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
883 episodes
Ops Brief 161: Daily Drop - 1 June 2026 - The Army Better Be Ready for Drone Warfare
Peaches is back with the Daily Drop for 1 June 2026, and this one hits Army modernization, swift water rescue training, Navy port calls, carrier deployments, Pacific Partnership, Marine “special operations capable” clarification, Air Force T-38...
MBRS 114: Air Force Special Warfare Is Still Crushing Candidates
Aaron and Peaches are back for a members-only episode, and somehow National Donut Day turned into a full breakdown of Air Force Special Warfare selection numbers, SWAS changes, basic training, refires, burpees, eight-count bodybuilders, and why...
Ep 590: Pete Hegseth, Fat Troops, and the Return of Military Standards
Aaron and Peaches are back in the team room for a public episode, and this one goes exactly where you think it’s going: military fitness standards, Pete Hegseth, the UFC, fat troops, fake plate outrage, human performance, AI, bad tactical train...
Ep 589: The Drone Revolution Is Here With Grant "Slider" Bishop
Peaches, Trent, Aaron, and former F-16 Wild Weasel pilot Grant Bishop—better known as Grant “Slider” Bishop—sit down for one of the most important modern warfare conversations we’ve had yet.This episode dives deep into the future of dron...
Ops Brief 160: Daily Drop - 28 May 2026 - Marines “Special Ops Capable” + Narco Raids
Peaches here with the no-BS daily drop. Something’s gotta die if you wanna level up—stop repeating weak shit. Army’s dumping real money into leader training and brutal exercises. Navy’s got five carrier groups owning the map. Marines and Coasti...
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 88: The Toilet That Broke an Airman… and Other Leadership Clownery
Trent rolls solo and unleashes a Thanksgiving beatdown on stupidity across the force. He opens with the legendary tale of an Airman who annihilated a toilet so violently his supervisor wanted to write paperwork for it. Trent torches the obsessi...
Ep XXX: Why People Quit Special Warfare (And Why Some Don’t)
This solo episode with Trent gets real fast. No hype. No fake motivation. Just an honest conversation about why people walk away from Air Force Special Warfare—and why some still choose the hard path anyway.Trent breaks down something mo...
Ep XXX: The Pipeline Doesn’t Care About Your Excuses
Trent goes solo for a brutally honest talk about Air Force Basic Military Training changes, Special Warfare expectations, and the dangerous mindset that causes people to quit before they’ve even truly started. After spending more ti...
Ep 589: Memorial Day Isn’t About Being Sad. It’s About Remembering the Boys Right
Peaches and Aaron sit down for a Memorial Day conversation that’s honest, reflective, hilarious, and painfully real all at the same time. The boys break down the actual meaning behind Memorial Day, the difference between Memorial Da...
Ep 588: Death by a Thousand Clicks: Why the Air Force Is Burning Out Its Best People
Peaches and Trent are back in the team room—and this one turns into a brutally honest breakdown of why morale across the military keeps getting crushed by admin creep, broken systems, and leadership’s obsession with data collection over mission...
Ops Brief 159: Daily Drop - 20 May 2026 - USAF Bonus Cuts & NATO Shot Down a Ukrainian Drone?!
Peaches is back with the May 20 Daily Drop, and this one’s got everything: shrinking bonuses, carrier problems, Iranian escalation, NATO chaos, and the Pentagon throwing half a billion dollars at counter-drone tech.The United States Army...
MBRS 113: Is AI Destroying Us?
Peaches goes solo for this live MBRS episode after Vegas weather wrecked the normal recording schedule—and somehow turns it into one of the most honest conversations we’ve had about artificial intelligence yet.From massive AI data center...
Ops Brief 158: Daily Drop - 18 May 2026 - Bayonets Are Back & OSI Betrayal
Peaches is back for the May 18 Daily Drop, and this one goes everywhere—from bayonet charges and Indo-Pacific deterrence… to carrier deployments, combat rescue upgrades, shady investigations, and why artificial intelligence still can’t replace ...
