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Microsoft services went down. The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop after communications failures. U.S. personnel responded to suspected drone activity over RAF Lakenheath. A tanker struck a passenger vessel in New Orleans. Other communications, payment, and infrastructure disruptions were being reported at the same time. Aaron went live because individually, each event can have a perfectly ordinary explanation — but when enough strange things happen close together, people inevitably start asking the same question: are these isolated failures, or is something bigger happening?

Aaron walks through the incidents, the vulnerabilities created by aging infrastructure, America’s dependence on Microsoft and interconnected digital systems, foreign access and supply-chain concerns, military installation preparedness, and what a coordinated infrastructure attack might actually look like. But he also argues against immediately jumping onto the outrage carousel. Technical failures happen. Ships lose steering. Networks crash. Systems built decades ago break. The episode is about asking questions without pretending speculation is confirmation.

Then the conversation becomes practical. Whether these incidents were connected almost does not matter to your household. If payment systems stop working, communications fail, power disappears, or transportation shuts down, can your family function for several days? Aaron talks about maintaining basic food and water, staying physically capable, preparing without becoming consumed by fear, and focusing on the things you can actually control. You cannot predict every crisis — but you can make sure denial and complacency are not what take you out.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Ones Ready Emergency Live
01:00 - Was This All Connected?
02:30 - What a “Fire Sale” Attack Would Look Like
04:00 - Suspected Drones Over RAF Lakenheath
06:30 - Why Military Bases Raise Security Postures
09:00 - FAA Communications Failure and Nationwide Ground Stop
12:00 - “This Has Nothing to Do With Microsoft”
14:00 - Why That Statement Raised More Questions
16:00 - 911, Payment Systems and Other Reported Failures
18:00 - The 90-Day Military Base Resilience Question
20:00 - Tanker Collision in New Orleans
23:00 - How Does a Ship “Lose Control”?
26:00 - The Microsoft Outage
29:00 - America’s Dependence on Aging Digital Infrastructure
32:00 - Microsoft, China and Supply-Chain Concerns
36:00 - You Don’t Need to Hack the Pentagon
38:00 - What Happens When Payment Systems Stop?
41:00 - Could Every Incident Have an Innocent Explanation?
43:00 - Coincidence vs Coordinated Attack
45:00 - The Live Chat Pushes Back
47:00 - Infrastructure Vulnerabilities and Old Technology
49:00 - How Aaron Prepares His Family
52:00 - Food, Water and Basic Household Resilience
54:00 - Physical Fitness Is Preparedness
56:00 - Don’t Ride the Fear and Outrage Carousel
58:00 - More Infrastructure Reports From the Chat
01:00:00 - Microsoft Outlook and Military Systems
01:02:00 - Emergency Live Wrap-UP

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How should you actually train for Air Force Special Warfare before you ship? On this Veterans Day live episode, Aaron, Trent, and Peaches go straight at one of the biggest preparation mistakes they continue to see: candidates are not running enough. Trent explains why aerobic fitness has repeatedly correlated with better pipeline outcomes and why being roughly a minute faster than the minimum running standard has historically been such a useful readiness indicator. Building that engine takes time, which means you cannot wait until the last few weeks before shipping and expect strength training, motivation, or a few hard intervals to make up the difference.

The guys break down why candidates often prioritize strength too early, how Zone 2 work builds the aerobic foundation required for long training days, why your easy days actually need to stay easy, and how increasing mileage too aggressively creates injuries instead of fitness. The same principle carries into the pool: if you want to become a better swimmer, swim more. Before worrying about buddy breathing, mask recovery, or advanced water-confidence events, learn to surface swim efficiently enough that being in the water no longer feels like a fight for survival.

