Ones Ready
A team of active duty Combat Control (CCT), Pararescue (PJ), and Special Reconnaissance (SR) leveraging our 69 years of special operations experience to make the next generation of operators smarter, faster and stronger than we ever were. We are the PREMIERE resource for all things Air Force Special Warfare. The Ones Ready Podcast is honest talk about what it is like to go from a know-nothing high school graduate to an elite Special Operator. We will cover important practices for success including physical training, nutrition, recovery, and mindset traits essential to any team. Join us in The Team Room to get all your questions answered!! With battle-tested operators from across USAF SPECWAR and far-reaching web of recruiters, subject matter experts, and friends, there are no questions we can’t answer- and if we can’t, we know exactly where to look. See you in The Team Room!Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the OnesReady team are those of the team and do not reflect the official policy or position of the DoD. Any content provided by our Podcast guests, bloggers, sponsors, or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign the DoD, any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone.
Episodes
945 episodes
Peaches Is The Drama - MBRS 130
Aaron, Trent, and Peaches go MBRS-only and immediately pick up where the public episode left off: politics, internet drama, vet-bro nonsense, and the fallout surrounding the John Chapman documentary controversy.Peaches opens by doubling ...
SEALs Want Chapman's Medal - Ep 624
Aaron, Trent, and Peaches jump straight into the renewed fight over MSgt John Chapman, Takur Ghar, and the Medal of Honor narrative after new reels and an upcoming documentary challenge the accepted account of what happened on that mount...
OTS FAQs II - Ep 623
Peaches goes solo to finish another stack of Operator Training Summit questions — or at least tries to before the ribs downstairs start calling his name.This is OTS FAQ Part 2, and it starts with one of the biggest questions candidates a...
No Excuses! - MBRS 129
Trent and Peaches go MBRS-only and start with the kind of complaint that makes the Ones Ready blood pressure spike: candidates worried that Basic Military Training is going to ruin their special warfare prep because they may not get perfect pip...
PJ reacts to the rescue of Dude 44B - Ep 622
This isn’t analysis. This isn’t politics. This is raw.Aaron unloads on what just happened—and why it matters more than anything you’re arguing about online. Helicopters shot off target. Aircraft lost. Teams hit, patched up, a...
Run More! - Ep 621
Peaches is stuck at home with FOMO while the boys are at Operator Training Summit Pennsylvania, and somehow that turns into exactly what candidates need to hear again: you are probably not running enough.Trent and Peaches start with OTS ...
MTI Love - Ep 620
Trent goes solo for a short one before heading to Washington, D.C. for AFA, and somehow the haircut actually matters.He explains that he’ll be at the Second Air Force booth for his day job, helping highlight work being done around Basic ...
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 97: Posting Your Dream Online Won’t Save You—Performance Will
This members-only episode goes off the rails in the best way. Peaches and Trent start with social media hopefuls broadcasting their Special Warfare dreams—and break down why visibility without performance can come back to haunt you in the pipel...
SECWAR Out? - Ep 619
Aaron and Peaches are back in the team room talking through the rumors around Pete Hegseth, the future of the Secretary of Defense/Secretary of War role, and what all this political turbulence actually means for people thinking about joining th...
Action Switch - MBRS 128
Aaron and Peaches go members-only and immediately start with a police shooting video that perfectly explains violence of action.A suspect runs toward a mother and kids with a gun, tries to force his way into a home, and the responding of...
LINDSAY CLANCY MISTRIAL
One juror held the line—and the Lindsay Clancy trial ended without a verdict.Aaron and Peaches react to the mistrial in the case involving the deaths of Clancy’s three children. They discuss her insanity defense, the reported pressure su...
Beards in Valhalla?- Ep 618
Trent and Peaches are back, and somehow the episode starts with Valhalla, Norse paganism, Air Force beard waivers, and whether everybody suddenly developed shaving trauma at the exact same time.The boys talk about the lengths Airmen will...
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 96: Accuracy Isn’t Optional—And Hype Is Breaking the Force
This members-only episode is a blunt, no-filter conversation between Peaches and Trent—and it goes exactly where it needs to. They bounce from Operator Training Summit updates and deliberate training to beards, uniforms, recruiting hype, Specia...
ONLY 36 SELECTED - MBRS 127
Trent and Peaches go members-only and get into the latest Special Warfare Assessment and Selection numbers: 131 started, 36 finished, and all 36 were selected.That sounds good until you remember those 36 people are supposed to fee...
Stop Redlining - Ep 617
Trent and Peaches bring in Taylor Starch, the mad scientist himself, to answer the questions candidates keep asking at Operator Training Summit.This is part one of the OTS FAQ dump, and it covers a lot: whether dependents can move with y...
USAF Promotion Fix - Ep 616
Aaron, Trent, and Peaches are back in the team room talking about something the Air Force should have fixed forever ago: when someone turns down a promotion or loses a line number, that stripe should not just vanish into the bureaucratic shadow...
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 95: This Is What Happens When Reality Finally Breaks Through the Internet
Peaches and Trent go deep into a brutally uncomfortable reality check—law enforcement use of force, public outrage, double standards, fraud, entitlement, and how the internet distorts people’s ability to think clearly. This isn’t a clean “pick ...
Jungle School - Ep 615
Aaron, Trent, and Peaches sit down with Justus, a Security Forces airman out of Moody Air Force Base, to talk about one of the nastiest, coolest, and most under-discussed opportunities in the Air Force: jungle warfare training in Panama....
SR Rumors - MBRS 126
Aaron, Trent, and Peaches jump into a members-only episode about the rumor that Special Reconnaissance may change, disappear, get absorbed, or become something else entirely.So basically: another normal day in Air Force Special Warfare.<...
Justice or Excuse?
Three children were murdered. So why is so much of the conversation focused on protecting the person who killed them?In this solo edition of Outside The Wire, Trent examines a mother’s admitted killing of her three children and the defen...
OTS High - MBRS 125
Aaron goes solo for a members-only recap after OTS San Diego, and the man is still riding the high.This one is a behind-the-scenes look at what actually happens when the Ones Ready crew gets together for Operator Training Summit: the lon...
Sound Reset - Ep 614
Peaches and Trent sit down with returning guest Marc Esposito and Henry Penix from Soaak for a deep dive into sound frequency compositions, sleep, nervous system regulation, and the future of human performance.Marc explains how retiremen...