Missiles, & We’re Still Roasting Cannon AFB) 20:42

18d ago20:42

20:42

Send us a text Buckle up. In this flaming hot Ones Ready drop, Peaches unloads on the latest Air Force news like it’s target practice. From the Pentagon’s DEI purge to putting cruise missiles on MQ-9s (because why not?), we’re diving deep into the bureaucratic chaos of the DoD’s week. We question why the hell an OA-1K would carry a cruise missile, …

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Ep 470: From AF Security Forces to FBI - Endex Archery's Jay Joins Us! 56:49

19d ago56:49

56:49

Send us a text In this epic Ones Ready episode, we sit down with Jay from Endex Archery, whose resume reads like a military fever dream: SERE drop, Security Forces, Combat Arms, OSI Agent, tier-one special mission unit… and then casually slides into the FBI. This man literally said “nah” to survival school and then sprinted straight into a career t…

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AFSPECWAR Q&A Live Stream - Late Night Love with Aaron 1:03:27

20d ago1:03:27

1:03:27

Send us a text Just a quick hitter answering all your AFSPECWAR questions In this conversation, Aaron discusses various topics related to the Air Force, including the current state of the Air Force amidst budget cuts, the enduring demand for special operations forces, and the importance of military brotherhood. He reflects on a recent retirement ev…

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Ep 469: What Does Special Reconnaissance Do? 20:32

20d ago20:32

20:32

Send us a text You’ve asked. We’ve avoided. But today? We answer. In this no-holds-barred, caffeine-fueled episode, Aaron and Trent finally break down what Special Reconnaissance (SR) actually does—why it exists, why it’s not just “Air Force Marine Recon,” and why anyone trying to say “but SEALs can do that” needs to go touch grass. Trent—who liter…

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Ops Brief 043: Daily Drop - 9 May 2025 (Space Thrusters, Trans Discharges & Gen X Cage Fights) 22:25

22d ago22:25

22:25

Send us a text In today’s Daily Drop, Peaches wades through 20+ pages of Pentagon memos so you don’t have to—and the headlines are as wild as you’d expect. From the DoD accelerating AI and electronic warfare for SOF teams (because robot war is here), to the Pentagon trying to fire every transgender troop in 30 days (seriously), it’s another day in …

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Ep 468: Self-Help is Dead...Fierce Empathy Is In – with David Waldy 1:20:04

22d ago1:20:04

1:20:04

Send us a text Guess what? You don’t need another Instagram quote about "manifesting your dream life." You need a personal revolution. This week on Ones Ready, we bring in the savage soul surgeon himself — David Waldy, the Fierce Empathy Coach — to rip your excuses straight out by the roots and hand you a shovel to dig your way out of mediocrity. W…

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Ops Brief 042: Daily Drop - 8 May 2025 (Audit Failures, AI Hallucinations & Border Cyber Strikes) 13:05

22d ago13:05

13:05

Send us a text Welcome to the May 8th Daily Drop, where Peaches breaks down another round of Pentagon chaos with his signature sarcasm. On today’s menu: the DoD admits it probably won’t pass an audit… for at least another 3 years (LOL), military daycares struggle with child abuse reporting (yikes), and the Pentagon’s cyber warriors are apparently f…

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Ops Brief 041: Daily Drop - 6 May 2025 (Fewer Generals & the Space Force Identity Crisis) 14:21

25d ago14:21

14:21

Send us a text In today’s Daily Drop, Jared serves up the Pentagon’s latest budget clowns and bureaucratic “wins” with his usual spicy commentary. First up: the Defense Secretary is finally chopping some four-star generals—because apparently you don’t need that many bosses to lose wars. Meanwhile, the Air Force is overhauling basic training again (…

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Ops Brief 040: Daily Drop - 5 May 2025 (Boneyard F-16s & Untethered Spacewalks) 13:39

25d ago13:39

13:39

Send us a text Today’s Ones Ready Daily Drop is packed tighter than the Pentagon’s missing budget. Jared breaks down how the DoD is basically playing Jenga with defense funding, while the Air Force quietly raids the Boneyard for junkyard F-16s to prop up Ukraine’s air force. Meanwhile, the Space Force is out here casually “dogfighting” Chinese sate…

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Ep 467: Whistleblower Matt Cubbler vs. The SEAL Murder Coverup 1:24:23

26d ago1:24:23

1:24:23

Send us a text You thought the official stories were safe? Think again. This week, Ones Ready goes nuclear with Matt Cubbler — Army veteran, retired cop, and the man Special Operations would really prefer you ignore. We dive into why Matt’s been dubbed the “SEAL Killer” (spoiler: it’s not because he stormed a compound) and how decades of government…

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Ops Brief 039: Daily Drop - 2 May 2025 (Stray Dogs and Space Force Special Ops...LFG!) 13:45