The live Q&A keeps going from there. Aaron talks about eliminating destructive negative self-talk, Trent and Peaches explain how strength supports rucking without replacing cardiovascular fitness, and the guys cover sinking versus floating, water confidence, eating enough carbohydrates during high-volume training, caffeine before BMT, shin pain, CCT versus SR contracts, SERE assignments, training programs, and realistic weekly running volume. Aaron also signs off with his Veterans Day response to “thank you for your service”: you were worth it.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Ones Ready
01:18 - Veterans Day Live Begins
03:00 - Training Questions Are Open
03:44 - Veterans Day With the Ones Ready Crew
10:55 - You’re Not Running Enough
11:41 - Why Fast Runners Succeed in the Pipeline
13:04 - Building Your Aerobic Engine Takes Time
15:15 - Don’t Increase Running Volume Too Fast
17:26 - Zone 2 vs Training for Strava
20:36 - Small Candidates Better Be Fast
21:14 - Negative Self-Talk and Mental Performance
24:40 - Why Candidates Overemphasize Strength
27:19 - How to Actually Get Better at Swimming
29:11 - “You Were Worth It” — Veterans Day
30:22 - Can Strength Make Up for Bad Cardio?
33:36 - What If You Sink Instead of Float?
36:27 - Backpacking, Hunting and Ruck Fitness
37:56 - Eat Enough Carbs During Hard Training
41:36 - Water Confidence Starts With Surface Swimming
45:56 - Combat Control and Air Traffic Control
51:24 - Should You Quit Caffeine Before BMT?
52:24 - Shin Pain and Building Running Durability
54:06 - CCT vs SR: Which Contract Should You Choose?
56:47 - SERE Assignments and Family Life
57:53 - Training Programs and Weekly Running Mileage
01:00:26 - Rapid-Fire AFSW Questions
01:01:24 - OTS Vegas and Wrap-Up

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Veterans Day is coming, and Aaron, Trent, and Peaches are here to make sure nobody turns it into the veteran version of Pokemon Go. The guys talk about free meals, military discounts, Golden Corral, stolen valor, and the strange annual competition to collect as much free stuff as humanly possible. They also make an important distinction: companies offering discounts or meals are usually trying to genuinely show appreciation. The weirdness starts when veterans begin acting like those gestures are something they are owed.

The conversation moves into the awkwardness of “thank you for your service,” how different veterans respond, and one of Aaron’s favorite answers: “You were worth it.” From there the guys get into service animals, when programs genuinely help veterans, when people abuse the system, and how well-intentioned veteran support can sometimes reinforce an identity built entirely around being damaged or broken after service.

But the episode lands somewhere simple. Veterans Day is not Memorial Day. You do not need to spend the day hunting discounts or reminding everyone what you did. Call your old teammates. Drop something in the group chat. Say hello when you recognize somebody from the community. Celebrate the fact that you got to serve with people you still care about — and maybe accept a free steak if somebody genuinely wants to buy you one.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Ones Ready
01:10 - Veterans Day Is NOT Memorial Day
02:23 - Golden Corral and Veteran Hell
03:00 - Stolen Valor on Veterans Day
04:36 - The Annual Stolen Valor Videos Are Coming
05:39 - Do Politicians Need Veterans Day Discounts Too?
06:55 - Should Companies Give Veterans Free Stuff?
07:42 - Veterans Day Pokemon Go
08:47 - The SHOT Show Trick-or-Treaters
10:11 - “Thank You for Your Service”
12:48 - The Best Response: “You Were Worth It”
13:43 - A Lesson From a Retired Chief
14:08 - The Edmund Fitzgerald Detour
14:32 - Should CROs Be EMT Qualified?
16:23 - Stop Trying to Make Trent Better
17:00 - Veterans Day Discounts in Las Vegas
18:45 - Military Discounts vs Veteran Entitlement
20:04 - Service Animals and Where the Line Is
22:30 - When People Abuse Service-Dog Rules
23:33 - Veteran Identity and Being “Broken”
24:30 - Good Veteran Service-Dog Organizations
25:28 - Fur Therapy Is Real
26:28 - Sometimes All You Need Is Another Veteran
27:30 - Call Your Bros
28:00 - Happy Veterans Day

