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Ones Ready

Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras

A team of active duty Combat Control (CCT), Pararescue (PJ), and Special Reconnaissance (SR) leveraging our 69 years of special operations experience to make the next generation of operators smarter, faster and stronger than we ever were. We are the PREMIERE resource for all things Air Force Special Warfare. The Ones Ready Podcast is honest talk about what it is like to go from a know-nothing high school graduate to an elite Special Operator. We will cover important practices for success including physical training, nutrition, recovery, and mindset traits essential to any team. Join us in The Team Room to get all your questions answered!! With battle-tested operators from across USAF SPECWAR and far-reaching web of recruiters, subject matter experts, and friends, there are no questions we can’t answer- and if we can’t, we know exactly where to look. See you in The Team Room!Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the OnesReady team are those of the team and do not reflect the official policy or position of the DoD. Any content provided by our Podcast guests, bloggers, sponsors, or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign the DoD, any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone. 

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  • Saturday · 35 min

    SEALs Want Chapman's Medal - Ep 624

    Send us Fan Mail Aaron, Trent, and Peaches jump straight into the renewed fight over MSgt John Chapman, Takur Ghar, and the Medal of Honor narrative after new reels and an upcoming documentary challenge the accepted account of what happened on that mountain. And this one is personal. The crew lived through the era, knew people directly connected to the event, watched the years of investigation that went into Chapman’s Medal of Honor upgrade, and remember the resistance surrounding it. So when a new documentary suggests Chapman was killed within minutes of the second insertion — and questions whether he deserved the Medal of Honor — the standard for evidence gets very high, very fast. Aaron lays out the central problem: if you are going to overturn an account supported by years of ISR analysis, AC-130 crews, ground participants, Pentagon review, and the eventual Medal of Honor decision, you need something more than a different interpretation. You need evidence strong enough to completely change the picture. Trent questions the timing, the framing, and the long history surrounding the controversy. Peaches pushes back on attacking individual SEALs, including Slabinski, while also asking the uncomfortable question: who benefits from reopening this fight now? They also dig into the allegation that the ISR timestamps are wrong, radio-call arguments, conflicting accounts, the Medal of Honor Museum controversy, the difference between questioning evidence and simply introducing doubt, and why this documentary has put itself in a brutally difficult position. Nobody on this episode claims to have watched the full release yet. In fact, they repeatedly say the opposite: they intend to watch it, look at the evidence, and change their minds if the evidence earns it. But the bar is simple: If you are going to overturn the call on the field, the replay better be undeniable. Links: OnesReady.com OperatorTrainingSummit.com Chapters: 01:01 - The Chappie Controversy Is Back 01:47 - Why Peaches Responded 02:47 - “The Truth Matters” 04:23 - Eight Years After the Medal of Honor 04:56 - Why the Timing Raises Questions 05:50 - The ISR Work Behind the Medal Upgrade 06:58 - Is This Becoming Another Internet Investigation? 08:06 - The Timestamp Argument 09:10 - If It Wasn’t Chapman, Who Was It? 11:14 - Has the AFSOC Story Ever Really Changed? 13:02 - Who Actually Benefits? 15:21 - Did They Say Chapman Didn’t Deserve It? 17:07 - Playing the Reel 20:47 - Medal of Honor Museum Fallout 24:22 - Nobody Here Is Asking for Slab’s Medal 26:09 - Why This Looks Bad for the SEAL Community 28:26 - Is This About Evidence or Introducing Doubt? 29:59 - What Would Change Peaches’ Mind? 31:27 - Trent’s Prediction 32:28 - Aaron’s Standard: Clear and Incontrovertible 33:25 - Monday Better Be a Home Run Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • Friday · 58 min

    OTS FAQs II - Ep 623

    Send us Fan Mail Peaches goes solo to finish another stack of Operator Training Summit questions — or at least tries to before the ribs downstairs start calling his name. This is OTS FAQ Part 2, and it starts with one of the biggest questions candidates ask: what actually gets people through the hardest parts of selection and the job? Peaches’ answer is pretty simple. Train your ass off. Build confidence through preparation. Get comfortable spending a lot of time on your feet. Run. Swim. Ruck. Be durable. And understand that the physical version of you that gets through selection may not be the version of you that your operational team eventually needs. Then he gets into what actually makes a good teammate: integrity, reliability, communication, stress tolerance, teamwork, trainability, fitness, and drive. The inverse is just as important. If people cannot trust you, cannot rely on you, or have to constantly motivate you to do your job, you become a liability fast. The episode also hits peer reviews, breath-hold apps, the four stupid mistakes candidates keep making, why dangerous jobs are still worth doing, and an easy way to build push-up volume without pretending every workout needs to be some heroic event. Then things widen out: drone warfare, one-way attack drones, counter-UAS, and why the next fight will probably look very different from Iraq or Afghanistan. Peaches also gives his mental-toughness trick: get on a treadmill, shut off every distraction, remove the clock, and live inside the suck. If you say you are running six miles, run six miles. Stop when the job is finished, not when it becomes uncomfortable. He also breaks down Whoop recovery scores, why yellow does not mean “take the day off,” how people sabotage themselves by redlining every workout, and why backing off to 70–80% can actually produce more useful weekly training volume. Then there is pipeline-specific stuff: possible two-week prep between BMT and SWAS, when spouses may join you, BAH questions, how fast a “good runner” should actually be, why Rocket Fins destroy your feet, what gear you can bring, and one of the most important lessons Peaches learned at Combat Dive School: Eat. Everything. You are not there to get shredded. You are there to pass. If midnight cookies and chips keep you fueled enough to survive the next dive, congratulations — you just discovered performance nutrition. Also: ribs, soul mac and cheese, Velveeta, creamed corn, and why there will apparently be a Part 3. Links: OnesReady.com OperatorTrainingSummit.com Chapters: 01:06 - OTS FAQ Part 2 Begins 05:50 - What Gets People Through Selection? 09:41 - What Makes a Good Teammate? 16:00 - Breath-Hold Training and Peer Reviews 18:16 - Biggest Candidate Mistakes 20:10 - Why Choose a Job Where You Could Die? 23:25 - How to Build Push-Ups Fast 26:50 - How Drone Warfare Changes the Fight 29:59 - Mental Toughness Without Distractions 34:30 - Whoop, Recovery, and Training Readiness 38:39 - Should You Take Recovery Weeks? 41:56 - Is a SWAS Prep Course Coming Back? 43:05 - Spouses, BAH, and Pipeline Logistics 46:06 - How Fast Should a Good Runner Be? 47:20 - Why Your Feet Cramp in Rocket Fins 49:11 - What Can You Bring Into the Pipeline? 49:54 - Should You Eat Everything You Can? 53:50 - Midnight Snacks Saved Combat Dive School 55:10 - Ribs, Soul Mac, and Part 3 Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • September 14 · 21 min

