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What happens when a guy born in Mexico, raised in Montana, gets denied reentry into the Air Force for nearly six years—and comes back swinging as Puerto Rico’s first full-time AFSW recruiter? You get this episode.

Peaches sits down with a recruiter who has seen every side of the Air Force: enlisted mechanic, disgruntled civilian, determined returnee, and now the face of Special Warfare recruiting across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. This live Q&A is raw, real, and packed with advice you won’t find in any pamphlet.

They cover everything from sneaky prior-service roadblocks and cross-training myths to what it’s like building a pipeline in a place where half the population still thinks “military” just means “Army.” If you're thinking about enlisting, crossing over, or even just wondering if 5'2" is too short to ruck 10 miles—this one’s for you.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

• It took him 5 years and 8 months to get back in—but he never quit.
• Puerto Rico gets its first-ever full-time Special Warfare recruiter (and it shows).
• Prior-service lists? Yeah, they're real—and limited AF.
• Physical standards matter, but mental reps are what’ll save you.
• Yes, 5'2" is fine. So is being 33. You’re not washed. Yet.
• Don’t bring your whole family during the pipeline. You’ll regret it.
• The recruiter isn’t “just” a recruiter—they’re the front line of this community.
• A bachelor's degree doesn’t make you too good to enlist.
• “Three workouts a day” isn’t a joke—it’s the minimum for some of these applicants.
• He talks trash on purpose to weed out the weak. And it works.

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Welcome: Peaches forgets names again
01:00 – Recruiter origin story: Mexico ➝ Montana ➝ Mechanic ➝ Perseverance
06:00 – 5 years to rejoin: Why it took so long
10:30 – Puerto Rico’s first full-time AFSW recruiter
14:00 – Motivating the “can’t do a pull-up” crowd
18:00 – 33-year-old female asks how to support AFSW (we got you)
22:00 – “Enlisted is not beneath you”—Peaches breaks down the roles
26:00 – Why going officer isn’t always better
30:00 – Six-year contract bene

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In this absolute banger of an episode, Peaches and Trent casually disassemble the military-industrial complex, parenting guilt, British censorship, and how not to run a drone program… all while planning t-shirt logistics and surviving haunted Airbnbs. It’s like sitting in on a leadership meeting, a roast, and an existential crisis—all at the same time.

We kick things off with crop dusters—no, not the fart kind, the literal aircraft AFSOC spent $2 billion on instead of investing in drone tech that actually works at elevation. Then we spiral into public affairs drama (hi PAO 👋), complain about retired intel officers who suddenly think they know how to run special ops, and go deep on fatherhood and why we’ll never get it right (but we’re gonna keep trying anyway).

There’s also a solid takedown of British “hate speech” laws, a nostalgic breakdown of the chaos of pipeline prep, and a reminder that the best way to become famous is to get arrested by the UK’s constables.

You’ll laugh, you’ll get fired up, you’ll want to call your kid and apologize for being on your phone earlier.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

• AFSOC spent $2 billion on a glorified crop duster that can’t fly far, high, or long. But hey, at least it looks like it does something.
• Our drone program? Worth about 1.3% of that. But sure, let’s keep crashing them into Walmart roofs.
• Military leadership sometimes cares more about “protecting the image” than fixing the actual problems.
• Honest feedback is rare because people look up to you—until they're behind your back calling your event “mid.”
• Being a dad is mostly wondering if you were emotionally unavailable this week or just tired.
• If you’re gonna shoot someone in self-defense—make sure they’re dead. Not our words, just... ask any cop.
• The British will arrest you for saying mean things in a group chat. Jared hopes they try.
• Haunted Airbnbs are still better than futons.
• Introverts are people too. They just talk less and feel more.
• Being real gets you shadowbanned. Being loud gets you cancelled. But being honest? That gets you members.

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The Pentagon’s busy doing backflips to avoid picking a side in the Israel-Iran slugfest, while the U.S. military quietly scrambles tankers, evacuates families, and acts like $300 is enough to survive Naples, Italy. Meanwhile, Air Force tankers take center stage, hypersonic weapons get a reboot (because we’re behind... again), and Space Force finally gets a toy that isn’t just PowerPoint.