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Why are fewer candidates choosing Air Force Combat Control when other AFSPECWAR career fields seem easier to sell? Aaron, Trent, and Peaches break down what may be a messaging problem hiding inside one of the Air Force’s most capable Special Warfare career fields. Pararescue has an immediate hook: rescue people and save lives. Special Reconnaissance has reconnaissance, drones, and electronic warfare. TACP integrates airpower with Army forces and calls in fires. But ask a Combat Controller what CCT does and the answer quickly expands into air traffic control, austere airfields, close air support, special operations, combat search and rescue, airfield access, and a long list of mission sets that are difficult to capture in one sentence.

That complexity may be part of the recruiting problem. Trent and Aaron point out that Combat Control once practically marketed itself because CCTs were consistently appearing in high-profile combat operations, earning valor awards, embedding with elite special operations units, and doing some of the most dangerous work of the GWOT era. Today the mission is still happening, but much of that work is back behind the curtain. The guys discuss why Combat Controllers remain valuable to SOCOM, how they create access and bring airpower into places where other forces cannot, and why the “quiet professional” nature of the career field may now make recruiting harder.

The episode also gets into the Dude 44 rescue mission and battlefield promotions, ridiculously fast Air Force promotion stories, and the larger question of how you communicate an entire career field to a generation that expects the idea to make sense immediately. Peaches ultimately gives himself the assignment: build a 30-second elevator pitch explaining exactly why someone should choose Combat Control. And the guys want candidates to help answer it—what about CCT actually resonates with you?

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Ones Ready
01:10 - Why Aren’t People Choosing Combat Control?
02:01 - Is CCT Facing a Recruiting Problem?
02:39 - Recruiters Have to Explain CCT Better
03:12 - Why Pararescue Is Easy to Sell
04:39 - Why Special Reconnaissance Sounds Cool
05:36 - TACP Has a Simple Recruiting Pitch
06:00 - Why Combat Control Is Hard to Explain
06:45 - Creating an Airfield Where None Exists
07:30 - What Makes Combat Control Different
08:33 - Humanitarian Missions and Airfield Access
09:07 - Peaches Needs a 30-Second CCT Pitch
09:18 - Combat Control Used to Sell Itself
10:16 - Dude 44 and Battlefield Promotions
11:40 - The Return of Battlefield Promotions
12:38 - Twenty-Something Chiefs Would Be Terrifying
13:29 - Airmen Who Promote at Insane Speed
14:43 - Can Peaches Fix CCT Recruiting?
15:08 - How Should We Explain Combat Control?
15:45 - CCT as the Quiet Professionals
16:50 - Combat Controllers Are Still Jobbing
17:04 - OTS Las Vegas Has About 10 Spots Left
17:51 - Ones Ready Wrap-Up

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We need a 30-second elevator pitch for Combat Control.

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And if you’re currently choosing between careers, what makes PJ, SR, or TACP easier to understand than Combat Control?

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Should the midterm elections, the president, Congress, or the political direction of the country change whether you pursue Air Force Special Warfare or join the military at all? Aaron, Trent, and Peaches address the questions they are already getting from candidates and make the argument that Washington probably matters far less to your daily military experience than you think. If election results are enough to derail your plan, the guys argue that politics may simply be giving you a more respectable excuse for fear, hesitation, or uncertainty about committing to the pipeline.

The conversation turns toward the things candidates can actually control. Your running, Zone 2 cardio, mobility, water confidence, strength, preparation, and ability to show up ready matter a hell of a lot more than the latest political headline. Aaron argues that candidates who keep waiting for the perfect administration, perfect military culture, or perfect moment are likely to remain on the sidelines when real-world missions happen — still wondering whether they should have taken the shot. The point is not that politics never matters; it is that political noise should not become an excuse to stop preparing for something you already decided you want.