29d ago13:45

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Send us a text Welcome to the May 2nd Daily Drop, where Jared breaks down the absolute fever dream that is today’s Air Force memo—everything from piano-burning ceremonies to Space Force launching a special operations element (yes, you read that right). This episode’s a rollercoaster through military bureaucracy, geopolitical chaos, and some straigh…

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Ep 466: Sleep Is Not for the Weak—You're Just Bad at It With Dr. Leah Kaylor 1:01:38

29d ago1:01:38

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Send us a text In this brutally honest and surprisingly soothing episode, Peaches teams up with Dr. Leah Kaylor—THE sleep czar of the FBI (no, seriously)—to talk about the one thing that could make you a better operator, athlete, student, or just a more tolerable human: sleep. Dr. Kaylor isn’t here to fluff your pillow. She's here to fix your broke…

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Ops Brief 038: Daily Drop - 1 May 2025 (Broken Jets and Pentagon Audit Fails) 18:48

29d ago18:48

18:48

Send us a text In today’s Daily Drop, Jared pulls no punches while breaking down the latest military circus—from AFN killing off its podcasts (wait, they had podcasts?) to the Air Force Academy gutting its own rocket science faculty because “budget.” And just when you thought it couldn’t get weirder: Space Force is dropping a documentary… and no, i…

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Ops Brief 037: Daily Drop - 30 April 2025 (Drones, Pedos, &Netflix Thunderbirds) 19:59

1M ago19:59

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Send us a text In this unapologetically chaotic daily drop, Jared rolls through everything from drones dropping grenades to pedos in court and AI that’s apparently too complex for senior leadership to Google. Welcome to the April 30th edition of the Ones Ready podcast—where we break down the actual DoD news that gets sent to generals...and then we …

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Ops Brief 036: Daily Drop - 29 April 2025 (Grandma SEAL Lawsuits and the Commissary’s 1990s Glow-Up) 23:16

1M ago23:16

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Send us a text Welcome to the April 29th Ones Ready Daily Drop — where Jared sifts through the bureaucratic swamp of DoD updates and gives you the brutally honest download your commander definitely won’t. From a proposed Pentagon rebrand that sounds like it came straight from a Call of Duty menu (“War Department,” anyone?) to a grandma trying to su…

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Ops Brief 035: Daily Drop - 28 April 2025 (Ozempic Armies and Boeing's Cracking Problems) 15:21

1M ago15:21

15:21

Send us a text Welcome back to the Ones Ready Daily Drop, where we lovingly sift through Air Force public affairs briefings so you don’t have to—and by “lovingly” we mean “roast everything that deserves it.” Jared rips through the military’s latest fitness failures, missile launches, undersea cable nightmares, and why Boeing can’t seem to build a p…

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Ep 465: The PJ Rodeo, Hurricane Katrina...and INDOC with Pararescueman Ivan Ruiz 59:55

1M ago59:55

59:55

Send us a text Strap in, team—we're back in the team room with retired Chief Ivan Ruiz, legendary PJ, Katrina rescuer, INDOC instructor, and all-around certified badass. We’re talking about the upcoming PJ Rodeo, but let’s be honest, this episode quickly turns into a firestorm of nostalgia, brutal honesty, and unapologetic takes on what’s going rig…

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Ep 464: Don Frye is Unbreakable! 1:00:40

1M ago1:00:40

1:00:40

Send us a text This one isn’t a podcast. It’s a goddamn war story. UFC Hall-of-Famer and America’s toughest mustache, Don Frye, joins Aaron and Atlas for a conversation that spans decades, back surgeries, ghost trucks, Vietnam comms tents, and mob-backed wrestling matches in Japan. What starts as a laugh-packed swapcast quickly veers into territory…

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Ops Brief 034: Daily Drop - 25 April 2025 (Fat and Blaming the Air Force) 20:08

1M ago20:08

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Send us a text Welcome to another savage Daily Drop where Jared sifts through the Pentagon’s greatest hits — everything from the Air Force shoving 31 more fighters into Korea, to Space Force getting table scraps for a budget, to the shocking revelation that 66% of the Guard and Reserve are apparently auditioning for "My 600-lb Life: Military Editio…

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Ep 463: Nickelback, Doom-Ups, and the Dollhouse: A Masterclass in Chaos 1:04:54

1M ago1:04:54

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

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Ops Brief 033: Daily Drop - 24 April 2025 (Microreactors, Shady Signal Chats, and the 20-Step Beard Waiver Saga) 11:59

1M ago11:59

11:59

Send us a text Jared is speedrunning this Daily Drop like it’s the last brief before weekend libo. But don’t worry—this episode still slaps. From Air Force leadership dodging infrastructure bills, to a shaving waiver flowchart that sounds like a side quest from Fallout, it’s everything you didn’t know you needed to rage-laugh through. In this episo…

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Ops Brief 032: Daily Drop - 23 April 2025 (Leakers, Drones, and the Great Space Freak-Out) 16:28

