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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.

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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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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.

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 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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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.

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 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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This episode is the closest thing you’ll get to a no-BS preparation checklist for Air Force Special Warfare—delivered straight by Peaches and Trent. They lay out the top 10 things every candidate should be doing before shipping: fitness, water confidence, rucking, mindset, nutrition, recovery, ego control, recruiters, and avoiding the dumb mistakes that shut doors forever. No hype. No shortcuts. Just volume, discipline, and doing the boring things consistently. They also hit bonus topics like zone two running, caffeine addiction, relationships that derail candidates, and why “natural talent” is usually a liability. If you’re serious about the pipeline, this is required listening.

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 00:00 Ones Ready intro and why this list matters
 01:40 Attributes-based selection explained
 03:00 #1 Master the IFT (and actually take it)
 06:30 Training tired and testing under fatigue
 09:45 #2 Water confidence and breath control
 14:20 Pool anxiety and quitting before quitting
 15:40 #3 Running volume and zone two
 21:30 Aerobic vs anaerobic gas tanks
 22:00 #4 Rucking and functional strength
 30:30 Grip strength and carries
 34:30 #5 Don’t cram—build a long runway
 38:40 #6 Mental toughness through volume
 43:00 #7 Nutrition, caffeine, and recovery
 49:10 #8 Recruiters, MEPs, and medical reality
 52:00 #9 Ego, talent, and injury traps
 56:30 #10 Operator Training Summit
 58:30 Bonus tips: tracking, steps, jobs, and life choices
 01:02:00 Relationships, leveling up, and cutting cords

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This episode breaks one of the biggest myths in Air Force Special Warfare selection: teamwork is not about getting along. Aaron lays out exactly what instructors are looking for in an attributes-based selection model—and why teamwork is evaluated even in an individually graded pipeline. From hydration and gear prep to buddy breathing, leadership, authenticity, and putting team gear before personal comfort, this is a no-fluff blueprint for being the teammate units actually want. If you think teamwork means giving away reps or playing the spotlight ranger, you’ve already missed the point. This is about selflessness, consistency, and mission-first behavior—from day one.

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 00:00 Ones Ready intro and teamwork reality check
 01:45 What “attributes-based selection” actually means
 04:50 Teamwork ≠ giving reps or hiding weakness
 07:20 Team gear before personal gear—always
 10:15 Why operators are never lone wolves
 13:30 Watching individuals become real teams
 16:45 Brown Team story and real unit teamwork
 20:40 How instructors spot good vs bad teammates
 23:10 Buddy breathing as pure teamwork
 26:45 Adaptability, leadership, and followership
 30:30 Authenticity vs spotlight rangers
 34:10 Consistency, integrity, and trust
 38:00 Teamwork turns pain down
 41:30 Final charge: stop thinking about yourself

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