Then, because this is Ones Ready, the episode ends by watching a chaotic shooting-range instruction video that makes everyone’s blood pressure spike. The guys break down bad instructional tone, why mechanics should be drilled before adding stress and live weapons, and the universally recognizable former-E4-turned-range-instructor energy that somehow exists everywhere.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Ones Ready
01:06 - The Midterms Are Over — Now What?
01:48 - Should Politics Change Whether You Join?
02:38 - Don’t Let Politicians Plan Your Life
03:01 - The Stoic Approach to Elections
04:08 - Trent Offers Extremely Helpful Political Counseling
05:01 - Your Zone 2 Cardio Matters More
05:45 - Politics Can Become Another Excuse
06:39 - Both Parties Still Send the Military to War
07:11 - Why Everyone Panics After Elections
08:12 - The Election-Day Wishlist
09:38 - The B-52 Political Meme
10:09 - Washington vs Your Actual Military Career
11:03 - The Shooting Range Video
11:44 - This Instructor Is Making Everything Worse
12:47 - Drill the Mechanics Before Adding Stress
13:39 - Every Former E4 Range Instructor Ever
14:18 - OTS Vegas and Wrap-Up

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Who are the smartest people in Special Operations — CAG, Navy SEALs, Air Force Special Warfare, intelligence personnel, or the people working behind classified doors most of the public never sees? Trent takes a solo episode to explain why the question itself is probably wrong. Academic intelligence, tactical judgment, problem-solving, discipline, motivation, emotional control, and the ability to execute under pressure are all different capabilities, and elite organizations are filled with people who combine those traits in very different ways.

That matters in Air Force Special Warfare Assessment & Selection too. Trent has watched extremely intelligent candidates struggle because they cannot stop analyzing every task, calculating every possible outcome, or questioning whether the sacrifice is worth the uncertain reward. Meanwhile, someone who can absorb instructions, stay present, solve the immediate problem, and execute without fighting an endless internal monologue may outperform them. Special Operations does not select one personality or one type of intelligence — it brings together very different people who are willing to sacrifice toward the same mission.

The same rule applies after someone earns the beret. A Ranger, SEAL, Green Beret, PJ, CCT, SR operator, or SMU member may be exceptionally capable at a very difficult profession, but that qualification does not automatically make them an expert on politics, policy, medicine, culture, or every other complicated subject. Trent argues that people deserve credit for the things they have actually earned — without turning elite military credentials into proof of universal wisdom. Sometimes the genius is also the guy who forgot where the zipper goes.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Special Warfare Assessment & Selection
01:06 - Trent’s Mustache Has Entered the Chat
03:20 - Who Are the Smartest People in Special Operations?
04:20 - Different Types of Intelligence
05:00 - Why Some People Can Just Execute
05:45 - When Smart Candidates Overthink Selection
07:18 - CAG, SMUs and the Intelligence Debate
08:30 - Motivation Can Make Up a Lot
09:40 - Why SOF Guys Look Similar From the Outside
10:30 - The Differences Inside Elite Teams
12:01 - Outsiders Don’t See the Full Spectrum
12:45 - Don’t Confuse Fame With Expertise
14:24 - CAG Can Be the Best Without Being the Smartest
15:30 - The Nerds in the Vault Matter Too
16:50 - Respect What People Actually Earned
17:35 - You Can Be a Genius and an Idiot
18:20 - Mustache November and Wrap-Up

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has spent years trying to modernize its electronic health record system, but Aaron, Trent, and Peaches dig into why the project has become such a massive government-tech story. The original contract carried a roughly $10 billion ceiling, Oracle later acquired Cerner, the timeline moved from 2028 to 2031, and the contract ceiling increased to about $27 billion. The guys walk through how a project meant to simplify veteran healthcare instead became a case study in delays, added complexity, and questions about accountability.