Plus: AI flight scheduling, Normandy’s long-overdue tribute, the F-35’s never-ending upgrade saga, and why the Naval Academy’s race-based admissions policy should’ve died long ago. Add some Trump, NATO posturing, and North Korean diplomacy (lol) for flavor. You’ll either be informed, outraged, or both—so grab your pre-workout and dive in.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

• 🤖 Pose Fitness App now judges your form like an angry cadre—first 30 days are free with code ONESREADY.
• 💥 Pentagon tiptoeing around Israel-Iran, but deploying Nimitz and KC-46s says otherwise.
• 💸 $300 relocation aid for military families fleeing the Middle East? That’s not even a Costco run.
• 🚀 Hypersonic catch-up mode: AGM-183 revived after delays in newer programs.
• 🧠 AI flight scheduling hits Misawa—Moneyball for jets is officially a thing.
• 🕊️ Normandy honors badassery of the 8th Air Force—finally.
• 🛰️ Space Force receives METRO LANDS counter-comm system. Jam away, Guardians.
• 🎭 Trump signals talks with Iran (bet you $5 they ghost).
• 🇷🇺 NATO planning to bring the pain to Russian soil if things pop off.
• 🔁 South Korea seeks DMZ dialogue, again (good luck with that).
• ✈️ F-35 still mid-glow up—delays, drama, but Block 4 is the prize.
• 🛩️ Air Force One design creeping forward, and yes, Trump is still involved.
• ⚖️ Naval Academy lawsuit over race-based admissions tossed—meritocracy reboots.
• 🧩 Defense innovation = Lockheed + Silicon Valley? We’ll believe it when it isn’t still in beta.

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro + Pose Fitness Promo
01:00 – Pentagon walks the line on Iran
02:30 – Nimitz, tankers, and U.S. readiness
03:20 – Families evacuated, $300 jokes
04:10 – Air Force tanker

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The Pentagon is getting Spiderwebbed, CENTCOM’s begging for a faster arms dealer, and Iran claims it bagged three F-35s (with CGI receipts, naturally). In this no-holds-barred Daily Drop, Jared rips through the absurdity of base security theater, why our military sales process might as well be faxed from 1996, and why trusting SpaceX while threatening to cancel their contracts is peak DoD dysfunction.

Also—Space Force can’t track satellites if you build a Starbucks next to the antenna, China’s nukes are multiplying like rabbits, and apparently 100% ID checks are optional now? Buckle up—this episode’s a napalm blast of reality for anyone still clinging to the myth that we’re “ready” for the next war. Spoiler: We’re not.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

• 🕷️ Operation Spiderweb proves $500 drones can decimate billion-dollar bombers—Pentagon just realized that’s… bad.
• 🐌 CENTCOM: “Hey, can we please not take 9 months to sell our allies a flashlight?”
• 🎭 Iran claims to down F-35s, but forgets AI flight sim footage ≠ real combat footage.
• 🚫 SpaceX builds our space program, DoD: “We might cancel… because Elon’s mean.”
• 🎯 Travis AFB airlifted 55,000 lbs of aid while PCS chaos continues to crush morale.
• 🧠 Gen. Bussiere talks nukes and AI; Jared wonders if any senior leader actually says anything useful on a podcast.
• 📉 US can't mass 200 fighters without draining the entire planet—awesome.
• 💥 China’s adding 100 nukes a year while we debate TikTok bans.
• 🤷‍♂️ Space Force vs. Real Estate Developers: Guess who’s winning?

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Discount code shill (Go get your ATAKALEAK gear)
01:15 – Pentagon wakes up to drone threats after Ukraine’s Spiderweb
02:50 – Why base security is a joke (Nellis fans, buckle up)
03:45 – CENTCOM wants to unfuck Foreign Military Sales
05:00 – Indo-PACOM hits Force Protection Bravo
05:45 – NORTHCOM beefs up security post-assassination
06:30 – U.S. helps Israel block Iranian missiles
07:00 – Gen. Bussiere: Nukes, AI, and the B-21 flex
08:10 – Travis AFB delivers humanitarian aid (C-17 MVP)
08:50 – PCS chaos and why movers keep ghosting
10:00 – Squadron

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Ones Ready goes scorched earth on the Manda Bay attack—a tragic cocktail of leadership failure, intelligence gaps, and straight-up tactical laziness that left Americans dead and a base in flames. This isn’t just a “bad day at work” story—this is what happens when we let comfort, complacency, and half-baked threat assessments set the tempo.