    PJ reacts to the rescue of Dude 44B - Ep 622

    Send us Fan Mail This isn’t analysis. This isn’t politics. This is raw. Aaron unloads on what just happened—and why it matters more than anything you’re arguing about online. Helicopters shot off target. Aircraft lost. Teams hit, patched up, and went right back on alert. Because someone was alone, injured, and needed help. That’s it. That’s the mission. This is CSAR stripped down to its core: no ego, no Instagram, no “pipeline hype.” Just one question—are you going to risk everything to bring someone home? Aaron makes it painfully clear: nobody cares about your run times, your programming, or your opinions. When it’s real, the only thing that matters is whether you’re willing to go when everyone else can’t. If that question makes you uncomfortable… good. It should. ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Turn This Off If You Want “Safe” Opinions 01:30 This Was a Historic CSAR Event 03:30 Helicopters Hit—And They Still Went Back 05:00 This Isn’t Sexy. This Is The Job 06:30 Are You Going or Not? 08:00 No One Cares About Your Fitness Stats 09:30 The Reality of Risk & Sacrifice 11:00 Why CSAR Is Different 13:00 The Dumbest Internet Arguments Right Now 15:00 The Only Thing That Matters—Did You Bring Him Home? 17:00 Brotherhood, Duty, and Zero Hesitation 19:00 This Career Field Isn’t What You Think 21:00 Final Thought—Earn It Every Day 🎯 Call-to-Actions: 👍 Like if this hit you in the chest 🔔 Subscribe for real conversations that matter 💬 Comment—would you go? No BS 🌟 Leave a review if you respect the mission 🪖 Join the Ones Ready Membership 👕 Check out onesready.com for merch Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • September 14 · 35 min

    Run More! - Ep 621

    Send us Fan Mail Peaches is stuck at home with FOMO while the boys are at Operator Training Summit Pennsylvania, and somehow that turns into exactly what candidates need to hear again: you are probably not running enough. Trent and Peaches start with OTS updates, CrossFit Hershey, Pennsylvania, Miami University in Ohio, and Vegas in December. Then Peaches brings up something he has been noticing online: everyday recruiters and MTIs are putting in real mileage. Not candidates training for one of the hardest pipelines on the planet. Recruiters. MTIs. Air Force members with normal jobs who are running 20, 25, even 40 miles a week because they care about fitness, mental health, professional image, and being ready for life. Which raises the obvious question: if they can do it, why are pipeline candidates still acting like a mile and a half is the finish line? The boys break down the difference between passing the test and preparing for the life. Air Force Special Warfare candidates need more than a passing Initial Fitness Test. They need the aerobic base to absorb long days, recover, move under load, ruck, run, swim, train again, and not fold when volume stacks up. They also talk about why OTS exposes people so quickly. It is not selection. It is not a pipeline smoke session. It is two days of coaching: land day, water day, running, rucking, mobility, pool work, instruction, and mentorship. And still, people get absolutely smoked. That should tell you something. Then the conversation swings into MTIs, BMT, cones, cadre wakeups, student shenanigans, Air Force investment in Basic Military Training, and why trainees need to understand that MTIs are not the enemy. They are the people trying to turn 60 random civilians into Airmen in seven and a half weeks. Bottom line: minimum standards are not the goal. If you are serious about Air Force Special Warfare, stop training like a normal person trying to pass a test. Build the engine. Run more. Recover better. Stay consistent. And quit acting shocked when the people around you are outworking you. Links: OnesReady.com OperatorTrainingSummit.com Chapters: 00:00 - Ones Ready Intro 01:04 - ATACLETE and Partner Discounts 02:10 - Jared Pietras Sent You a Discount Code 02:40 - Ohio and Vegas OTS Updates 03:13 - Christmas OTS in Vegas 03:23 - Peaches Has Pennsylvania OTS FOMO 04:08 - What’s Happening at CrossFit Hershey 04:34 - The Podcast Must Go On 05:03 - Missing OTS Hits Different 05:33 - New Guest Instructor at OTS 06:00 - Are Candidates Running Enough? 06:59 - OTS Alumni Keep Hearing the Same Message 08:10 - Recruiters Are Putting in Work 08:34 - 40.9 Miles in One Week 08:55 - Running for Mental Health and Life 09:35 - MTIs and Recruiters Training Hard 10:09 - Hyrox, Running, and Real Fitness 10:51 - Grandma Is Outworking Pipeline Candidates 11:57 - Why Are Normal Airmen Doing More? 12:37 - Professional Image Matters 13:22 - Stop Making Excuses for Looking Unprepared 14:33 - What Started Their Fitness Push? 15:31 - Why OTS Breaks People Into Mileage Groups 16:00 - Your Numbers Become Your Identity 16:31 - Getting Around Fit People Is Sobering 17:11 - Fitness Is for the Rest of Your Life 18:19 - OTS Is Not Selection 19:06 - Why Candidates Are Starving After Land Day 20:00 - Some People Do Not Come Back for Day Two 20:46 - Long Days Expose Low Volume 21:31 - Cadre Wakeups Are a Gift 22:01 - Clear Instructions and Megaphones 22:38 - Cone Lives Matter 23:20 - Everything Cadre Do Is for You 24:09 - Old-School Cadre Visits 24:59 - Triangle Girls and Keesler Shenanigans 26:14 - Guilty Until Proven Innocent 27:20 - Can Trainees Escape BMT? 27:57 - The McDonald’s Sign at Basic 28:56 - MTIs Are on Your Side 29:48 - Imagine Managing 60 Random Civilians 30:38 - Air Force Investment in BMT 3.0 31:33 - Cut Your MTI Some Slack 31:55 - How to Find an Air Force Recruiter 33:06 - Find a Recruiter Putting in Miles 33:34 - Ohio, Vegas, and Christmas OTS 34:06 - Like, Subscribe, and Go Run Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • September 11 · 4 hr 37 min