The Spokane rollout becomes the clearest example. According to the figures discussed in the episode, staffing increased, productivity dropped, and later inspections raised concerns about workflow, burnout, and patient safety. Aaron’s larger point is that inefficiency at the VA is not just an annoyance — when staff are overloaded and systems are slow, veterans waiting for medical or mental-health care feel the consequences directly. Trent and Peaches also compare those problems with their own relatively positive VA experiences in San Antonio and Las Vegas, highlighting how uneven the system can be across locations.

Then the numbers get even harder to ignore. The transcript notes that by July 2026, the new system was live at only 14 of 164 facilities, while later estimates discussed in the episode put the total rollout and sustainment cost far above the original contract ceiling. Aaron, Trent, and Peaches also get into Oracle’s upcoming congressional testimony, proprietary software concerns, contractor accountability, and the difference between a contract ceiling and actual money spent. Their bottom line is simple: modernization is necessary, but veterans should not have to accept waste, delay, and poor performance as the normal cost of doing business.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Ones Ready
01:10 - The VA Has a Technology Problem
02:33 - Why VA Systems Feel So Outdated
03:30 - Oracle Health and the $10 Billion Contract
04:36 - Why Government Tech Contracts Balloon
05:26 - From $10 Billion to $27 Billion
06:42 - Did DHA Make Things Worse?
07:52 - Spokane Becomes the Test Case
08:30 - More Staff, Less Productivity
10:01 - When Healthcare Inefficiency Becomes a Patient Problem
10:14 - The MICT Checklist Comparison
11:11 - Trent and Peaches’ VA Experiences
12:35 - Why Veterans Accept Broken Systems
13:34 - Big VA Hospitals vs Smaller Facilities
14:13 - Why It’s Hard to Attract Staff
15:00 - Only 14 of 164 Facilities Were Live
15:43 - Oracle, Cerner and Proprietary Systems
16:46 - Congress Subpoenas Oracle Executives
18:00 - What Oracle Says in Its Defense
19:11 - How Much Will This Actually Cost?
20:05 - Vegas vs San Antonio Veteran Populations
20:52 - Fraud, Waste and Accountability
22:15 - Ones Ready Partners and OTS
23:12 - Wrap-Up

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The Air Force is flying, moving, supporting and striking everywhere — but the money still has to come from somewhere. Trent and Peaches break down what happens when current operations consume existing Air Force resources while the service is simultaneously trying to modernize aircraft, rebuild munitions stockpiles and repair bases that spent two decades taking a back seat to GWOT requirements. During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, operations dominated the priority list. Now aging HVAC systems, electrical grids, sewage, dorms and military construction are all demanding attention at the same time.

The guys also get into why military construction costs so much, what “taking it out of hide” actually means, and why the next fight cannot be funded by simply stripping money from everything else indefinitely. The Air Force still has to buy aircraft, upgrade capabilities, replenish weapons and maintain installations while supporting missions around the world. Trent argues that if the Air Force continues carrying a disproportionate share of operational requirements without additional resources, something eventually has to give.

Then the conversation turns nuclear. Peaches and Trent dig into small modular reactors and Air Force efforts to experiment with microreactors that could provide resilient power to installations even if civilian infrastructure goes down. They discuss Eielson AFB, potential projects at other installations, the limitations of wind and solar at large scale, and why nuclear power may ultimately be one of the most practical ways to make military bases truly energy-resilient.

