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Aaron and Peaches sit down to talk Blue Angels flyovers, testosterone testing, military medicine, height-to-waist standards, and why the military has to get serious about health before people break.

The episode starts with the Blue Angels beach flyover debate and whether something can be technically questionable while still being completely awesome. Then the guys get into the bigger conversation around the Department of War pushing testosterone checks for men over 30, why the military medical system has resisted basic hormone testing for years, and how operator syndrome, traumatic brain injuries, cortisol dysfunction, vitamin D deficiency, and low free testosterone can wreck performance and mental health.

Aaron talks through his own fight to get blood work done, what the military missed, and why private-sector care finally helped him understand the difference between total testosterone and free testosterone.

The conversation also hits height-to-waist standards, fat bodies in uniform, why some people will get flagged unfairly, and why most people need to stop making excuses. The bottom line: fitness is not just about looking good in uniform. It affects mental health, cognitive performance, readiness, durability, and who you become after the military.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro, Tasty Gains, and Operator Training Summit
03:02 - Blue Angels Flyover Controversy
03:39 - Unsafe vs. Inappropriate
05:00 - Why Professionals Change the Risk Equation
06:59 - Was the Flyover Necessary?
08:22 - Pensacola, Nellis, and Airshow Culture
09:20 - Testosterone Testing in the Military
10:37 - What the Headlines Are Missing
11:14 - Operator Syndrome and Low Testosterone
12:11 - Fighting the Military Medical System
12:55 - Vitamin D Deficiency in the Military
14:34 - The Problem With “Normal” Testosterone Ranges
16:00 - Trying to Raise Testosterone Naturally
17:14 - Total Testosterone vs. Free Testosterone
18:08 - TBI, Free Test, and Feeling Broken
18:57 - Whoop Blood Work and Better Data
19:19 - Breaking Down Institutional Resistance
20:12 - Why This Could Lead to Better Screening
21:02 - How the Referral System Fails People
22:08 - Why Baseline Testing Matters
22:34 - Trauma Medicine vs. Clinical Medicine
23:55 - Military Medicine, COVID, and Bad Advice
26:35 - Readiness Pressure and Medical Liability
27:30 - SSRIs, Mental Health, and Missed Questions
29:26 - The Military Health System Problem
30:33 - Women, Hormones, and HRT
30:42 - What to Ask Before Accepting Medication
31:29 - Akron Bar Fight Story
34:46 - Air Force Height-to-Waist Ratio
35:11 - Body Composition Standards Come Back Around
36:52 - Old BMI Standards and Fat Boy Programs
37:19 - Height and Weight Charts
39:41 - Peaches Tests the Calculator
41:16 - When the Standard Misses Body Type
42:40 - Trent’s Monster Habit
43:29 - Strategic Energy Drinks
43:56 - Ten-Year-Old Crushes the Army PT Test
45:30 - Kids, Discipline, and Internet Boundaries
47:34 - Coaching Kids Through Hard Things
48:25 - Wrestling Coach Motivation
50:38 - Height-to-Waist and Job Performance
51:40 - Human Performance and Mental Health
52:34 - Obesity, COVID, and Comorbidities
53:54 - Water, Sunlight, Nutrition, and Fitness
55:26 - What People Cut First When Life Gets Busy
55:42 - Sleep as a Performance Enhancer
56:43 - Why Fitness Improves Mental Health
58:26 - Confidence, Attraction, and Looking Better
59:45 - Extrinsic Motivation Still Counts
01:01:12 - Final Thoughts and Members-Only Preview

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Peaches sits down with retired Sergeant Major Taamir Ransome, an Army EOD veteran and author of Mind of a Soldier, to talk about EOD, transition, veteran suicide, purpose after service, and what happens when the war is over but the fight is not.

Taamir walks through growing up in New Jersey, joining the Army with a GED, starting out in radar repair, attempting SFAS, and eventually finding his way into Explosive Ordnance Disposal. He explains the differences between Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force EOD, what makes the career field so small, and why EOD school is one of the hardest technical schools in the military.

