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Ones Ready

Ones Ready

By: Aaron Love Trent Seegmiller and Jared "Peaches" Pietras
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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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  • Ops Brief 138: Daily Drop - 30 Mar 2026 - “Overwhelming Violence” & Middle East Escalation
    Mar 30 2026

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    Peaches is back with a no-BS Daily Drop, and if you’re still pretending the world isn’t heating up… you’re behind.

    We’re talking real movements—82nd Airborne Division heading to the Middle East, the USS Tripoli rolling into CENTCOM, and an E-3 Sentry AWACS getting smoked at PSAB. Yeah… that’s not “business as usual.”

    Peaches breaks it down the way most headlines won’t—this isn’t panic, it’s positioning. Big muscle movements, pre-staging, and letting the world know we’re ready if things go sideways.

    Then he goes straight at the uncomfortable truth: acquisition is still broken, low-cost munitions are “coming soon” (sure…), and we’re stretched thin enough to consider shifting aid from Ukraine.

    Oh—and the SecDef praying for “overwhelming violence”? That’s not extreme. That’s reality when you’re in the profession of arms.

    If that makes you uncomfortable, good. War isn’t supposed to feel safe.

    ⏱️ Timestamps:
    00:00 Welcome to Reality—Daily Drop Explained
    01:30 82nd Airborne Movement—Signal or Setup?
    03:15 USS Tripoli Enters the Fight
    04:45 Carrier Deck Injury—How Dangerous It Really Is
    06:30 OTS Plug—Train Like It Actually Matters
    07:30 AWACS Hit—Yes, That’s a Big Deal
    09:15 “Maintainers Will Fix It”—Dark Humor, Real Truth
    10:00 Low-Cost Munitions… Supposedly
    11:15 Acquisition System Is Still Broken
    12:30 SecDef Calls for “Overwhelming Violence”
    13:45 Ceasefire Talks Are Going Nowhere
    14:30 Ukraine Aid Might Get Cut—Here’s Why
    15:30 Drone Boats & New Warfare Trends
    16:15 300 Wounded—This Isn’t Slowing Down
    17:15 Final Thought—Wake Up or Fall Behind

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  • Ep 572: Leadership Advice You’ll Ignore Anyway | Combat Rescue Officer - Vance Hawk
    Mar 30 2026

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    Aaron sits down with Vance Hawk, a Combat Rescue Officer (CRO), to break down the kind of leadership advice everyone hears—and almost nobody actually applies.

    This isn’t theory. It’s what leadership looks like when you’re responsible for people, missions, and the consequences when things go wrong. Vance brings real-world CRO experience on leading without hiding behind rank, while Aaron calls out the habits that quietly destroy trust and credibility.

    They get into accountability when it costs you, making decisions without perfect information, and why most leaders fail long before anything goes wrong—because they never built trust to begin with.

    If you think leadership is about saying the right thing, you’re missing it. It’s about doing the right thing—consistently—especially when it’s uncomfortable.

    You don’t need more leadership quotes. You need to execute.

    ⏱️ Timestamps:
    00:00 Stop waiting to be “ready” to lead
    02:05 Rank doesn’t equal leadership
    05:20 Why trust is the real currency
    09:00 Accountability when it hurts
    13:30 Making calls without perfect info
    18:10 Leaders who hide vs leaders who own it
    22:50 Building credibility over time
    27:15 The cost of poor leadership habits
    31:40 When leadership gets uncomfortable
    36:10 What good leaders actually do daily
    40:30 Why most people fall short
    44:00 Final takeaways

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Ep 571: Rejected, Resilient, Still Serving The Bros | TACP - RJ Hunter
    Mar 27 2026

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    Aaron sits down with RJ Hunter, former Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) operator, to unpack a career that didn’t follow the clean, highlight-reel version you see online.

    This is what it actually looks like when things don’t go your way—getting kicked out, fighting your way back in, deployments stacking up, injuries piling on, and still refusing to quit. RJ walks through getting denied by every branch, grinding through waivers, surviving multiple deployments, and navigating the reality of mental health, med boards, and a body that’s slowly breaking down.

    No glamor here. Just persistence, frustration, and figuring it out anyway.

    If you think your path has to be perfect to make it—you’re wrong. The only difference is whether you keep going or not.

    ⏱️ Timestamps:
    00:00 Not built to be average
    01:10 Sponsor read and intro
    03:20 Who is RJ Hunter
    05:15 Getting kicked out and starting over
    08:30 Denied by every military branch
    10:40 Fighting for a second chance
    12:45 Choosing TACP over everything else
    15:30 Pipeline reality check
    18:20 Deployments start stacking
    21:30 Life downrange and tempo reality
    25:10 Why timing never lined up
    29:00 Instructor duty and hard lessons
    33:10 Mental health and career impact
    37:40 Waivers, med boards, and setbacks
    42:00 Injuries start compounding
    46:30 Arctic, Iraq, and NATO experiences
    51:00 Transition out and identity shift
    55:10 TACP Foundation mission
    59:30 Why community still matters
    01:02:00 Final advice no one wants to hear

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    1 hr and 4 mins
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the guys that make up this podcast and the guests they have on seem pretty legit. definitely not sugar coating anything about the special warfare career fields and laying out a lot of great information about the respective pipelines.

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Awesome place for info on AFSPECWAR. Tons of cool guy stories, leadership nuggets of wisdom, and laughs. Great dudes, never a dull moment while listening. If youre interested in any of the Specialty jobs this is a good place to start to find some info. Cheers!

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It doesn't matter if you want to go Air Force Special Warfare, Navy Seals, Marine Raiders, or Army Rangers etc. If you want reliable information on these career fields and fantastic guidance on leadership, then this is the podcast for you.

A Must-Listen for Specwar Hopefuls

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All the information is in this podcast to succeed, all you need to do is apply it.

All the information you need

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It's pretty straightforward, all you need to do is get over yourself and put in the work. Every day in SW will be a test...you'd best be ready to go all gas, no brakes. This podcast helps in every aspect of this journey.

The best info out there.

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