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  • ***Sneak Peek***MBRS 58: Deep State Frogs and Why Deployments Aren't Cool
    Aug 10 2025

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    In this members-only deep cut, Aaron and Trent pull no punches (and no show prep) as they ramble, rant, and roast their way through moving mishaps, military stupidity, and the myth of “cool deployments.” If you thought Ones Ready was structured… buckle up. This episode is pure stream-of-consciousness chaos, blending gym talk, Air Force drama, and political hot takes that’ll make the Pentagon’s PR team sweat.

    Aaron goes full “crunchy dad” about unvaccinated kids and Montessori beds (seriously), Trent breaks down how moving wrecks your soul, and together they demolish the fantasy of operator life. Spoiler: it’s mostly paperwork, puke, and pretending to like mandatory fun runs.

    Also: freefall sounds awesome until you realize it’s 12 hours of hurry-up-and-wait for 30 seconds of “cool.” And yes, they absolutely clown on commanders too fat to meet their own fitness standards. If you’ve ever wondered what the Ones Ready crew really talks about when the cameras are off… this is it.

    👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, comment, leave a review, bring a friend to the membership, and hit up the Ones Ready merch store. If you’re not a member, well… you’re missing the spicy unfiltered stuff.

    🔥 Key Takeaways:

    • 🏠 Trent moved to a gated community so fancy it’s basically a Spurs player compound.
    • 🏋️‍♂️ Aaron’s gym childcare kicked him out because his kid “ruined the vibe.”
    • 💀 Deployments aren’t cinematic—they’re 99% boring, 1% chaos.
    • 💥 Freefall: 12 hours of misery for 30 seconds of adrenaline.
    • 🏃 Aaron’s Whoop tracker deleted his best run ever. RIP to the stats.
    • 🗳️ “All politicians are tools”—Aaron’s spicy political manifesto.
    • 🤯 Turns out Alex Jones was right about the frogs (Atrazine, anyone?).
    • 😂 “I’m fit enough to shame commanders, that’s why I work out.”
    • 🐐 Sam tried to pet a headbutting goat. Sam thought it was hilarious.
    • 📚 Book Recs: Government Gangsters + Follow the Money = fire reading.

    ⏱️ Timestamps:
    00:00 – Trent’s Back! He’s Alive!
    01:10 – Moving Sucks, Family’s Still Mad
    03:00 – Nellis Air Force Drama Over Presidential Portrait
    06:00 – Aaron’s Political Rant (All Politicia

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  • Ops Brief 086: Daily Drop - 8 Aug 2025 - $88M in Drugs, 0 Balls on Terrorists, and a Space Force Flex?
    Aug 8 2025

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    Welcome to the Ones Ready war room, where Peaches torches the news with a blowtorch of sarcasm and truth bombs. In this Ops Brief:

    • The DoD is building a “not-a-prison” at Fort Bliss because we’re out of room for illegal immigrants (shocker).
    • The Coast Guard just pissed off every cartel by bagging $88M in drugs.
    • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed pled guilty to 9/11…but only to dodge the death penalty. Apparently, suicide bombers are for other people.
    • Meanwhile, the Air Force flexes green energy clout, denies early retirement to transitioning members, and runs joint ops in hell-on-earth Arizona.
    • Space Force holds a gladiator-style competition to prove they can lift more than laptops.
      Buckle up for chaos, hot takes, and zero apologies.

    🔥 Key Takeaways:

    • Fort Bliss is now Fort Holding Tank
    • Coast Guard: 1, Cartel: 0 ($88M seized 💰)
    • 9/11 mastermind takes plea deal—won’t die for his own cause 🤡
    • Space Force hosts Roman-gladiator cosplay with kettlebells
    • DoD drops mini nukes in Alaska—for energy, not war (yet)
    • Air Force PT still causing heart attacks. Stop dry-scooping pre-workout, nerds.

    ⏱️ Timestamps:
    00:00 – Welcome to the Madness
    01:00 – What “Attributes-Based Selection” Really Means
    01:45 – Nashville OTS Still Open – Get Your Spot
    02:30 – Creatine Gummies and PT Test Heart Attacks
    04:00 – Fort Bliss: Welcome to the New Detention Center
    05:00 – DPAA’s Righteous Mission: Bring Our Brothers Home
    06:00 – Coast Guard Bags $88M in Cocaine
    06:45 – Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a Punk
    08:30 – Ramstein’s KMC and the 15-Year Transition Center
    09:45 – Air Force Goes Green with Micro Reactors
    11:00 – Denied: Early Retirement for Transgender Airmen
    11:30 – Melting in Arizona During Exercise Desert Dragon
    12:00 – Space Force Goes Gladiator at Guardian Arena
    13:30 – Space Domain Awareness Gets a Telescope Upgrade
    14:00 – Wrap-Up: Operation Midnight Hammer Merch Drop

