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.
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Ep 518: We F’d Up the A-10? Jarred Taylor & CMSgt Spreter Talk The Future of TACP
Buckle up — Peaches sits down with Black Rifle Coffee’s Jared Taylor and AFSW’s Chief Jimbo Spreeder to torch the nonsense strangling the Air Force from the inside out. From the death-by-a-thousand-cuts of the A-10, to the badge redesign drama, to the Tech P force reduction nobody understood, this episode pulls zero punches.
Peaches calls out leadership confusion (“Wait, you didn’t know what TacPs do?!”), while JT and Jimbo laugh their way through the bureaucratic chaos that makes warriors less lethal. Expect hard truths, gallows humor, and the kind of brutally honest conversation you’ll never hear in a press briefing.
If you think the military’s “heritage problem” ends with pilots and PowerPoints, think again. The boys talk heritage, mental toughness, rebuilding the pipeline, and why being “Instagram fit” won’t save your ass when the rotors kick up and it’s go time.
This one’s pure Ones Ready energy: real talk, no filters, and all attitude.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – “So… the Air Force forgot what TacPs do?”
03:00 – JT & Jimbo on making the ‘Controlled’ documentary and saving the legacy
07:00 – How two dudes turned chaos into a badass TacP history film
10:00 – “The A-10 ain’t dead yet… but it’s bleeding out”
15:00 – Inside the new badge redesign and why it pissed everyone off (again)
20:00 – Future of the TacP pipeline: less fluff, more fight
25:00 – “We don’t want influencers — we want killers”
32:00 – Swimming, stress, and suffering: TacPs hit the pool
38:00 – Morale shocker: why commanders are finally happy again
43:00 – Peaches & Jimbo on the State of TacP: cutting dead weight, building killers
50:00 – The new Scout Program and the legend of Funky Bunkley
54:00 – JT’s next mission: writing, war stories, and whiskey
56:00 – “Train hard, shut up, and stop believing the rumors”
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