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Peaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and this one’s got everything: an Army Futures and Concepts Command elevation, a retired colonel sentenced for sharing classified war plans with a honeypot, and a battalion leader getting four years for secretly recording guests. The Navy manages to collide two ships in the Caribbean, debates doubling ship procurement, and asks for historic funding levels—while the Pentagon eyes a $1.6 trillion defense budget increase. A Marine is declared lost at sea, the Marine Corps passes another clean audit, and an Afghan adoption case survives court. The Air Force wrestles with healthcare access and collaborative combat aircraft software, Space Force pushes quality-of-life fixes, the Coast Guard uses an anti-drone laser near El Paso, and SECDEF skips a NATO meeting while POTUS leans on military leaders for diplomacy. No conspiracy. Just context.

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00:00 Intro and sponsor plug
01:10 Army Futures & Concepts Command elevation
02:45 Retired colonel sentenced in honeypot case
04:10 Battalion leader sentenced for secret recordings
05:15 Two Navy ships collide in Caribbean
06:30 Potential increase in ship procurement
07:00 Historic funding push and budget debate
09:30 Marine declared lost at sea
10:10 Marine Corps clean financial audit
11:00 Afghan adoption ruling upheld
12:00 OTS Alabama plug
13:00 Air Force healthcare access complaints
14:20 Collaborative Combat Aircraft advancement
15:20 Coast Guard anti-drone laser use
16:00 SECDEF skips NATO meeting
16:45 POTUS using military leaders in diplomacy
17:30 Syria base handover
18:00 Ongoing counter-narcotics strikes
18:30 Wrap-up

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This episode kills one of the biggest misconceptions in Air Force Special Warfare prep: the IFT is not a measure of fitness. Aaron breaks down why fitness and endurance are evaluated as core attributes in selection—and how physical preparedness underpins everything else: leadership, communication, teamwork, survivability, and credibility. From diesel engines vs Lambos to unknown time, unknown distance missions, this is a blunt explanation of why being “fit enough” isn’t enough. Fitness isn’t about looking good or checking a box—it’s about being capable, violent when necessary, and reliable when lives depend on you.

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00:00 Ones Ready intro and why fitness matters
01:40 The IFT explained—entry standard, not the goal
04:30 Attributes-based selection and raw materials
07:20 Endurance vs short-term performance
10:15 Two IFTs back-to-back and recovery reality
13:10 Fitness drives communication and leadership
16:30 Dive school, free fall, and pipeline demands
20:00 Diesel engine vs Lambo analogy
23:45 Job reality: unknown time, unknown distance
27:00 Credibility on teams and first impressions
30:30 Fitness, survivability, and lethality
33:00 Final charge: train for the job, not the test

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Peaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and this one’s got everything: an Army Futures and Concepts Command elevation, a retired colonel sentenced for sharing classified war plans with a honeypot, and a battalion leader getting four years for secretly recording guests. The Navy manages to collide two ships in the Caribbean, debates doubling ship procurement, and asks for historic funding levels—while the Pentagon eyes a $1.6 trillion defense budget increase. A Marine is declared lost at sea, the Marine Corps passes another clean audit, and an Afghan adoption case survives court. The Air Force wrestles with healthcare access and collaborative combat aircraft software, Space Force pushes quality-of-life fixes, the Coast Guard uses an anti-drone laser near El Paso, and SECDEF skips a NATO meeting while POTUS leans on military leaders for diplomacy. No conspiracy. Just context.