The conversation also gets into deployments, working around Special Operations Forces, wild stories from Iraq, and the reality that the military creates people who are calibrated differently than the rest of society.

Then the episode turns toward Taamir’s book, Mind of a Soldier: 34 Laws for the War After the War. He talks about veteran suicide, transition, moral injury, finding purpose, nonprofits, service dogs, mentorship, and why veterans need to find a new pack and a new mission after leaving the uniform behind.

This one is about more than war stories. It is about what comes next.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro, Tasty Gains, Ones Ready, and Operator Training Summit
04:05 - Meet Retired SGM Taamir Ransome
05:07 - Growing Up in New Jersey
05:40 - Family Military History and Crazy Uncle Jerry
07:39 - Joining the Army With a GED
09:39 - The Cheat Code for Getting Mom On Board
10:23 - GEDs, Recruiting, and the Military
12:05 - From Radar Repair to EOD
12:23 - SFAS, the 82nd, and Finding EOD
13:27 - Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force EOD Differences
16:32 - Why Navy EOD Supports SOF
18:07 - Taamir’s EOD Career
19:23 - How Small the EOD Community Is
21:01 - EOD School and Joint Service Training
21:42 - Deployment Stories and EOD Reality
24:26 - Iraq, Targeting, and Wild Stories
27:19 - Mind of a Soldier
28:00 - Why Veterans Are Killing Themselves
29:16 - Being Calibrated Differently After War
30:10 - Suicide, Policy, and Personal Responsibility
31:37 - Purpose, Pack, and Fighting the Noise
34:44 - Finding a New Mission
35:25 - Moral Injury and Mentoring the Next Generation
40:48 - STEM, AI, and Teaching Kids
42:05 - Training Service Dogs for Veterans
43:05 - Conventional Veterans and SOF Access
44:28 - Veteran Nonprofits and Finding Help
47:51 - VFW, DAV, and the Next Generation
49:11 - Podcasts, Trust, and Reaching Veterans
53:09 - Quiet Professional vs. Silent Professional
54:34 - The Price of Service
55:21 - Where to Find Taamir

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Trent jumps on solo to clear the air on the Zulu course ruck controversy, the role of Ones Ready, and why accountability matters when training risk crosses the line.

This episode breaks down who Aaron, Peaches, and Trent are, what their backgrounds are, and why they are not just random people throwing rocks from the internet. Trent explains his time in Air Education and Training Command, how curriculum actually gets built, what active duty instructors do and do not control, and why people need to understand the difference between writing content, developing training, and owning a formal course.

Then he gets into the real issue: the reported 117-pound ruck, heat injuries, hospitalized students, operational risk management, instructor responsibility, and why a large number of failures or casualties on one event usually points back to instruction, planning, risk management, or leadership decisions.

Trent makes it clear that this is not about attacking TACP, Special Warfare Training Wing, or any one career field. It is about protecting candidates, holding the process accountable, and making sure the training meets the intent without unnecessarily putting students’ lives at risk.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro and Sponsors
01:00 - Trent Solo and Why This Episode Matters
01:56 - Who Aaron, Peaches, and Trent Actually Are
03:19 - Aaron’s AETC and Pararescue Schoolhouse Background
04:00 - Trent’s AETC and Pipeline Experience
05:34 - How Air Force Curriculum Actually Works
08:00 - Lessons From Trent’s First Instructor Tour
10:20 - Why Ones Ready Uses Reels and Spicy Clips
12:43 - Accountability, Mistakes, and Community Standards
16:21 - Why the Zulu Ruck Had to Be Addressed
17:26 - Candidate Safety and Appropriate Training Risk
19:52 - Heat Injuries, San Antonio, and Life-Threatening Risk
22:21 - Leadership, Communication, and Operational Risk Management
24:48 - Instructor Responsibility During Dangerous Events
27:15 - This Is Not About Burning Down TACP
28:37 - Fix the Problem and Own the Mistake
29:42 - Final Message: Feelings Aren’t Accountability

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Aaron, Trent, and Peaches sit down to talk through the ongoing concerns around the Zulu course ruck, heat casualties, instructor accountability, and whether TACP-specific standards should have ever been applied across the entire Air Force Special Warfare pipeline.