1M ago16:28

16:28

Send us a text Today’s Daily Drop is brought to you by: chaos. Jared’s on one, the Public Affairs Office is finally back in the saddle, and we’re neck-deep in Pentagon leaks, Guard drama, Space Force growing pains, and morale breakdowns at the Air Force Academy. In this episode: 🚨 Former advisors under leak investigation while the Defense Secretary…

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Ops Brief 031: Daily Drop - 22 April 2025 (Signal Leaks, SEAC Drama, and the Golden Dome of WTF) 15:50

1M ago15:50

15:50

Send us a text Public Affairs ghosted us, so Jared took matters into his own hands and scraped the internet like a clearance-free, caffeine-fueled analyst. What did he find? Chaos. Leaks. SEAC rumors. Trump-era leftovers. A Space Force doctrine that might spark Star Wars 2.0. And yes… someone might’ve nuked the SEAC job. Or maybe not. Nobody knows.…

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ATTENTION Operator Training Summit 21-22 June in San Diego 5:11

1M ago5:11

5:11

Send us a text Welcome back to your favorite corner of chaos—the Ones Ready podcast. Today we’re giving you the inside scoop on the next Operator Training Summit in La Jolla, California (that’s right, where influencers pretend to jog and Navy SEALs learn to leave Combat Controller's on the OBJ). If you’ve ever wanted mentorship, expert instruction,…

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Ep 462: From SEAL to PJ to Ambassador? Anthony Donahue's Ride to the Philippines 1:21:41

1M ago1:21:41

1:21:41

Send us a text Buckle up, because Ones Ready is dropping a banger with Anthony “Donny” Donahue, a guy who’s lived more lives than a cat with a death wish. From dodging jail time to crushing Navy SEAL BUD/S, serving as one of the only Arabic-speaking SEALs in Iraq, and then—because why not?—ditching his officer gig to become an Air Force Pararescuem…

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Sneak PeekMBRS 51: Is Erasing History Right? 40:17

1M ago40:17

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

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Ep 461: Initial Success or Total Failure- Air Force EOD Deep Dive 1:14:00

1M ago1:14:00

1:14:00

Send us a text Welcome back to another episode where Peaches, Aaron, and a walking EOD war story—Charles Howell—drag you down memory lane... kicking and screaming. From nearly tattooing a crab on his chest before basic training to blowing up more IEDs than most people blow up relationships, Charles spills the entire chaotic tea of his two-decade de…

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Ops Brief 030: Daily Drop - 17 April 2025 (Nukes, Hypersonics, and Childcare – Just Another Day in the DoD) 20:41

1M ago20:41

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Send us a text Welcome to another unfiltered Ones Ready daily drop, where we scan the Pentagon's inbox so you don't have to. Today's episode is jammed with everything from micro nuclear reactors to the Space Command slap fight, and we even toss in some childcare policy chaos—because why not? Jared breaks down what the Air Force and Space Force are …

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Ops Brief 029: Daily Drop - 16 April 2025 (Alabama: Space Force's Sophie's Choice) 20:31

1M ago20:31

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Send us a text In today’s cerebral Daily Ops Brief, Peaches breaks down the Defense Department’s latest dumpster fire: whether to park Space Command’s shiny new paradigm shift in Colorado or Alabama. Also, some genius of the Military Industrial Complex just texted the entire Internet our plans for Houthi rebels. Throw in DEI purges, child care coll…

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Ops Brief 028: Daily Drop - 15 April 2025 (Commissary Sushi & Combat Logistics) 1:27:24

2M ago1:27:24

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Send us a text In this delightfully grim and accidentally informative Daily Ops Brief, Peaches breaks down the Pentagon's latest hits—from promoting a retired Guard general (cue the four-star meltdowns) to “oops-we-erased-history” DEI compliance, all while dunking on the commissary’s soggy sandwiches and the illusion of DoD fiscal responsibility. I…

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Ep 460: Toehold Flip-Flop CEO and Advertising Genius! 1:27:24

2M ago1:27:24

1:27:24

Send us a text This episode is what happens when a luxury leatherwork lunatic, a snake-breeding psycho, and a jiu-jitsu savage walk into a podcast studio—and it's the same damn guy. We sit down with AG, the founder of Toehold Flip-Flops and covert overlord of the reptilian fashion empire. From $65,000 snakes (yes, danger noodles with price tags) to…

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Ops Brief 027: Daily Drop - 14 April 2025 (Budget Cuts, SpaceX Wins, & Why the Insurrection Act Sounds Sketchy AF) 20:14

2M ago20:14

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Send us a text Peaches’ back with the Ones Ready Daily Drop, serving up the Department of the Air Force’s juiciest news with a side of zero-BS commentary that’ll make bureaucrats cry. From SpaceX dunking on ULA to become the Space Force’s launch daddy, to the Pentagon slashing IT contracts like a bad breakup, this episode is a rollercoaster of mili…