Ep 587: PJ to A-10 Pilot… Then DUDE44 Happened
Peaches, Trent, and Jason Attinger—aka AT—are back in the team room for one of the most legit combat rescue conversations we’ve ever had.AT didn’t just talk about rescue… he lived it. Former United States Air Force Pararescue operator. C...
Ep 586: “Extreme Violence?”—Why Civilians Don’t Get War
Peaches is solo in the team room—and this one turns into a full-on reality check.It starts simple: pre-recording for Nashville, OTS updates, life logistics. Then he rolls into a Pentagon clip that asks one of the dumbest questions imagin...
Ops Brief 157: Daily Drop - 14 May 2026 - Navy Might Go BROKE & Russia Just Launched 800 Drones?!
Peaches is back for the May 14 Daily Drop—and today’s brief hits everything from tragedy in Morocco to artificial intelligence saving aircraft in live combat.The United States Army confirms recovery of both soldiers lost off the Moroccan...
Ops Brief 156: Daily Drop - 13 May 2026 - Vegas Heroes Stop an Active Shooter & Iran Costs Hit $29B
Peaches is back for the May 13 Daily Drop—and this one starts personal.Before the military headlines, Peaches breaks down what happened right there in Las Vegas: two regular dudes stepped into chaos at a local grocery store, took on an a...
Ops Brief 155: Daily Drop - 12 May 2026 - AI Is Coming for Promotions
Peaches is back for the May 12 Daily Drop—moving fast because he’s got a meeting… but somehow still manages to cover missing soldiers, nuclear battleships, AI taking over the Pentagon, and why the United States Coast Guard might have the cooles...
Ops Brief 154: Daily Drop - 11 May 2026 - SR Guys Are PISSED & B-1 “Apocalypse II”
Peaches is back for the May 11 Daily Drop—and apparently the internet is having a complete meltdown over today’s Special Reconnaissance episode.Some people watched the thumbnail… got emotional… and never actually watched the episode. Cla...
Ep 585: Special Reconnaissance is DEAD
Peaches and Trent step into the team room to tackle the rumor that has Special Reconnaissance guys spiraling and Combat Controllers quietly grinning. Is SR getting absorbed into Combat Control? Is another Air Force Special Warfare identity cris...
MBRS 112: Aircrew Are Entitled
MBRS Only. Peaches and Trent are back—and this one starts with sore calves, OTS recovery, and buddy breathing harassment… then immediately turns into a full-blown roast of modern outrage culture.Aircrew are flying 30–40 hour combat missi...
Ep 584: The A-10 Refuses to Die - Won Bier
Peaches sits down with legendary A-10 attack pilot "Won" Bier—and this one is equal parts war stories, aviation nerd-out, and straight-up calling BS on billion-dollar defense decisions.Fresh off Operation Epic Fury, with A-...
Ops Brief 153: Daily Drop - 7 May 2026 - Green Berets Betting on Themselves & USA’s Getting FAT?!
Peaches is back for the May 7 Daily Drop—and yeah… this one goes from special operations gambling scandals to America’s obesity problem real damn fast.A Green Beret allegedly used classified intel, dropped $30K on a prediction market… an...
Ops Brief 152: Daily Drop - 6 May 2026 - 5,000 Troops Pulled & A-10s Saving Civilians
Peaches is back for the May 6 Daily Drop—and yeah… this one’s stacked.The U.S. is pulling 5,000 troops out of Germany, the Marines are flooding units with kamikaze drones, and the Pentagon just signed AI deals with OpenAI, Google, Micros...
MBRS 111: You Won’t Pay $500 to Train… But You’ll Blow $2,500 on Starbucks?
Members only—and Peaches is coming in a little spicy.Fresh off Nashville OTS, sleep-deprived, coughing, and absolutely not in the mood for Reddit experts crying about investing in themselves. This one starts with a s...