The team breaks down why the ruck event has become such a major issue, what makes the progression questionable, how the Zulu course ended up with a ruck standard pulled from TACP requirements, and why the problem is bigger than one bad day in San Antonio heat.

They also address the difference between hard training and bad programming, the role of instructional drift, why students may not feel safe giving honest feedback, and why parents, candidates, instructors, and leadership all deserve transparency when multiple students end up hospitalized.

This episode is not about lowering standards. It is about applying the right standards at the right time, protecting students from preventable injury, and fixing a system before it breaks more people.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro, Tasty Gains, and ATACLETE
03:16 - Why the Team Is Talking About the Zulu Ruck
04:21 - Message to Training Wing Leadership
05:26 - Where the Ruck Standard Came From
06:17 - Should This Ruck Be in Zulu?
06:40 - Trent on Zulu Course Purpose and Overtraining
08:14 - Apprentice Course vs. Zulu Course Standards
08:28 - The 65-Pound Dry Weight Argument
10:51 - Zulu Foot March Standards
12:56 - Applying TACP Requirements Across AFSPECWAR
15:08 - Why the Ruck Progression Does Not Make Sense
17:37 - Proper Ruck Progression and TF Voodoo Lessons
20:03 - Development, BMT, SWAS, and No Real Ruck Build-Up
21:53 - Why Water Training Was Added to SWAS
24:59 - Feedback From Former TACP
26:06 - TACP Requirements vs. PJ, CCT, and SR Requirements
27:47 - Operational Requirements and Bad Logic
28:39 - Heat Casualties Were the Warning Sign
29:46 - Lower-Leg Injuries and Long-Term Damage
30:24 - Comparing Zulu Heat Casualties to Indoc
32:48 - Instructor Judgment and Training Intent
34:46 - Toxic Comments and Public Accountability
36:01 - Blaming Students for Heat Casualties
38:27 - Plate Carriers, Plates, and Student Safety
40:52 - Toxic Culture and When to Amputate the Problem
42:35 - New Leadership and Fixing the Course
43:20 - Giving Leadership Room to Fix It
44:17 - The Thunderbirds Example
47:06 - Asking Leadership for Help
48:30 - Final Thoughts and Members-Only Preview

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Peaches sits down with retired SOF-TACP Clint “Dragon” to talk TACP, Special Tactics, mission planning, leadership, problem solving, and what separates a good operator from someone who just looks good on paper.

Dragon walks through growing up around Fort Bragg, joining the Air Force in 2006, originally looking at CCT, choosing TACP, starting at the 15th ASOS, assessing for the 17th STS, and spending the majority of his career in the Special Operations side of the TACP world.

The conversation gets into the difference between conventional and SOF-TACP life, the mindset shift in the career field, entitlement, grit, the danger of over-reliance on technology, and why the next generation is more capable than people give them credit for — but still needs to be led.

Dragon also breaks down mission planning, danger close strikes, JTAC creativity, command presence, briefing under pressure, training younger guys, taking a knee when family life is burning down, and why the best operators are complex problem solvers who can still win a fight.