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro and sponsor plug
01:10 Army Futures & Concepts Command elevation
02:45 Retired colonel sentenced in honeypot case
04:10 Battalion leader sentenced for secret recordings
05:15 Two Navy ships collide in Caribbean
06:30 Potential increase in ship procurement
07:00 Historic funding push and budget debate
09:30 Marine declared lost at sea
10:10 Marine Corps clean financial audit
11:00 Afghan adoption ruling upheld
12:00 OTS Alabama plug
13:00 Air Force healthcare access complaints
14:20 Collaborative Combat Aircraft advancement
15:20 Coast Guard anti-drone laser use
16:00 SECDEF skips NATO meeting
16:45 POTUS using military leaders in diplomacy
17:30 Syria base handover
18:00 Ongoing counter-narcotics strikes
18:30 Wrap-up

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The crew sits down with Josh Green—active-duty Army Warrant Officer, content creator, voice actor, and father, best known online as @OnexPunchxDad. What starts with military satire and why his humor resonates across every branch turns into a deeper conversation about fatherhood, masculinity, creativity, and responsibility. Josh breaks down how accidental virality collided with real-world consequences, why being an active-duty service member shapes what he will and won’t post, and how balancing military service, creative work, and family forces hard choices. From raising boys with emotional intelligence, to navigating outrage culture, AI-generated media, and the pressure to perform online, this episode is funny, grounded, and honest. Influence fades. Presence doesn’t.

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro and OTS Alabama plug
05:00 Josh Green background and One Punch Dad origin
08:40 Military tropes, staff culture, and satire
12:30 Editing process and creative burnout
15:40 Music, acting, and rediscovering creativity
19:30 Avoiding outrage content and algorithm traps
23:00 Internet purity tests and cancel culture fatigue
27:00 Generational change and shared reality loss
32:00 AI media, fake images, and Black Mirror vibes
37:00 Dad life, raising kids, and character over comfort
41:00 Teaching boys strength with emotional control
45:00 Parenting humility and growing alongside kids
49:00 Memories that matter more than things
53:00 Advice for joining the military
56:00 Advice for creators: make things that matter
01:00:00 Closing thoughts and where to find Josh

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Peaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and moves fast through a heavy slate. The Army looks to lease installation land for commercial AI data centers, trains leaders on drones and robots at Fort Benning, and deals with a soldier receiving life for murder. There’s speculation swirling around restricted airspace in El Paso, a $5.2M “Bumblebee” drone-bashing system, and Hawaii storm shutdowns. The Navy pushes unmanned swarms and AI-enabled fleet concepts while recognizing top surface warfare officers. The Marines quietly notch their third clean financial audit and debate staying on Okinawa. The Air Force expands border supervision, moves F-35As toward CENTCOM, and hosts a Special Air Warfare Symposium. SECDEF warns EOD techs about uploading sensitive data to generative AI. POTUS approves 200 troops to Nigeria. Meanwhile, China fields long-range anti-ship missiles, Algeria receives Su-57s, South Korea loses Cobra pilots, and seized cartel ammo traces back to a U.S. Army plant. Context. Not conspiracy.

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00:00 Intro and Daily Drop kickoff
01:00 Army leasing land for AI data centers
03:00 Soldier sentenced for murder
04:45 Drone training at Fort Benning
05:30 El Paso restricted airspace speculation
06:50 Bumblebee drone-bashing system
07:20 Hawaii storm cancellations
08:00 Navy surface warfare awards
08:40 AI vision for Golden Fleet
09:30 Unmanned swarms management
10:30 Marine Corps clean audit
11:30 Okinawa presence debate
12:30 OTS Alabama plug
13:20 Air Force border supervision expansion
14:00 F-35A movement toward CENTCOM
14:40 Special Air Warfare Symposium
15:20 SECDEF AI data warning
16:10 200 troops approved to Nigeria
17:00 Chinese carrier-based anti-ship missile
18:00 Russian Su-57s delivered to Algeria
18:40 South Korean Cobra crash
19:20 Cartel ammo traced to Missouri plant
20:00 Wrap-up

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This episode breaks down one of the most misunderstood attributes in Air Force Special Warfare: drive. Aaron explains why drive and grit aren’t about hype, yelling, or being the best on day one—they’re about self-initiation, perseverance, and long-term commitment when the outcome is uncertain. Using real selection examples, RAND research, and hard lessons from the pipeline, this episode shows how instructors actually evaluate drive: effort when exhausted, bouncing back from failure, refusing victim mentality, and staying locked on the end state. Motivation fades. Drive doesn’t. If you’re waiting to “find grit” at selection, you’re already late.

