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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.
⏱️ Timestamps:
 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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Peaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief covering multiple days of military news after a short recording gap. The episode opens with a posthumous Medal of Honor awarded to Staff Sgt. Michael Alice for shielding a Polish soldier during a 2013 Taliban attack—followed by a blunt reminder of why people actually serve. From a 10th Mountain Division deployment to CENTCOM, Golden Knights season prep, and the rising age of Army recruits, the brief moves into jungle medicine training in Hawaii, artillery and demolitions live fire at Schofield Barracks, and Arctic testing of small unmanned aerial systems where batteries and cold collide. Peaches also breaks down Navy deployments, changes to naval aviation training pipelines, Russian women detained at Camp Pendleton and why honeypots are real, a $700 3D-printed Marine Corps drone, AH-1Z missile upgrades, Air Force no-notice ORIs returning, micro-nuclear reactors at Eielson, cheaper cruise missile tests, housing overhauls in the UK, and why USAFA Superintendent Gen. Tony Bauerfeind’s departure matters. The episode closes with Space Force warfighting expansion, drone-pilot mental health studies, and renewed Iran nuclear talks. Context, experience, and zero sugarcoating.
⏱️ Timestamps:
 00:00 Ones Ready intro and Daily Drop setup
 01:00 Medal of Honor for SSG Michael Alice
 02:40 Why people actually serve
 03:40 10th Mountain Division deployment to CENTCOM
 04:30 Golden Knights 2026 season prep
 05:10 Rising average age of Army recruits
 06:10 Jungle medicine training in Hawaii
 07:30 Artillery and demolitions at Schofield Barracks
 08:30 Arctic sUAS testing and battery reality
 10:10 USS Truxtun deploys to Middle East
11:00 T-45 replacement training concerns
12:30 Russian women detained at Camp Pendleton
14:00 Honeypots explained
15:40 $700 Marine Corps 3D-printed drone
17:00 AH-1Z long-range missile upgrade
18:00 Operator Training Summit Alabama plug
19:40 Air Force no-notice ORIs return
21:00 Micro-reactor program at Eielson AFB
23:00 Rapid cruise missile live-fire test
24:00 UK Air Force housing refurbishment
25:30 USAFA Superintendent departure preview
28:00 Space Force warfighting role expan
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