The episode also covers retirement, fatherhood, false accusations, private sector friction, writing a book, TBI and PTSD treatment options, and why passing lessons to the next generation still matters.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro, Tasty Gains, Operator Training Summit, and Modern Athlete
03:24 - Meet Clint “Dragon”
03:39 - Growing Up Around Fort Bragg
04:06 - Choosing TACP Over CCT
06:36 - How the TACP Pipeline Has Changed
07:32 - 15th ASOS, Deployments, and Assessing for SOF-TACP
08:14 - Conventional TACP vs SOF-TACP
09:05 - Mindset Changes in the TACP Career Field
12:06 - PhDs Who Can Win Bar Fights
13:00 - Grit, Diva Mentality, and Human Performance Support
14:14 - You Are Never Fully Ready
15:20 - Building Problem Solving Skills
16:49 - Briefing, Command Presence, and Pressure
18:21 - Training and Equipping the Team
19:03 - Team Sergeant Challenges
21:25 - Knowing When to Take a Knee
23:21 - Death, Mission Focus, and Moving Forward
25:24 - TCCC, Emotions, and Critical Thinking
27:35 - Mission Planning and JTAC Expertise
29:39 - Danger Close and When Things Go Wrong
32:26 - Quiet Professional vs Silent Professional
33:45 - Lessons Learned From Mistakes
35:20 - Attention to Detail in Training
37:58 - Translating SOF Lessons to Real Life
40:33 - The Next Generation of Warfighters
42:26 - Technology as a Tool, Not a Crutch
43:57 - Training, Leadership, and Knowing Your People
46:02 - Keep It Simple and Master the Basics
47:16 - Stress Inoculation and Staying Calm
48:59 - Managing the Stack and Target Area Chaos
49:40 - Retirement, Family, and Recovery
51:30 - Where to Find Dragon
52:37 - Private Sector, Business, and Protecting Ideas
54:27 - Writing a Book and Giving People Their Flowers
56:23 - False Accusations and Career Damage
59:24 - Reconnecting After Retirement
01:00:29 - MERT, TMS, PTSD, and TBI Treatment
01:02:44 - Outreach Project and Veteran Support
01:04:10 - Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up

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This episode is a reminder that history—and your life—can turn on one brutal decision. Peaches breaks down George Washington’s darkest hour, when he was losing battles, losing men, and nearly losing the war. Then came one audacious move: crossing the Delaware in a snowstorm when everyone thought the fight was over. This isn’t a history lesson—it’s a mindset check. When momentum is gone, excuses are easy, and quitting feels justified, bold action is the only thing that changes outcomes. If you’re waiting for perfect conditions, you’re already behind.

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Trent and Peaches jump into the Ones Ready team room for a quick-turn America 250 / Fourth of July episode covering patriotism, World Cup energy, Hoover Dam, UFC America 250 vibes, Air Force One, Special Warfare rescue work, and why it is still okay to love America out loud.

The crew starts with Tasty Gains, ATACLETE, Operator Training Summit, San Diego, Pennsylvania, and why the right gear and the right instruction matter if you are preparing for the pipeline. Then they get into America’s 250th birthday, the giant American flag at the Hoover Dam, foreign visitors discovering that America is actually pretty awesome, and the recent wave of national pride around sports, culture, and military events.

They also break down the U.S. men’s soccer team, the controversial red card, World Cup matchups, FIFA corruption, and why the current American team finally looks like it believes it belongs with the best in the world.

Peaches also talks about the new Air Force One rollout, F-22s, formation requirements, and the wild fact that a British exchange pilot ended up leading the F-22 formation because he was the qualified pilot available. The episode closes with U.S. military rescue support after the Venezuela earthquake, Air Force Special Warfare doing real-world work, and a reminder that criticism of the community comes from caring about the community.

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00:00 - Intro, Tasty Gains, ATACLETE, and Operator Training Summit
05:32 - America 250 and Fourth of July Energy
06:34 - Hoover Dam, American Flags, and Patriotism
08:10 - Foreigners Discover America Is Awesome
09:00 - Military Hype Videos and America’s Birthday
11:05 - World Cup, U.S. Soccer, and National Pride
12:32 - The Controversial Red Card
15:22 - America’s Mentality Shift
18:04 - World Cup Hype and Expensive Tickets
19:47 - FIFA Corruption and Match Drama
23:29 - America’s Coach and French Support
25:16 - Mexico City, Elevation, and Fan Chaos
27:40 - New Air Force One and F-22 Escort Story
31:07 - Venezuela Earthquake and U.S. Rescue Support
33:19 - Why Ones Ready Still Cares About AFSPECWAR
34:59 - Criticism, Accountability, and Making the Community Better
35:53 - Happy Birthday, America

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Aaron and Peaches sit down with Amanda Doerr, an Air Force Military Training Instructor, to talk about what Basic Military Training looks like now and what future Airmen need to know before they ship.