    Teamroom LIVE with Nate, Jake, Ben, and Aaron

    Send us Fan Mail Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • September 10 · 17 min

    MTI Love - Ep 620

    Send us Fan Mail Trent goes solo for a short one before heading to Washington, D.C. for AFA, and somehow the haircut actually matters. He explains that he’ll be at the Second Air Force booth for his day job, helping highlight work being done around Basic Military Training and the future of how the Air Force builds new Airmen. But this episode is not really about Trent, the booth, or anyone trying to turn AFA into a Ones Ready meet-and-greet. It is about the MTIs. Trent makes the case that Military Training Instructors are the single most important link between civilians and the Air Force during those seven and a half weeks of basic training. Policies change, commanders change, paperwork changes, standards get debated forever, and everyone online has an opinion about whether BMT was harder “back in my day.” But the MTIs are still the ones standing in front of flights every day trying to turn brand-new civilians into Airmen. Basic training may not be the most physically demanding thing in the world, especially for people headed toward Air Force Special Warfare, but that is not on the MTIs. Their job is bigger than push-ups and yelling. They are teaching standards, legacy, expectations, discipline, and what it means to put on a uniform that says U.S. Air Force. So if you are going to AFA, especially if you are a chief, colonel, general officer, or anyone with enough rank to make someone’s day, Trent has one request: go talk to the MTIs. Ask them about the job. Ask them about the work. Show them some appreciation. A few honest words from the right person can change how someone sees the last few years of their life and the next few years of their career. Also: Ones Ready, Outside The Wire, members-only chaos, OTS, AFA awkwardness, contractor-life boundaries, and Trent asking you not to tell the MTIs he said nice things because that would be embarrassing. Links: OnesReady.com OperatorTrainingSummit.com Chapters: 00:02 - Trent Solo With a Fresh Haircut 01:02 - Ones Ready, Members, and Outside The Wire 01:43 - Why OTS Exists 02:22 - What Members Only Really Is 03:15 - Trent Is Heading to AFA 03:59 - Why He’ll Be at the Second Air Force Booth 04:43 - Keeping Ones Ready Separate From the Day Job 05:27 - Come See the BMT Work 06:18 - The Focus Should Be the MTIs 07:05 - What Basic Training Should Actually Do 07:58 - BMT Is Not Hard Because of the MTIs 08:44 - MTIs Affect the Next Generation 09:22 - The Hours and Responsibility Are Real 10:10 - Show Some Appreciation at AFA 11:49 - The MTI Link in the Chain 12:40 - Senior Leaders, Be Real People 14:12 - Focus on the MTIs, Not Trent 15:21 - Civilians Become Airmen Here 16:06 - Show the MTIs Some Love 16:32 - Like, Subscribe, and Trent Escapes Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • September 9 · 1 hr 3 min

    ***Sneak Peek***MBRS 97: Posting Your Dream Online Won’t Save You—Performance Will

    Send us Fan Mail This members-only episode goes off the rails in the best way. Peaches and Trent start with social media hopefuls broadcasting their Special Warfare dreams—and break down why visibility without performance can come back to haunt you in the pipeline. From authenticity vs cringe, performers vs non-performers, and why teams eventually protect their own, the conversation rolls into accountability, medals, general officers, Mark Milley, CQ Brown, and why shiny ribbon racks don’t equal integrity. Toss in meme culture, Delta legends, fitness across generations, alcohol, Shot Show chaos, gun safety, and why the military still self-corrects faster than the internet thinks. Messy, funny, real—and exactly why this one stays behind the paywall. ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Members welcome and no-filter mode 02:30 Social media candidates and pipeline reality 06:00 Visibility vs performance 09:30 Authentic weirdos who make it 13:30 Teams protect performers 17:30 Generational shifts and social media pressure 21:00 Meme culture and internet obsession 27:00 Accountability and firing senior leaders 31:00 Ribbon racks, medals, and meaning 36:00 Mark Milley, CQ Brown, and double standards 42:00 Leadership, legality, and obedience 48:00 Delta legends and quiet professionals 52:30 Fitness baselines then vs now 56:00 Alcohol, discipline, and balance 59:30 Shot Show chaos and gun safety 01:02:00 Final member thoughts 🎯 Call-to-Actions: 👍 Like the episode 🔔 Subscribe 💬 Comment if performance still matters 🌟 Leave a review 🪖 Stay a Ones Ready Member 👕 Check out the merch store Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • September 7 · 36 min

    SECWAR Out? - Ep 619

    Send us Fan Mail Aaron and Peaches are back in the team room talking through the rumors around Pete Hegseth, the future of the Secretary of Defense/Secretary of War role, and what all this political turbulence actually means for people thinking about joining the military. This is not a “pick your team and scream online” episode. The point is bigger than one administration, one secretary, or one headline. If you serve long enough, administrations change. Secretaries change. Policies change. Generals get fired, retire, or quietly disappear into the defense-industrial mist. If your entire decision to serve is based on liking or disliking the current political lineup, you are thinking too small. Aaron lays out the Hegseth ledger: if you stripped the name off and only looked at the policies and outputs, there are real wins. But the job is not cable news. The job is not dunking on people online. The job is leading a massive organization, communicating clearly, and not turning every press moment into a viral clip. Peaches and Aaron also get into the tension between cleaning house and creating chaos. Maybe some fired leaders needed to go. Maybe some people speaking out have legitimate concerns. Maybe both can be true. That is the uncomfortable part nobody online wants to hold in their head at the same time. Then the episode detours into GWOT lessons, senior leaders finally pushing back, Afghanistan moral insanity, General Mattis, Dan Driscoll, Tom Tillis, midterm timing, and why big changes usually happen when the public is distracted by football, holidays, and food comas. Also included: Canada slander, Fox News habits, workout optics, fake-weight internet detectives, dog-and-pony shows, General Welsh in Djibouti, BG almost getting Aaron with shenanigans, and the eternal truth that if you want to join, stop waiting for perfect politics and go serve. Links: OnesReady.com OperatorTrainingSummit.com Chapters: 00:00 - Ones Ready Intro 01:04 - ATACLETE and Partner Discounts 02:10 - Modern Athlete Strength Systems 03:15 - Aaron and Peaches in the Team Room 03:42 - Why We’re Talking About SecDef Rumors 04:16 - Trump One, Biden, and Trump Two Context 05:05 - Hegseth Rumors Start Flying 06:30 - Looking at the Hegseth Ledger 07:15 - Policy Wins vs. Optics Problems 08:32 - Do Not Base Service on Politics 09:15 - Dan Driscoll and Generational Damage Claims 10:04 - Fired Generals and Competing Narratives 11:31 - When Multiple Leaders Point at the Same Problem 12:31 - Did GWOT Teach Senior Leaders to Push Back? 13:57 - Iraq, Afghanistan, and Failed Culture Exporting 15:05 - Afghanistan Moral Reality Check 17:05 - Charles Martland and the Cost of Doing Right 18:29 - Back to the Hegseth Question 19:36 - Mattis, Letters, Books, and Public Exits 20:25 - Why Driscoll’s Opinion Carries Weight 21:17 - Midterms and Political Timing 22:24 - When Would a Replacement Actually Happen? 22:48 - The Job Is Not Internet Sparring 23:36 - Canada, Foreign Affairs, and Staying in Your Lane 24:30 - Negative Transfer From Cable News 25:35 - Funny Does Not Mean Useful 26:25 - Can Hegseth Course Correct? 26:45 - What Better Messaging Could Look Like 27:38 - Workout Videos and Bad Optics 28:03 - The Pull-Up Clip Context 29:04 - How to Become a Legend With the Troops 30:08 - Matt Lohmeier Gets It Right 30:57 - Stop Making Dog-and-Pony Shows 31:26 - General Welsh in Djibouti 33:00 - BG Almost Got Aaron 34:00 - What Happens After Midterms? 34:34 - OTS and Ones Ready Wrap-Up 35:06 - Special Warfare Selection Outro Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • September 4 · 22 min