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00:00 Ones Ready intro and defining drive
02:10 Drive vs grit—same engine, different words
04:45 Attributes-based selection and raw materials
07:00 Motivation is fake—discipline wins
09:30 Drive vs fitness vs stress tolerance
12:40 How instructors actually evaluate drive
16:10 Max effort when failure is guaranteed
19:15 Bouncing back from setbacks
22:30 Victim vs victor mentality
25:40 Pipeline ≠ goal—the job is
28:45 Drive as a buildable skill
31:30 Final charge: impose your will

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Peaches runs a fast Daily Drop Ops Brief with no fluff and no patience for nonsense. This episode hits Army quality-of-life updates at Fort Hood, joint U.S.–Italian training for the German Badge, and why the Navy is openly talking about shifting toward smaller, more agile platforms instead of relying solely on massive carriers. From missile defense recognition aboard USS Arleigh Burke to expanded Headspace access for sailors and families, Peaches walks through what matters and why. The Air Force side covers Super Bowl flyovers, F-22s getting pulled for real-world taskings, smart glasses being banned in uniform, William Tell getting postponed, and a blunt take on the OA-1K Skyraider 2 and Red Wolf missile integration. The episode closes with Space Force housing fixes and a reminder that real ops always outrank optics.

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00:00 Ones Ready intro and OTS registration push
01:20 Army dining facility pilot at Fort Hood
02:10 Joint U.S.–Italian training for German Badge
02:55 Navy leadership on smaller, agile platforms
03:45 USS Arleigh Burke Armed Forces Service Medal
04:30 Navy expands Headspace mental health access
05:10 New Navy fixed-wing pilot helmets
05:35 Navy Digital Warfighting Symposium overview
06:20 Marine receives Navy & Marine Corps Medal
06:55 Marine Corps drone and AI fellowship program
07:25 Super Bowl flyovers and deployed aircraft
08:30 F-22s pulled due to operational requirements
09:15 Ban on smart glasses in Air Force uniforms
09:50 William Tell Weapons Meet postponed
10:25 Red Wolf missile proposed for OA-1K Skyraider
11:40 Peaches’ Skyraider reality check
12:40 Space Force housing and barracks task force
13:10 Subscribe reminder and wrap-up

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Peaches and Trent break down the growing fallout around Gen. “Fat Tony” Bauerfeind, his short tenures at AFSOC and the Air Force Academy, and why leadership failures don’t happen in a vacuum. From berating cadets in locker rooms to misreading SOCOM priorities and alienating donors, staff, and subordinates, this episode walks through how ego, insulation, and ignoring the chain of command can wreck organizations fast. The conversation expands into general officer culture, why the Army and Marines produce different leaders than the Air Force and Navy, and how credibility is built—or destroyed—by shared hardship. Add in a side discussion on AI in cockpits, human-machine teaming, pilot override authority, and why trust still matters more than tech, and you get a classic Ones Ready mix of hard truths, humor, and uncomfortable accountability.

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00:00 Ones Ready intro and sponsor chatter
02:00 OTS Alabama registration reminder
04:30 Fat Tony, AFSOC, and short command tours
07:00 USAFA leadership complaints and cadet treatment
10:00 Berating subordinates vs fixing the chain
12:30 Why yelling at the bottom never works
15:00 Flying authority, CV-22 incident, and Q-3 fallout
18:30 Why cadets aren’t the problem
21:00 SOCOM priorities vs DEI messaging
24:00 How leaders misread their environment
27:00 Fragile ego and insulation at senior ranks
30:00 Army and Marine leadership pipelines contrasted
34:00 PT credibility and leading from the front
37:00 National Guard DC shooting and Purple Heart criteria
41:00 Weapons carry, chambered rounds, and training gaps
48:00 Super Bowl flyover and airpower optics
54:00 AI in cockpits and auto-eject concerns
58:30 Human-machine teaming and pilot-trained AI
01:01:20 Closing thoughts and wrap-up

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