Amanda walks through her own path into the Air Force, how her MTIs inspired her to become one, what BMT looks like today, how training has changed, why Pacer Forge matters, and why the Air Force is putting more emphasis on small team movements, critical thinking, mission readiness, and operational exposure.

This episode covers what recruits should do before leaving for basic training, what recruiters can do better, how much fitness matters, what the PT program looks like, why time on feet is a bigger deal than people realize, how phone calls work, what trainees should bring, what mistakes get people in trouble, and why ego is one of the fastest ways to become a problem.

Amanda also breaks down what it takes to become an MTI, what a blue rope is, how MTIs manage flights, what daily life looks like, and why being exceptional is not something future Airmen should hide from.

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00:00 - Intro, Tasty Gains, 18 Alpha Fitness, and Operator Training Summit
06:06 - Meet Amanda Doerr
07:18 - Why Amanda Joined the Air Force
08:40 - How BMT Inspired Her to Become an MTI
12:24 - Turning Civilians Into Airmen
16:03 - What Air Force Basic Training Looks Like Now
18:16 - Pacer Forge and Small Team Movements
22:15 - Special Warfare Candidates at BMT
25:20 - The Current BMT PT Program
28:31 - Time on Feet, Marching, Heat, and Boots
31:01 - What Recruiters Should Teach Before BMT
34:14 - Hygiene, Bills, Cash, and Packing Basics
37:29 - Phone Rules and Family Communication
39:41 - The Biggest Mistakes Recruits Make
42:14 - Daily Schedule at Basic Training
45:15 - What to Study Before Shipping
49:53 - How BMT Is Changing
55:47 - How to Become an MTI
01:00:26 - Blue Rope MTIs
01:01:00 - MTI Schedule, Fitness, and Personal Time
01:06:11 - Amanda’s BMT Experience vs. Today
01:12:11 - Religious Items, Finances, and Being Exceptional
01:16:19 - Amanda’s Best MTI Memory
01:17:25 - Final Advice and Where to Find Amanda

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Peaches sits down with Marc Humbert and Cameron Garber from KORR Medical Technologies to talk VO2 max, metabolic testing, heart rate zones, fueling, recovery, and how warfighters can train smarter instead of just getting crushed.

This episode breaks down what VO2 max actually measures, why oxygen consumption matters, how carbon dioxide output helps determine fat and carbohydrate burn, and why heart rate zones are only useful when they are actually individualized. Marc and Cameron explain how metabolic testing can help athletes, warfighters, pilots, and tactical professionals understand workload, caloric burn, fatigue resistance, recovery needs, and performance limitations.

The crew also gets into Zone 2 cardio, why easy days need to actually be easy, how hard days should be hard enough to drive adaptation, and why constantly redlining every workout is a fast track to burnout, fatigue, and injury. They also discuss military readiness, human performance, pilot endurance, long-duration missions, rucking, carbohydrate replacement, fat adaptation, and how testing can help protect the investment the military makes in its people.

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00:00 - Intro, Tasty Gains, ATACLETE, and Operator Training Summit
03:17 - Meet Marc and Cameron from KORR Medical Technologies
04:00 - Health, Longevity, and Staying Ready for Life
07:18 - Why Metabolic Testing Matters Before People Break
10:23 - Protecting the Military’s Investment in People
13:25 - Readiness During Service and Life After Service
17:43 - What the Cardio Coach Measures
19:19 - VO2 Max, Workload, and Caloric Burn
21:37 - Fat vs. Carbohydrate Burn
23:58 - Fueling, Recovery, and Heart Rate Zones
25:12 - Individualizing Training Instead of Guessing
27:03 - Why Harder Every Day Does Not Work
28:52 - Zone 2, Taylor Starch, and Smarter Programming
30:53 - Training You Can Actually Recover From
32:00 - Why Easy Days Need to Stay Easy
35:40 - Different Athletes Need Different Fueling Strategies
37:28 - Pilot Endurance and Long-Duration Missions
43:05 - Fatigue Resistance Testing
46:12 - Honoring Heart Rate Zones and Recovery Signals
48:04 - The 80/20 Training Model
51:28 - Rucking, Heavy Loads, and Calorie Replacement
56:35 - Who Should Use the Cardio Coach?
59:47 - Military Use Cases for VO2 Testing
01:02:15 - How to Find KORR Medical Technologies
01:03:40 - Cutting Through Fitness Misinformation
01:04:14 - Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up

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Ryan is back on Ones Ready with Aaron and Peaches to talk drones, TACP, small unmanned aerial systems, one-way attack, and where small team warfare is headed.