In this episode, we dissect the 2020 al-Shabaab attack on Manda Bay, Kenya, and the damning DoD report that followed. From unmanned gates to zero reaction plans, we break down just how avoidable this disaster was—and why the term “low-risk” might as well be a death sentence. Hard truths, hard lessons, and no pulled punches.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

“Unlikely target” became the most likely tragedy. Shocker.

Manda Bay had zero guards at the airfield gate… during an active insurgency.

U.S. personnel had no reaction plan in place. None. Zero. Nada.

Intelligence was dismissed, ignored, or watered down until it was meaningless.

Contractors doing critical security roles… and ghosting when it mattered most.

The attackers walked in with RPGs like they were late for a dinner party.

Al-Shabaab exploited every weakness—and the response was too little, too late.

Leadership failed. Period. It wasn’t the troops—it was the system.

"Low risk" doesn't mean "no risk"—especially when the enemy gets a vote.

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro: Why Manda Bay matters
01:10 – What was Manda Bay and why were we there?
03:00 – The al-Shabaab attack timeline: minute by minute
06:30 – What the DoD report really said (and didn’t say)
09:00 – Breakdown of base security—or total lack thereof
12:30 – Who ignored the warnings and why?
15:00 – Leadership accountability: missing in action
17:45 – Contractor chaos and absence of planning
20:10 – Airfield gate security = complete joke
22:00 – Lessons learned vs. lessons ignored
24:00 – Final thoughts: Fix this or it’ll happen again

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The Ones Ready crew is back with your daily drop, and today’s episode is hotter than the LRSO’s payload. Jared breaks down the latest in defense news with a healthy dose of sarcasm, fury, and common sense—none of which were found in the FY26 budget. From the Navy’s sixth-gen fighter dreams to Putin’s never-ending land grab, the episode covers it all. We’re talking U.S. evacuation plans in Bahrain, AFRICOM vs EUCOM turf wars, drone warfare budget gymnastics, and why building a micro nuke in Alaska is finally something to get excited about. Oh, and apparently we’re ready to go to war over Greenland…?

If you like watching bureaucratic chaos unfold in real-time while Jared dunks on generals and defends SpaceX like it’s a religion, this one’s for you.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

• 🛩️ Navy still wants a sixth-gen fighter… but don’t count on the money.
• 🇷🇺 Gen. Dan Cain says Putin’s got expansionist dreams—surprise, surprise.
• 🇵🇦 The Panama Canal is critical, and yeah, Carter may have screwed us.
• 🌍 AFRICOM might be more about officer jobs than strategic necessity.
• 🔬 Drone warfare is stuck in budget limbo pending reconciliation.
• 🚀 Sentinel ICBM testing delayed to 2028… more like “incremental incompetence.”
• ⚛️ Air Force builds a 5MW nuclear reactor in Alaska—finally, something badass.
• 💥 The LRSO cruise missile is real, stealthy, and 10x Hiroshima.
• 🛰️ Space Force gets $29B… but the White House is ghosting on documentation.
• 🇮🇷 Israel hits Iranian nuke sites while Ukraine experiments with fiber-optic drone defenses.
• 🏭 Congress wants dual-use defense factories like it’s 1942.
• 👨‍🚀 Musk vs Trump? Jared sides with SpaceX and the free market.

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro + Pose Fitness & 18A plugs
01:20 – Navy’s fighter dreams vs Air Force priorities
02:40 – Putin won’t stop at Ukraine? Hot takes from Gen. Cain
03:50 – Greenland and Panama: War games or just posturing?
05:20 – US families get the green light to evacuate Bahrain
06:00 – AFRICOM vs EUCOM: Do we really need both?
07:20 – Drone warfare and budget gridlock explained
08:00 – Sentinel ICBM delay & Nunn-McCurdy shoutout
08:45 – Nuclear microre

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What do you get when you mix scarlet berets, dive school lies, and a belt company that quietly shames your Amazon nylon webbing? You get this week’s Ones Ready episode featuring the legendary Greg “Vic” Novickas—a battle-hardened Combat Controller who’s operated at every level of AFSOC and is now rewriting how we prepare the next generation of warfighters.