    LINDSAY CLANCY MISTRIAL

    Send us Fan Mail One juror held the line—and the Lindsay Clancy trial ended without a verdict. Aaron and Peaches react to the mistrial in the case involving the deaths of Clancy’s three children. They discuss her insanity defense, the reported pressure surrounding the holdout juror, the possibility of another trial, and whether an impartial jury can still be found after years of national attention. Aaron also challenges the online movement defending Clancy and argues that mental illness can explain someone’s actions without erasing accountability. The conversation expands into justice, political violence, gender double standards, social-media radicalization, and the dangerous precedent created when hormones or psychosis are treated as a complete moral excuse. This is an angry, unsanitized episode about three children Aaron and Peaches believe cannot be forgotten amid the arguments over their mother. Links: OnesReady.com Chapters: 00:00 - Aaron Has Had Enough 01:27 - The Online Defense of Clancy 03:01 - How Did One Juror Hold Out? 04:00 - What the Trial Was Actually About 06:36 - The Defense Targets the Holdout 08:01 - Aaron Called the Mistrial 08:50 - Juror Pressure and Doxxing 10:03 - What Happens After a Mistrial? 11:10 - Could the Holdout Juror Be in Danger? 12:15 - The Double Standard for Fathers 14:20 - The Backlash Against Women 16:17 - Another Collapse in Public Trust 17:12 - Special Pleading and Accountability 18:09 - Remember the Three Victims 18:54 - Can an Impartial Jury Exist? 20:29 - Are Hormones Becoming an Excuse? 22:03 - Aaron’s Final Verdict Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • September 4 · 38 min

    Beards in Valhalla?- Ep 618

    Send us Fan Mail Trent and Peaches are back, and somehow the episode starts with Valhalla, Norse paganism, Air Force beard waivers, and whether everybody suddenly developed shaving trauma at the exact same time. The boys talk about the lengths Airmen will go to for beards, shaving waivers, religious accommodations, fake individuality, and why spending half your professional life trying to dodge grooming standards might be more damaging than the beard itself. Peaches, as the only truly bearded member of Ones Ready, gives the hard truth: beards are not magic, they are more expensive, more maintenance, and your daughter might still roast your old clean-shaven photos. Then it turns into a bigger conversation about military culture. Why has so much of the U.S. military, especially special operations, adopted the whole Norse/Viking/Valhalla thing? Trent and Peaches push back on the cosplay version of warrior identity and make the case that the American military fighting legacy is already heavy enough. You do not need to pretend to be a Viking, samurai, or anything else. The legacy is already right here. From there, they move into fitness, running, and the idea that being better at physical training absolutely makes you better at leadership. It shows discipline, commitment, consistency, and the ability to lead from the front. They break down why most candidates hate running because they train like idiots, why every run does not need to be a death sprint, why heart rate zones matter, and how slowing down can make you faster over time. Also included: maintainers tracking macros, cinnamon rolls with chili, treadmill lies, pavement reality checks, San Antonio hills, Taylor Starch blood-doping at Colorado altitude by existing, the Manitou Incline, and Peaches nearly getting saved by a Ones Ready fan on a mountain trail. Links: OnesReady.com OperatorTrainingSummit.com Chapters: 00:00 - Ones Ready Intro 01:03 - What Is Valhalla? 01:23 - Norse Pagan Beards in the Air Force 02:46 - Why Do People Care This Much About Beards? 03:13 - Peaches Explains Beard Reality 04:38 - Shaving Waivers and Razor Shenanigans 06:23 - Trent’s Anti-Beard SIMSAF Policy 07:54 - Do Beards Make Us More Lethal? 08:53 - Arguing About Beards Is the Problem 09:39 - Individuality or Narcissism? 10:22 - When a Bearded Airman Is Actually Squared Away 11:20 - Maintainers Tracking Macros 12:44 - Cinnamon Rolls With Chili 14:20 - Why Special Operations Loves Viking Stuff 15:44 - American Warrior Legacy Is Enough 18:00 - The 13th Warrior Prayer 18:54 - The Weird Side of Norse Cosplay 19:54 - PT Makes You Better at Everything 21:13 - Learning to Stop Hating Running 22:20 - Heart Rate Training Changes Everything 23:50 - It’s Not the Time, It’s the Miles 25:48 - Zone Two Is Humbling 27:00 - Treadmill Running vs. Real Running 27:59 - Hills Change the Game 30:10 - San Antonio Hill Country Breakdown 31:16 - Taylor Starch at Altitude 32:28 - The Manitou Incline 35:06 - Lightning, Trails, and Podcast Fans 36:05 - OTS Updates and Partner Discounts 37:28 - Members Only Tease Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • September 2 · 1 hr 11 min