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  • Ep 496: Why This A-10 Crew Chief Ditched Active Duty and Won at Life - Derrick Blake
    Aug 8 2025

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    Think active duty is the only path? Derrick Blake would like a word—preferably during his 3-day weekend. From almost joining the Marines to wrenching on A-10s and recruiting for the 193rd Special Operations Wing, Derrick walks us through how the Air National Guard let him stay home, stack checks, and still deploy to undisclosed sandbox locations. Oh, and did we mention you start getting paid before basic? Yeah. This one’s going to ruffle some feathers—and we love it.

    We talk Guard myths vs. facts, how student flight is the low-key cheat code, and why most people have no damn clue what the Guard even is. If you’re trying to join TACP or EOD through the Guard and haven’t hit up Derrick yet, what are you even doing?

    🔥 Key Takeaways:

    • 🎯 Enlist in the Guard? Get paid before BMT. Yes, seriously.
    • 🛩️ A-10 crew chief by trade, recruiter by mission, sarcasm by default.
    • 🧠 ASVAB prep = life trajectory. Don’t flunk your future.
    • 🏋️ TACP prep in the Guard is no joke—expect the gauntlet.
    • 😬 Meds, motivation, and mustaches—what’s disqualifying and what’s just annoying.

    ⏱️ Timestamps:

    00:00 – “Just hit record” chaos
    02:00 – From almost Marine to Air Guard crew chief
    06:00 – Guard vs. Active: why full-time Guard slaps
    09:30 – Student flight = paid prep before BMT
    12:50 – Yes, you get Tricare. Yes, you get discounts
    16:00 – Tech school differences and deployment reality
    22:00 – What 193rd A-GAL really does (and doesn’t do)
    26:00 – How Guard TACP prep works
    28:30 – Open TACP & EOD slots in Pennsylvania
    34:00 – Meds, ASVAB, and common disqualifiers
    38:00 – Good vs. bad candidate trends
    44:00 – How to actually join the Guard
    48:00 – Just do it. No really. Just do it.

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  • Ops Brief 085: Daily Drop - 7 Aug 2025 - Public Affairs Blocked Me…So Here’s the Intel They Don’t Want You to Hear
    Aug 7 2025

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    Peaches is back with a savage ops brief for August 7th—spitting truth, roasting bureaucracy, and dragging the Air Force’s finest decisions through the mud. Public Affairs thought they could silence him by revoking access to curated news updates (LOL), but jokes on them—he's still lighting up your eardrums. From Cybertrucks as target practice to tragic gate incidents to the DOD quietly spending $175B on a missile shield no one’s allowed to talk about, this one's packed with headshakers, jaw-droppers, and classic Ones Ready sass. Come for the updates, stay for the chaos.

    🔥 Key Takeaways:

    • 🧹 DOD slashes DTIC staff from 154 to 40—guess they found 114 people doing nothing
    • 💥 Ukraine gets $104M in Howitzer support (yes, that big boom stick is 155mm)
    • 🛳️ Navy wants five new Columbia-class submarines—early contracts, big money
    • 💀 Dementia and diabetes lead to two separate base gate tragedies—zero-win scenarios
    • 🧪 Cybertrucks as live-fire targets? Peak 2025 energy
    • 🤡 $934M may have been yeeted from nukes to pimp out a Qatari 747 as Air Force One
    • 🪖 Airman dies during PT test… and the internet still cries about a two-mile run
    • 🎯 Bracer Forge kicks off: Baby’s first warrior week, now in Tech School

    ⏱️ Timestamps:
    00:00 – Public Affairs tried to cancel me
    02:10 – Tasty Gains and Nashville OTS plug
    03:00 – DOD fires 100+ civilians (oops)
    04:30 – Ukraine gets artillery love
    06:00 – Columbia-class submarines: scary cool
    07:30 – Air Force SecDef tour and DLE 2025
    08:45 – Gate runner disasters: dementia & diabetes meet deadly force
    11:50 – Tesla Cybertrucks = Target practice?
    13:30 – Staff Sgt. promotion stats (aka the Great Giveaway)
    14:45 – Golden Dome gets gag ordered ($175B!)
    15:45 – Air power budget cut dumpster fire
    16:45 – $1B Qatari jet raises eyebrows
    17:30 – Active shooter at Fort Stewart
    18:00 – Purple Heart Day and ISR upgrades for Australia
    19:00 – Massive Re-4PAC exercise in Guam
    20:00 – Airman dies during PT test—let’s talk pre-workout and poor choices
    21:45 – DOD’s student tour PR program
    22:00 – LeapFest: paratroopers compete for glory
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    24 mins
  • Ep 495: Danielle Sebastian - He’s Not a Narcissist—You’re Just in a Trauma Loop
    Aug 4 2025