Vic takes us through his journey from broke in Key West to tactically melting faces across the globe. From diving with inflatable sheep to running human performance integration like a battlefield surgeon, Vic is helping reshape Air Force Special Warfare—from Basic Training mindsets to elite pipeline development. This one’s deep, personal, hilarious, and full of hard truths—just how you like it.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

• Vic joined the Air Force for the most logical reason ever: free ATC training and maybe chicks.
• Dive school: lied to, survived it, became #1 dive team… with snacks.
• Setback? Sucks. But sometimes it makes you a monster. Ask Vic.
• He’s seen it all: 2-1 STS, AFSOC GSU, deployments that turned into selection courses, and team rooms full of chaos.
• The pipeline is broken… and Vic was working to fix it from the inside.
• Human performance isn’t just rehab—it’s how you dominate before, during, and after the mission.
• Resilience is cool… but wouldn’t it be better to not need it so much?
• If your why is just “don’t be trash,” congratulations—you’re normal.
• BrandX Belts: handmade by Vic, more dependable than your chain of command.

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro: Peaches, Trent, and Aaron chaos
01:00 – Meet Vic: CCT, Key West origins, and the pamphlet lies
04:30 – Dive school setbacks, inflatable sheep, and Navy smoke sessions
09:00 – Finding purpose without needing a sob story
13:00 – Why older pipeline candidates (22+) bring the heat
16:00 – First deployment = ski trip? Okay, PJ.
18:00 – Why CCT, PJ, SR, and TACP synergy matters
19:45 – Vic at the AFSOC GSU: real integration, real leadership
22:00 – Bridging the gap: Human Performance meets real world lethality
27:00 – Making students actually think like operators
30:00 – Pipeline fri

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Welcome to your daily dose of blunt-force intel. On this episode of Ones Ready, Peaches breaks down the 12 June Ops Brief with the same energy as a pissed-off NCO finding unbloused boots. From nuclear microreactors to E-7 program death rattles, and shady F-35 budget slashings, this rundown covers everything the Pentagon tried to slip under the radar.

Oh, and did we mention Air Force One is getting a facelift from Qatar... and no one will say what it costs?

This one’s for the operators, the policy nerds, and the junior troops trying to make sense of senior leader decisions that sound like they were made during an Ambien trip.

From partisan posturing to microreactor hype, this episode has one foot in the future and the other on a Congressional landmine. Grab your coffee and prep for turbulence.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

• 🔥 The E-7 Wedgetail might be dead. Twice mentioned. Quietly cut. Command & control bros are not okay.
• 🧨 CENTCOM families given the green light to bounce—tensions with Iran/Israel boiling over.
• 💵 Air Force One is getting a new ride from Qatar. Price tag? None of your business.
• 🛠️ F-35 orders slashed for 2026 in favor of the mysterious new F-47 program.
• ⚛️ A nuclear microreactor is coming to Eielson AFB. Power grid who?
• 🚀 Space Force is finally making moves—with private sector intel, new degree programs, and environmental wins.
• 🧢 Florida Tech launching degrees at Patrick Space Force Base. The nerds are deploying.
• 🧾 Nunn-McCurdy breach on B-52 radar means delays and Congressional re-approval. Government efficiency at its finest.
• 🔧 Peaches goes down a rabbit hole on microreactors. Again. And we support it.

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro, Pose App Plug & Daily Drop Setup
01:20 – National Guard to Handle Protest Security?
02:30 – Air Force One’s Qatari Makeover & Price Opaqueness
03:15 – E-7 Wedgetail Replaced by Space-Based Surveillance?
04:30 – CENTCOM Families Authorized to GTFO
05:00 – AUKUS Pact (Wait, What is That?)
05:30 – Soldiers Vetted for Trump Rally: Standard or Sketch?
06:20 – Microreactor

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