    ***Sneak Peek***MBRS 96: Accuracy Isn’t Optional—And Hype Is Breaking the Force

    Send us Fan Mail This members-only episode is a blunt, no-filter conversation between Peaches and Trent—and it goes exactly where it needs to. They bounce from Operator Training Summit updates and deliberate training to beards, uniforms, recruiting hype, Special Reconnaissance misinformation, and why accuracy matters more than motivation. They break down why scale matters in the U.S. military, why influencers selling fantasy jobs are doing real damage, and why being an extension of a capability isn’t the same as being the capability. Add in AI, psyops, SMUs, deterrence, and why some truths will never be public—and you get a classic Ones Ready reminder: the job is harder, messier, and more professional than the internet wants it to be. ⏱️ Revised Timestamps (unchanged, attribution corrected): 00:00 Ones Ready intro and attributes-based reality 02:30 OTS updates and deliberate training explained 06:30 “Hazing” vs skill building 09:00 Scale problems: U.S. vs partner nations 13:40 Beards, uniforms, and morale myths 18:50 Fitness standards and readiness 23:30 Recruiting hype and false expectations 28:40 Special Reconnaissance misinformation 34:30 Accuracy vs motivation reels 40:30 SMUs, CQB, and why you won’t see it 46:00 Venezuela, psyops, and deterrence 51:30 AI, Grok, and truth vs narrative 57:30 Government contracts and incentives 01:03:00 Why transparency has limits 01:08:30 Final thoughts for members Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • August 31 · 1 hr 9 min

    Stop Redlining - Ep 617

    Send us Fan Mail Trent and Peaches bring in Taylor Starch, the mad scientist himself, to answer the questions candidates keep asking at Operator Training Summit. This is part one of the OTS FAQ dump, and it covers a lot: whether dependents can move with you during Zulu, how personal belongings work at selection, how to prevent ear infections, whether you should swim freestyle or combat side stroke, what the pipeline looks like, and what candidates should actually be doing when they have months or years before shipping. Taylor gets into the big one: stop testing your limits every day and start expanding them. Training is not about aggressive overload. It is about progressive overload. Tiny steps, stacked over time, beat the “I destroyed myself on Tuesday and can’t train until Friday” nonsense every time. The crew also talks water confidence, buddy breathing panic, mask and snorkel issues, why you have more air than your brain thinks you do, and why getting water in your mouth is not a crisis — it is part of the job. Then Taylor opens the mobility church: your hips suck, your joints matter, and if something is supposed to move but does not, that is going to show up in treading, running, rucking, pull-ups, and everything else. Rubbing it with a foam roller and pretending it is fixed is not a plan. The episode closes with the answer candidates still do not want to hear: cardio, cardio, cardio. If you are training for Air Force Special Warfare and your aerobic base is trash, everything else gets harder. Build the engine. Strength matters. Water confidence matters. Mobility matters. But if you cannot absorb volume, recover, and keep stacking work, the pipeline is going to find you. Links: OnesReady.com OperatorTrainingSummit.com 00:00 - Ones Ready Intro 01:02 - Why We’re Answering OTS FAQs 01:31 - What Gear and Training Discounts Should I Use? 03:56 - Taylor Starch Joins the FAQ 04:33 - What OTS Events Are Still Open? 05:04 - Why We Started Tracking Candidate Questions 06:21 - Can Dependents Move With You During Zulu? 08:30 - What’s Harder: Pull-Ups or Talking to Gym Crush? 09:00 - How Do I Prevent Ear Infections? 09:38 - Can Taylor Actually Swim? 11:03 - Should I Train Freestyle or Combat Side Stroke? 11:56 - How Long Should I Be Able to Swim Continuously? 12:45 - What Does the Full Pipeline Look Like? 14:08 - Do I Need to Know Every Detail Before I Go? 15:19 - What Are the Best Water-Con Mindset Tips? 16:06 - Why Am I Panicking if I Have Enough Air? 17:13 - How Should I Ramp Training Without a Ship Date? 18:01 - What Is Progressive Overload? 21:00 - Should Training Feel Like Failure? 23:40 - How Much Can Small Weekly Progress Add Up? 27:45 - How Do I Prevent Chafing on Runs and Rucks? 29:58 - Do I Keep My Personal Belongings at Selection? 31:07 - Should I Be Afraid of Passing Out in Water Con? 33:53 - What Do I Do if My Mask Floods? 34:51 - What Happens if I Lose a Fin? 35:56 - How Much Finning Should I Do Before Shipping? 38:51 - Is Active Duty Better Than Guard? 39:49 - Do My Hips Suck? 40:56 - Why Does Mobility Matter So Much? 45:12 - Should I Redline Water Con Every Day? 49:03 - How Does OTS Build Buddy Breathing Progression? 51:58 - How Did Zone Two Change Peaches’ Training? 53:02 - Why Does Volume Build Confidence? 58:00 - How Do I Bulletproof Ankles, Knees, and Hips? 01:01:15 - What Does Balanced Training Look Like? 01:03:31 - Why Is Aerobic Base the Priority? 01:05:00 - What Is the One-Two-Three Training Principle? 01:07:19 - Part Two Is Coming 01:08:02 - OTS and Ones Ready Wrap-Up Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • August 28 · 33 min