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    Danielle Sebastian has heard it all: “Just leave him.” “You deserve better.” “Try date night.” After years of battling confusion, control issues, and emotional chaos in her marriage to a childhood trauma survivor, she realized what most advice was missing—actual tools that work in real life. Now a trauma-informed relationship coach, bestselling author, and founder of WifeCARE, Danielle helps partners stop walking on eggshells and start rebuilding connection. In this episode, she drops gold: how trauma rewires relationships, why normal couples therapy fails, and what to do when your partner’s nervous system is sabotaging your marriage. If you've ever wondered “Is this PTSD... or is he just an asshole?”—this one's for you.

    🔥 Key Takeaways:

    • 🧠 Danielle’s CARE framework: calm the chaos, stop rug-sweeping, and finally reconnect
    • 🤯 The average man reveals childhood sexual abuse at age 52—let that sink in
    • 🔁 Why love languages and I-statements don’t work in high-trigger households
    • 🚩 Spotting trauma response vs. straight-up toxicity
    • 📺 From pharmacist to “Love and Trauma: The Real Deal” TV host—why Danielle had to become the guide she never had

    ⏱️ Timestamps:
    00:00 – Ones Ready intro + pipeline gear plug
    02:10 – Nashville Operator Training Summit reminder
    03:05 – Meet Danielle: author, coach, pharmacist, trauma-battle-tested
    05:20 – The marriage story that launched WifeCARE
    10:00 – When your partner’s control issues aren’t about control
    12:30 – PTSD treatment, dysregulation, and when therapy backfires
    17:10 – CARE framework: pause, detach, reconnect
    21:00 – Stop “taking it personally” (without losing your mind)
    29:30 – Trauma vs. narcissism—what’s the actual difference?
    36:00 – Gen Z’s empathy drought: Why everyone just says “leave”
    42:00 – Conversation scripts that don’t start World War III
    46:00 – Why Sunday night calendar meetings are setting you up to fail
    49:30 – Biggest myth: “If he doesn’t change, nothing will”
    56:00 – The buried trauma you don’t know is wrecking your marriage
    59:00 – WifeCARE, retreats, and building the support she never had

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  • ***Sneak Peek***MBRS 57: Mentorship, Mayhem, and Middle Fingers: A Members-Only Rant-a-thon
    Aug 2 2025

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    Welcome to the most wholesome, family-friendly members-only episode we’ve ever recorded—just kidding, grab your ear muffs and a cold beverage. In this beautifully chaotic meltdown, Aaron and Peaches go nuclear on HOA Karens, wannabe mentorship DMs, and every fragile ego that thinks dropping into the Ones Ready inbox swinging is a good idea. Spoiler: it’s not.

    We dive into brutal truths about security forces, why fantasy football is serious business, the art of getting absolutely throttled by life (and still talking smack), and why mentorship is earned, not assumed. Also included: Toehold flip-flop worship, Browns fan despair, and a sneak preview of upcoming OTS chaos in San Diego.

    This isn’t just behind the scenes — it’s under the hood, covered in motor oil, flipping off the check engine light. You're welcome.

    🔥 Key Takeaways:

    • Security Forces as a Career Move? — Pros, cons, and why it's a hard road to Special Warfare.
    • Fantasy Football, Golden Dicks, and Other Sacred Rituals.
    • Mentorship Tip #1: If you have to tell people you're a mentor... you aren’t.
    • How HOA Boards are Just Training Camps for Future Dictators.
    • Why Ones Ready Will Never Shut Up — Not the Air Force, not YouTube, not even Satan himself.
    • Peaches vs. the Department of the Air Force News Email — Who Ya Got?
    • Rant Level: Nuclear. Sarcasm Level: Maxed Out.