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00:00 - Ones Ready
 01:10 - Trent and Peaches Become GWOT Boomers
 02:30 - Desert Wars vs Jungle Warfare
 03:55 - The Air Force’s New Resource Problem
 05:52 - How GWOT Changed Air Force Spending
 07:46 - Twenty Years of Deferred Infrastructure
 09:44 - Why Military Construction Costs So Much
 11:06 - Operations Are Eating the Budget
 12:00 - Dorms, Mold and Aging Air Force Bases
 13:25 - HVAC and Electrical Systems Are Getting Crushed
 13:48 - Nuclear Power for Air Force Bases?
 15:27 - Why Military Bases Need Independent Power
 16:49 - Eielson AFB’s Microreactor Project
 18:00 - Coal, Nuclear, Solar and Wind
 19:58 - Is Nuclear the Cleanest Realistic Option?
 21:12 - More Air Force Bases Could Get Microreactors
 22:15 - Texas Infrastructure Detour
 23:22 - Toll Roads and Paying for Infrastructure
 25:02 - The Air Force Is Doing Everything
 26:14 - The Ben Affleck Air Force Meme
 27:30 - Ones Ready Merch and Partners
 28:53 - Ones Ready Wrap-Up

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The U.S. Space Force now has a formal component inside U.S. Special Operations Command, and Aaron, Trent and Peaches break down what that actually means for SOF. The new relationship is not about creating “Space Force commandos.” It is about putting Guardians who understand satellite communications, ISR, navigation, electronic warfare and space effects directly alongside the people planning and executing special operations. Instead of SOCOM requesting support from outside the organization every time a problem appears, the expertise is already inside the command and looking at the mission from the beginning.

That integration could matter more than most people realize. Aaron argues that simply having Guardians in the room allows them to recognize problems other components may not even know can be solved with space capabilities. The guys also discuss the growing Space Force budget, commercial innovation from companies like SpaceX and Anduril, and why space and cyber are becoming increasingly important to modern warfare. Special operations does not necessarily need a new breed of Space Force operator — special operations needs immediate access to people who already understand how to create effects from the space domain.

The episode also pushes back on the stereotype that Guardians have easy jobs because they sit behind screens. Aaron describes missions that can keep people cognitively engaged inside vaults for extremely long periods, where they may have only seconds to solve a complex problem with real consequences. The guys talk about the strange but high-performing Space Force culture, the growing pains of a young military service, and why exposure to USSOCOM could produce better leaders on both sides of the relationship. Naturally, they finish by designing the ultimate Space Force Ranger with jump wings, a dive bubble, free fall and a Weapons School patch.

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00:00 - Ones Ready
 01:00 - Operator Training Summit Las Vegas
 02:20 - Aaron Becomes the Ideal PJ Specimen
 03:20 - Surviving the Ones Ready DMs
 04:50 - Space Force Joins USSOCOM
 05:33 - The New Space Force SOCOM Component
 06:34 - Why SOCOM Wants Space Capability
 07:17 - What Does Space Force Actually Bring to SOF?
 08:20 - Space Support to Special Operations
 09:25 - Why Integration Matters
 10:00 - Space Force Budgets and Expensive Satellites
 11:53 - Could Anduril Build It Cheaper?
 12:13 - Special Operations Doesn’t Need Space Commandos
 13:02 - Space Force and SOCOM Have Been Converging for Years
 14:00 - Why Putting Guardians in the Room Matters
 15:18 - Space Force Culture Is Different
 17:40 - The Human Performance Problem Nobody Sees
 19:18 - Thirty Seconds to Prevent Catastrophe
 20:00 - Building the Ultimate Space Force Ranger
 21:08 - Ones Ready Wrap-Up

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What should training for Air Force Special Warfare actually look like before you ship? Aaron, Trent, and Peaches go live to break down how future AFSPECWAR candidates should approach running, rucking, calisthenics, strength, water confidence, recovery, durability, and overall preparation — including what candidates consistently get wrong and how to know whether you’re actually ready for the pipeline instead of simply capable of passing an IFT.

Then the conversation shifts to Space Force inside the USSOCOM enterprise. The guys break down why special operations needs Guardians integrated directly into the command, what space-based ISR, communications, navigation, electronic warfare, and other space effects can bring to SOF, and why having Space Force expertise in the room could matter more than creating some mythical “Space Force commando.”

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