    USAF Promotion Fix - Ep 616

    Send us Fan Mail Aaron, Trent, and Peaches are back in the team room talking about something the Air Force should have fixed forever ago: when someone turns down a promotion or loses a line number, that stripe should not just vanish into the bureaucratic shadow realm. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Wolfe is pushing an initiative that would allow those unused promotions to go to the next qualified Airmen in line. Wild concept: if the Air Force says a career field needs ten Tech Sergeants, and two people cannot or will not take the stripe, maybe promote number eleven and twelve instead of kneecapping the career field for no reason. The boys break down how cutoff scores actually work, why the number is not magic, how career fields get hurt when stripes disappear, and why this is one of those rare Air Force changes that is just objectively good. Then it turns into classic Ones Ready: AFPC smoke, Total Force Service Center manning insanity, why knowing a guy at Randolph can magically make the system work, why centralizing admin into one mega-machine broke the personal side of personnel management, and why treating every Airman like a number is not actually fair. To close it out, Aaron pulls up audio from then-Lt Col Dave Goldfein after being shot down over enemy territory. Calm voice. Dead airplane. “Start finding me, boys.” The crew talks about the rescue team, General Tom Palenske leading the helicopter package, Robbie Bean, missiles flying through rotor discs, and why sometimes you launch with incomplete information because Americans go get their people. Also: Trent’s new headphones, Peaches explaining crypto delay, Fat Tony-adjacent bureaucracy energy, Operator Training Summit updates, and the ongoing demand that Ones Ready deserves 100K subscribers. Links: OnesReady.com OperatorTrainingSummit.com Chapters: 00:00 - Ones Ready Intro 00:59 - Peaches Steals the Team Room 01:39 - Trent’s Headphones Deserve Respect 02:06 - What Is Going on in the Air Force? 02:15 - CMSAF Wolfe’s Promotion Fix 03:05 - Why Stripes Used to Disappear 04:48 - Aaron Missed Master by Almost Nothing 05:23 - Air Force Testing Is a Shell Game 07:47 - Turning Down Stripes Hurts the Career Field 08:30 - Cutoff Scores Are Not Magic 09:05 - Space Force Figured This Out First 09:26 - Declination Letters and Chief Stripes 10:30 - When Tiny Career Fields Break the System 12:16 - Good Ideas Still Hit Red Tape 13:52 - The “Back in My Day” Crowd 14:14 - Wolfe Gets a Huge W 15:01 - A1 Might Have to Do Their Job 15:39 - AFPC Smoke Session 16:06 - AFPC Has Way Too Much Power 18:20 - If a Friend Can Fix It, the Rules Are Fake 19:46 - How Centralized Admin Broke the System 20:48 - Six People Running Total Force Chaos 21:31 - Airmen Became Numbers 22:02 - Clovis, Family Reality, and Assignment Pain 22:43 - Functionals, Favors, and Doing the Work 23:49 - Goldfein Shot Down 25:23 - “Start Finding Me, Boys” 25:39 - The Rescue Team Tradition 26:17 - Tom Palenske Led the Rescue 27:41 - Playing the Name Game at Dinner 28:04 - Missiles Through the Rotor Discs 29:30 - Launch Now, Figure It Out 30:24 - Operator Training Summit Updates 31:00 - Help Ones Ready Hit 100K 31:37 - AFA, Travel, and Final Chaos 32:27 - Go Train Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • August 26 · 58 min

    ***Sneak Peek***MBRS 95: This Is What Happens When Reality Finally Breaks Through the Internet

    Send us Fan Mail Peaches and Trent go deep into a brutally uncomfortable reality check—law enforcement use of force, public outrage, double standards, fraud, entitlement, and how the internet distorts people’s ability to think clearly. This isn’t a clean “pick a side” episode. They walk the gray space between legality, morality, stress responses, and lived experience in high-risk environments. From ICE shootings and Venezuela to fraud, taxes, shoplifting, privilege, and the illusion of permanence, the through-line is simple: most people have opinions without context, experience, or accountability. If you’re here for easy answers, you’re in the wrong place. If you’re here to think, welcome back. ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Ones Ready intro and members-only tone 01:30 The ICE shooting and why nuance matters 05:40 Standing in front of vehicles is a bad idea 08:50 Stress responses vs internet certainty 12:30 Use of force, legality, and hindsight traps 16:45 Double standards, fraud, and taxpayer reality 19:50 Bots, outrage cycles, and social media brain rot 24:00 Privilege, entitlement, and embarrassment 29:10 Venezuela, sovereignty, and selective outrage 34:30 Greenland, isolationism, and strategic reality 40:00 Self-care vs capability and responsibility 46:00 Crime, shoplifting, and social decay 52:00 Leadership, risk, and saying the quiet part out loud 🎯 Call-to-Actions: 👍 Like the episode 🔔 Subscribe 💬 Comment your take (if you can keep it coherent) 🌟 Leave a review 🪖 Stay a Ones Ready Member 👕 Check out the merch store Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • August 24 · 1 hr 5 min

    Jungle School - Ep 615

    Send us Fan Mail Aaron, Trent, and Peaches sit down with Justus, a Security Forces airman out of Moody Air Force Base, to talk about one of the nastiest, coolest, and most under-discussed opportunities in the Air Force: jungle warfare training in Panama. Justus walks through how he ended up in the Air Force, why Security Forces was not what he expected, and how a career field that gets roasted constantly can still open doors if you are fit, positive, prepared, and willing to say yes when opportunities show up. He breaks down life in Security Forces, deploying to Prince Sultan Air Base, supporting the F-22 demo team, competing in Defender Challenge, and eventually getting to the 820th Base Defense Group at Moody — a unit built around defending and opening forward air bases in contested environments. Then the episode gets into the real reason he is here: Panama Jungle School. We talk tents, heat, humidity, malaria meds, mosquitoes, botflies, leaf cutter ants, black palm, trench foot, dysentery, wet boots, wet uniforms, and the harsh reality that the jungle itself is usually the hardest enemy. Justus explains the combat water survival assessment, jungle 5K, knot tests, survival phase, food and water procurement, firecraft, shelter building, rope systems, Z-pulley, one-rope bridge, jungle tactics, and the final Green Mile. The best part? He is not bitter, negative, or trying to scare anyone away. His message is simple: Security Forces has opportunities everywhere, but you have to be ready when they appear. Be in shape. Ask questions. Find the people doing hard things. Say yes. If you are in Security Forces, stop telling yourself the job is just gates and patrol cars. There is more out there. Go find it. 00:00 - Intro and Ones Ready 01:04 - Panama Jungle School Preview 03:44 - Justus Joins the Team Room 04:20 - How Justus Joined the Air Force 06:08 - Security Forces Is More Than the Jokes 06:42 - Basic Training and Tech School 09:10 - Langley, Gates, Patrols, and Reality 11:44 - Defender Challenge Opportunity 12:21 - What Is the 820th Base Defense Group? 14:12 - Mindset Changes the Career Field 17:36 - Base Defense Group Mission and Schools 20:28 - Air Assault on Short Notice 22:05 - Panama and the Jungle School Opportunity 24:23 - Training, Tryouts, and Preparation 27:07 - Arriving at Fort Sherman 29:18 - Bugs, Plants, and Things That Want You Dead 33:25 - Wet Boots for Three Weeks 34:16 - Combat Water Survival Assessment 36:38 - Fail Early, Stay Anyway 37:04 - The Jungle 5K Gut Check 40:18 - Why Jungle Movement Is Different 42:05 - Survival, Tactics, and the Jungle Is Neutral 44:44 - Food, Water, Traps, Fire, and Shelter 46:27 - Finding Fun in the Suck 47:04 - Jungle Tactics Are Different 48:51 - Rope Systems and the Z-Pulley 50:48 - Boot and Training Recommendations 52:58 - Can Airmen Outside the 820th Go? 54:09 - Culminating Exercise Prep 54:58 - Accepting the Jungle 59:12 - The Green Mile 01:01:44 - What Is Next for Justus? 01:03:10 - 824th Base Defense Squadron Shoutout 01:03:52 - Why More Airmen Should Go 01:04:16 - Final Thoughts Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • August 22 · 10 min

    Justice or Excuse?