    ⏱️ Timestamps:

    • 00:00 – Trent Hates You (Not Really, Maybe)
    • 02:00 – Aaron’s Nesting Nightmare
    • 06:00 – HOA Terrorists and Why We Fight
    • 09:00 – DMs, Mentorship, and How to Get Immediately Roasted
    • 14:00 – Toehold Flip-Flops Are Life
    • 18:00 – Daily Drops: Insider Baseball from the Department of the Air Force
    • 24:00 – The Dumpster Fire that is Browns Draft Picks
    • 30:00 – Why Culture War Politics Are Exhausting (and Getting Worse)
    • 42:00 – Rant of the Century: Common Sense Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Shadowbanned
    • 50:00 – Deep Water Violence Philosophy (Don’t Start None, Won’t Be None)

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  • Ops Brief 084: Daily Drop - 1 Aug 2025 - $123.7B to Ukraine already...But Sure, Let's Send Another $800M
    Aug 1 2025

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    Peaches is back with your August 1st daily drop—after fighting his microphone and allergies like a true professional. He breaks down the latest military absurdities: an M18 that might go bang on its own, $800 million more to Ukraine (because why not), and bomber nostalgia getting its moment in the spotlight. From Air Force weapon inspections to Space Force getting ghosted on funding (again), this episode covers all the headlines that matter—plus a rant or two. Also, the Operator Training Summit in Nashville is coming up, so quit dragging your feet and get on board.

    🔥 Key Takeaways:

    • M18 pistols under scrutiny after an uncommanded discharge killed an airman
    • $800 million more for Ukraine—because sunk costs love company
    • Navy F-35C crash sparks a grass fire but pilot walks away sore and alive
    • Airmen rescue a woman in Japan—cue the hero music
    • Space Force: Still broke, still vital
    • Drones now a required layer in missile defense, not just TikTok toys
    • E-7 Wedgetail survives the axe—barely
    • Reaper drone crash blames... geography?

    ⏱️ Timestamps:
    00:00 – Mic check fail and allergy struggle bus
    02:00 – Operator Training Summit promo
    03:45 – NATO troops & withdrawal warnings
    04:50 – $150M to fast-track Air Force One
    05:45 – F-35C crash near Lemoore
    06:50 – M18 pistol inspections after fatality
    08:30 – Chief Master Sergeant vs. Facebook rumors
    09:50 – Bomber demand through the roof
    10:45 – F-16 super squadron shifts to Osan
    11:35 – Airmen honored for Tama River rescue
    12:30 – MQ-9 crash blames faulty parts—and location?
    13:30 – Space Force wants attention in joint ops
    14:20 – Senate tosses $21B into DoD (plus $800M to Ukraine)
    15:00 – Wedgetail survives; Space Force flatlines
    15:45 – Fort Huachuca pitched for Space Force radar
    16:15 – Automation taking over weapons testing
    17:00 – Drone defenses must be layered, not wishful
    17:45 – Military + commercial space: hurry up and collaborate
    18:30 – Merch shoutouts and Peaches exits stage left

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  • Ep 494: US Navy Rear Admiral to Whiskey Mogul: Scott Sanders' Side Quest Is Better Than Your Main Mission
    Aug 1 2025

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    Scott Sanders didn’t just go from Navy E-2 to Admiral—he took that momentum and barrel-rolled straight into crafting world-record bourbon and hunting MIAs in Cambodia. The Ones Ready crew sits down with the Tobacco Barn Distillery co-founder and Tours of Duty partner to talk Navy aviation, smacking SEAL brothers, bourbon snobbery, and what it means to chase purpose post-uniform. If you’ve ever wanted to drink patriotism straight from a bottle or launch a 500-lb barrel out of a C-130, this episode’s for you. Oh, and PSA: don’t mix good bourbon with Coke unless you want to get dropkicked by Trent.

    🔥 Key Takeaways:

    • Scott went from E-2 Navy aircrew to Admiral—because why not?
    • Tobacco Barn Distillery’s first bourbon set world records. Casual.
    • Tours of Duty sends teams to recover America’s MIAs—Scott helps fund it with booze.
    • His family makes Top Gun look like a JV team: SEALs, pilots, cyber command.
    • Bourbon snobbery hits hard—mixing with soda gets you banned from the house.
    • Want to solve world peace? Just send Scott with a bottle and a passport.

    ⏱️ Timestamps:
    00:00 – Tasty Gains, caffeine problems, and the new merch drop
    03:21 – Who is Scott Sanders? From Navy flight deck to distillery
    06:05 – The Navy’s coolest patch and E-2 Hawkeye life
    14:53 – Aviation chaos, comms confusion, and figuring it out on the fly
    23:57 – Why becoming an Admiral from a Hawkeye is rare as hell
    28:51 – Navy SEAL brothers and family military smack talk
    32:08 – Entrepreneurial lessons from war zones to whiskey barrels
    35:23 – Peaches gets roasted (again) for having it all together
    38:22 – Bourbon snob rules: no Coke, no Crown, no excuses
    40:09 – Partnering with Tours of Duty to bring heroes home
    49:41 – Air-dropping bourbon barrels? Yes, please.
    52:45 – How Scott might be the real path to global peace
    56:03 – How to get the special edition Tours of Duty bottle
    57:08 – Final thoughts, relentless obsession, and advice for the next chapter

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