Ryan is a TACP officer, Guardsman, and founder of Aerial Employment Group, a company focused on SUAS training, red air support, counter-SUAS training, program development, and helping military and law enforcement teams figure out what drone systems actually work.

In this episode, the crew talks about how small unmanned aerial systems are changing the fight, where drones actually make sense for small teams, how TACP units are using SUAS to support JTAC skills, why one-way attack is becoming a major focus, and why the military’s drone approval and certification process has to move faster.

They also get into the reported Zulu course ruck issue, heavy ruck standards, heat casualties, training risk, ownership, and what happens when events drift away from their original purpose. Ryan gives perspective from the TACP side, including how heavy rucks showed up in the TACP pipeline and why evaluated events need to be tied to real standards.

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00:00 - Ones Ready Intro
01:00 - Tasty Gains, ATACLETE, and Operator Training Summit Updates
03:24 - Disclaimer for Ryan’s Personal Views
04:06 - Welcome Ryan Back to Ones Ready
05:24 - Ryan’s Background and Move to the Guard
06:14 - Aerial Employment Group and SUAS Services
07:32 - Government Contracting and Expensive Gear
08:15 - Low-Cost Drone Tech and Commercial Off-the-Shelf Equipment
09:17 - Drone Warfare and Small Team Use Cases
09:52 - Drones Are a Tool, Not the Answer to Everything
10:37 - ISR, Team Support, and Who Should Fly Drones
12:00 - Quadcopters vs. Larger Group Two and Group Three Drones
13:01 - Transition to the Zulu Course Ruck Discussion
15:13 - What Happened With the Zulu Course Ruck?
16:10 - TACP Instructors and the Zulu Block Two Link
17:00 - Reported 10-Mile Ruck Standard and Load
18:49 - First Summer Class and Heat Casualty Reports
19:23 - Medical Coverage and Student Paramedics
20:46 - Heat Conditions, Uniforms, and Safety Decisions
23:03 - What Dry Weight Means in Rucking
23:39 - Ryan’s TACP Schoolhouse Ruck Experience
25:41 - Evaluations, Standards, and Protecting the Process
27:22 - Training Drift and Leadership Decisions
28:00 - What Do You Tell Students After an Incident?
29:17 - Owning Bad Decisions as a Leader
29:55 - When to Call Off a Training Event
31:10 - Ranger School Rope Story and Extreme Ownership
33:11 - Parents, Students, and Today’s Connected Pipeline
35:29 - Why TACP Did Heavy Rucks
37:00 - Does This Standard Apply to Every AFSPECWAR Career Field?
38:16 - Parent Involvement and Pipeline Communication
41:26 - Time, Emotions, and Letting the Schoolhouse Respond
43:47 - Accountability Without Cancel Culture
46:27 - Medical Planning and After-Action Reviews
49:17 - Back to SUAS and TACP Drone Use
51:15 - TACP as ACC’s One-Way Attack Lead
52:00 - How TACP Units Are Using SUAS Now
53:20 - ACC, AFSOC, and SUAS Program Ownership
54:42 - SUAS Programmatics and Airframe Certification
56:00 - Blue UAS, NDAA Systems, and FPV Drone Risk
58:16 - Building and Flying Non-Standard Drone Systems
59:08 - Frequencies, Jamming, and Ukraine Drone Lessons
01:00:00 - Stop Being Platform Specific
01:01:20 - Certification, Currency, and Drone Training Problems
01:02:22 - Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up

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