    Send us Fan Mail Three children were murdered. So why is so much of the conversation focused on protecting the person who killed them? In this solo edition of Outside The Wire, Trent examines a mother’s admitted killing of her three children and the defense’s claim that postpartum psychosis diminished her responsibility. Trent argues that mental illness may help explain an action, but it does not erase the victims or eliminate the need for justice. Drawing on Immanuel Kant’s philosophy of punishment, Trent makes the case for capital punishment—not as revenge, deterrence, or spectacle, but as the consequence deserved for deliberately taking innocent lives. The question is brutally simple: when guilt is not disputed, should psychological illness change what justice requires? Links: OnesReady.com Chapters: 00:00 - Justice for Three Children 01:18 - The System Makes Mistakes 02:28 - What Immanuel Kant Said About Punishment 03:07 - Justice Is Not Revenge 04:52 - Does Psychosis Excuse Murder? 05:39 - Stop Forgetting the Victims 07:21 - Trent’s Case for the Death Penalty 08:20 - A World Without Responsibility 09:45 - Justice or Excuse? Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • August 17 · 1 hr 5 min

    Sound Reset - Ep 614

    Send us Fan Mail Peaches and Trent sit down with returning guest Marc Esposito and Henry Penix from Soaak for a deep dive into sound frequency compositions, sleep, nervous system regulation, and the future of human performance. Marc explains how retirement led him into the human performance space, working with universities, the military, academia, and industry to help optimize the human weapon system. He also explains why he was initially skeptical of Soaak, why the science started making sense, and why he was willing to put his reputation behind it. Henry breaks down how Soaak uses clinically tested sound frequency compositions instead of generic YouTube frequency tracks. The goal is not magic, not crystals, not woo-woo nonsense — it is using targeted frequencies to help with sleep, anxiety, depression, nervous system reset, low energy, recovery, and performance. The team gets into why sleep is the foundation of human performance, how wearable data from devices like Whoop, Garmin, Oura, Fitbit, Apple Watch, and Samsung Watch can help guide frequency recommendations, and how Soaak is building AI-driven personalized frequency compositions based on what your body is showing in the moment. Marc also talks through his own testing, including using Soaak after brutal threshold work in Texas heat and dropping his heart rate from nearly 190 beats per minute to 80 in about 15 minutes. The conversation also covers stress load, allostatic load, sympathetic and parasympathetic states, PTSD-like symptoms, recovery, family life, and why operators have to learn how to come down after living in fight-or-flight mode for years. This episode is not saying sound frequencies replace hard work. They do not. But if something can help you sleep better, reset faster, recover harder, and show up more functional for your team and your family, that is worth paying attention to. Use code ONESREADY at Soaak.com. Links: - Soaak.com / Promo code: ONESREADY - OnesReady.com - OperatorTrainingSummit.com - ATACLETE / Promo code: ONESREADY - Modern Athlete Strength Systems / Promo code: ONESREADY Chapters: 00:00 - Intro and Ones Ready 01:05 - Soaak Episode Preview 02:45 - Marc Esposito and Henry Penix Join 03:07 - Marc’s Retirement and Human Performance Work 05:13 - Why Marc Took Soaak Seriously 06:34 - Sound Frequencies Are Not New 07:36 - Operators, Sleep, and Coming Down From Fight-or-Flight 08:05 - Why White Noise and Apps Matter 09:15 - Wearables, Data, and What to Do With It 10:17 - Henry’s Background and Why Soaak Exists 12:46 - From Clinic Modality to Sound Frequency Compositions 13:33 - Sympathetic Resonance Explained 15:03 - Sleep as Soaak’s Most Used Frequency 16:02 - Targeting Sleep, Anxiety, Depression, and Reset 16:50 - How Frequencies Are Built and Tested 20:35 - Why Frequency Effects Make Sense 22:06 - Marc’s Central Nervous System Reset Testing 23:18 - Heart Rate Recovery After Brutal Work 24:26 - Performance, Recovery, and Free Chicken 25:26 - Hypervigilance, Family Life, and Coming Home Normal 27:07 - From 188 Beats Per Minute to 80 29:21 - General Minihan and Sleep Efficiency 32:33 - Sleep as the Foundation of Performance 33:23 - Dual Audio and Listening in the Background 35:27 - Getting Frequency Effects Without Extra Equipment 37:43 - Military Compliance and Group Use 38:23 - Sleep Without More Pills 39:43 - Wearable Integration and AI Personalization 43:05 - Brain Maps, PTSD, and Long-Term Support 43:58 - Neurofeedback-Type Effects 46:06 - One Percent Better Adds Up 46:49 - Studies, Sleep Records, and Frequency Library 49:12 - Stress-Related Doctor Visits 49:49 - Epic Fury, Stress, and Mental Health Evacuations 51:41 - Readiness, Lethality, and Allostatic Load 54:07 - Teaching Young Warfighters to Regulate 55:11 - The Rubber Band Stress Analogy 57:25 - Frequencies Underwater 59:45 - Tinnitus, Earbuds, and Meeting People Where They Are 01:01:11 - Soaak Code for Ones Ready Listeners 01:02:04 - Use Code ONESREADY 01:02:54 - Tinnitus and Frequency Use 01:03:38 - Final Links and Wrap-Up Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • August 14 · 1 hr 12 min

    Be Like BG Palenske - Ep 613

    Send us Fan Mail Peaches and Trent sit down with retired Brigadier General Tom Palenske, and this one turns into a masterclass on leadership without all the fake corporate nonsense. Palenske walks through one of the wildest career arcs we have had on the podcast: Goodyear factory kid from Topeka, Army National Guard helicopter door gunner, warrant officer, Huey and Black Hawk pilot, Air Force officer, MH-53 pilot, CV-22 squadron commander, wing commander, deployed special operations leader, and eventually a brigadier general who still sounds like a normal human being. He talks about what it was like flying the lead MH-53 during the rescue of then-Lieutenant Colonel Dave Goldfein after he was shot down over Serbia, why the MH-53 was the ugliest-coolest helicopter ever built, and why the CV-22 gets more hate than it deserves. He also tells stories about combat, fear, missiles, A-10s, fast ropes, and why sometimes the only plan is to press forward because the mission still needs doing. The conversation also gets into the stuff officers especially need to hear: rank and competence are not the same thing, people do not work for you, leadership means removing obstacles, accountability does not require cruelty, and your job is to help people reach their potential. Palenske also talks about suicide prevention, why airmen need more than one identity, how fellowship builds resiliency better than another useless CBT, why commanders should get out of their offices and talk to people, and why real connection matters more than another policy memo. The episode wraps with his unexpected run for office in Kansas, his view of politics, his love for his wife Jaron and their family, and the one leadership lesson that keeps coming back: be good, take care of people, and leave a positive impact. Links: - OnesReady.com - OperatorTrainingSummit.com - palenske4kansas.com Chapters: 00:00 - Intro and Ones Ready 01:05 - Be Like Tom 01:34 - ATACLETE and Partner Discounts 02:39 - Operator Training Summit Updates 05:55 - Retired Brigadier General Palenske Joins 07:34 - Why Airmen Loved Working With Him 08:27 - Rank and Competence Are Not the Same 09:20 - Enlisted, Officer, and Not Getting Weird 10:46 - Eight General Officer Counselings 11:53 - The Best Part of Being a General 13:25 - From Topeka to the Army National Guard 16:33 - Becoming a Helicopter Pilot 18:16 - Joining the Air Force 19:00 - AFSOC, MH-53s, and Combat Deployments 20:20 - Goldfein Rescue and the Distinguished Flying Cross 21:21 - CV-22s, Command, and Becoming a General 23:02 - Goldfein Did Not Know Who Rescued Him 26:02 - Missiles, Serbia, and Launching Without Perfect Comms 29:15 - The A-10 Debrief 29:53 - MH-53 Hovering and Fast Rope Abuse 31:26 - Why the MH-53 Was Ugly but Awesome 31:51 - In Defense of the CV-22 33:13 - The CV-22 Combat Story 36:28 - Mental Health Evacuations and Epic Fury 38:16 - Are Young Airmen Really the Problem? 39:48 - Training, Fear, and Combat Stress 42:12 - Stress Inoculation Matters 43:39 - Leadership Before Mental Health Referrals 45:19 - Retiring Into Civilian Life 46:05 - Running for Office in Kansas 49:23 - Politics, Factions, and Doing the Work 49:59 - Food Trucks, Slip-n-Slides, and Wing Culture 52:18 - Walking Around and Talking to Airmen 52:50 - Suicide Prevention Through Connection 55:38 - Let Weird People Find Their People 56:38 - Accountability With Compassion 58:56 - Failing Without Being Defined by Failure 01:00:49 - The One-Mistake Air Force Problem 01:01:30 - The Four DUI Joke 01:05:09 - Taking Care of Airmen 01:05:46 - What Actually Matters When You Die 01:07:04 - Jaron, Family, and Eating Indoors 01:08:26 - Pelenske for Kansas 01:10:16 - Why Can’t We Just Be Good? 01:10:57 - Final Wrap Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • August 10 · 25 min

    Flock Off

    Send us Fan Mail The cameras aren’t just watching traffic—they may be building your pattern of life. Peaches and Trent break down the expanding Flock camera network after an outdated homicide alert reportedly led police to box in an innocent vehicle and hold its occupants at gunpoint. From automated license-plate readers outside gun ranges to AI-powered cameras capable of following people, the technology raises one massive question: who is collecting this data, and what are they doing with it? They examine false alerts, facial biometrics, political bumper-sticker searches, private businesses sharing data through larger networks, and the difference between protecting property and allowing the government to monitor citizens everywhere they go. Security sounds great—until the system gets it wrong. Links: OnesReady.com Chapters: 00:00 - Welcome Outside The Wire 00:32 - What Are Flock Cameras? 01:28 - An Outdated Alert Turns Dangerous 02:20 - When the System Gets It Wrong 04:20 - Cameras Outside a Gun Range 05:14 - Why Are They Tracking Gun Owners? 06:23 - Security Versus Surveillance 08:11 - Your Biometrics Never Disappeared 10:05 - It’s More Than License Plates 10:47 - AI Cameras That Follow People 12:24 - Building Your Pattern of Life 13:34 - Tracking Political Views 14:51 - Who Controls the Data? 16:00 - Doorbell Cameras Versus Government Cameras 16:57 - Government Isn’t Your Bodyguard 20:18 - How Many Cameras Are Near You? 22:57 - The Surveillance Mesh Network 23:44 - What Citizens Can Do 24:25 - Liberty or Temporary Safety? Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

  • August 10 · 24 min

    DSA Explained

    Send us Fan Mail What do America’s democratic socialists actually want? Trent skipped the social-media outrage and went directly to the Democratic Socialists of America’s own platform. In this solo edition of Outside The Wire, Trent examines the DSA’s vision of life without capitalism—including publicly funded housing, healthcare, retirement, food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation. He challenges who would pay for it, what would motivate innovation, and whether the entire system depends on pretending human nature doesn’t exist. Trent also separates free markets from crony capitalism, explains where he agrees with the DSA’s criticisms, and argues that recognizing real problems doesn’t make their proposed solutions any less destructive. Links: OnesReady.com Chapters: 00:00 - Why Trent Read the DSA Platform 02:33 - Capitalism Isn’t the Whole Problem 05:00 - Free Markets Versus Crony Capitalism 07:27 - Who Actually Pays for Everything? 09:32 - The Ayn Rand Warning 11:56 - Socialism Meets Human Nature 14:19 - Permanent Summer Vacation 16:47 - Where Trent Agrees With the Left 19:06 - Healthcare, War, and Abolishing ICE 21:33 - Valid Problems, Terrible Solutions 23:24 - More Education or More Hot Takes? Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...

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