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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...

Ep 485: Foreign Aid Is Not a Handout—It’s a Weapon

49 mins; June 27, 2025

Ops Brief 066: Daily Drop - 26 June 2025 (Squirrel Warzones & 44-Hour Bomb Runs)

20 mins; June 26, 2025

Ops Brief 065: Daily Drop - 24 June 2025 (Fat Shaming & B-2s)

18 mins; June 24, 2025

Ops Brief 064: Daily Drop - 23 June 2025 (Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER & China's Buying Our Secrets)

16 mins; June 23, 2025

Ep 484: From Thunderbirds Maintainer to Netflix Star - TSgt Xavier Knapp!

66 hours 55 mins; June 23, 2025

Ep 483: Trent’s Origin Story: How Pain and Pressure Built a Savage Mentor

57 mins; June 20, 2025

Ep 482: Live Q&A with AFSW Recruiter!

65 hours 43 mins; June 19, 2025

***Sneak Peek*** MBRS 54: $2B Crop Dusters & British Hate Crimes

62 hours 48 mins; June 19, 2025

Ops Brief 063: Daily Drop - 17 June 2025 ($300 for Evac & Lagging Hypersonics)

11 mins; June 17, 2025

Ops Brief 062: Daily Drop - 16 June 2025 (Drones & Alleged F-35 Shoot Downs)

18 mins; June 16, 2025

Ep 481: Manda Bay - The Attack Nobody Was Ready For

79 hours 40 mins; June 16, 2025

Ops Brief 061: Daily Drop - 13 June 2025 (We Should’ve Kept the Canal — and Nuked the Budget)

13 mins; June 13, 2025

Ep 480: USAF Basic Military Training - AFSW Advisor CCT Vick!

65 hours 40 mins; June 13, 2025

Ops Brief 060: Daily Drop - 12 June 2025 (Budget Cuts & Micro-reactors)

59 mins; June 12, 2025

Ops Brief 059: Daily Drop - 10 June 2025 (Relaxation Cubes, Drone Wars & Newsom’s Meltdown)

16 mins; June 10, 2025

Ops Brief 058: Daily Drop - 9 June 2025 (Aliens, Drones & Governor Meltdowns)

10 mins; June 09, 2025

Ep 479: STOP asking these DUMB Air Force Special Warfare Questions!

32 mins; June 09, 2025

Ops Brief 057: Daily Drop - 6 June 2025 (Billion Dollar Planes & Space Force Daddy Issues)

17 mins; June 06, 2025

Ep 478: Who the F* is Peaches?!

47 mins; June 06, 2025

Ops Brief 056: Daily Drop - 5 June 2025 (Dronepocalypse Now & No Soup For The Navy!)

11 mins; June 05, 2025

Ops Brief 055: Daily Drop - 4 June 2025 (Drones & $38M Daycares)

10 mins; June 04, 2025

Ops Brief 054: Daily Drop - 3 June 2025 (The Pentagon’s $1 Trillion Clown Fiesta - Now with Bonus AI Paranoia!)

19 mins; June 03, 2025

Ops Brief 053: Daily Drop - 2 June 2025 (We’re Not Winning in Africa & Space Is a Mess)

15 mins; June 02, 2025

Ep 477: Special Tactics Officer & Combat Control School Commander - Lt Col Rylan Tanner

64 hours 11 mins; June 02, 2025

***Sneak Peek***MBRS 53: "Recruiters Are Liars and My Son’s a Little Angel” – The Delusional Parent Episode

57 mins; May 30, 2025

Ep 476: Smart Intel Guy? There’s Only One—And He’s Charlie Faint!

62 hours 28 mins; May 30, 2025

Ep 475: Live Reaction of Thunderbirds on Netflix

89 hours 59 mins; May 25, 2025

Ops Brief 052: Daily Drop - 24 May 2025 (F-47 Upgrades...ALREADY?!)

19 mins; May 24, 2025

Ep 474: Why the Air Force Can’t Budget or Tailor a Damn Uniform

53 mins; May 23, 2025

Ops Brief 051: Daily Drop - 22 May 2025 (PCS Meltdowns, Drone Strikes & Budget Lies)

15 mins; May 22, 2025

Ops Brief 050: Daily Drop - 21 May 2025 (Golden Dome, Qatari Jets & CYBERCOM)

18 mins; May 21, 2025

Ops Brief 049: Daily Drop - 20 May 2025 (Bonus Cuts & PCS Chao)

21 mins; May 20, 2025

Ep 473: Paralyzed to Podium: Drew Outstanding’s Savage Comeback Against the Vax Mandate Nightmare

64 hours 14 mins; May 19, 2025

***Sneak Peek***MBRS 52: DEI Drama, Budget Cuts & Tesla Nazis?

64 hours 56 mins; May 18, 2025

Ep 472: The Air Force Just Ghosted Your Bonus and Retirement Plans

9 mins; May 16, 2025

Ops Brief 048: Daily Drop - 16 May 2025 (Bonuses Canceled & Budgets Busted)

22 mins; May 16, 2025

Ep 471: Recon, Rage, & Real Talk With James Sisco

65 hours 52 mins; May 16, 2025

Ops Brief 047: Daily Drop - 15 May 2025 (Air Force Axes Bonuses While Ducks Shoot Down Jets)

18 mins; May 15, 2025

Ops Brief 046: Daily Drop - 14 May 2025 (Border Bills and AI Thrills)

18 mins; May 14, 2025

Ops Brief 045: Daily Drop - 13 May 2025 (Budget Cuts and Bobsleds)

26 mins; May 13, 2025

Ops Brief 044: Daily Drop - 12 May 2025 (DEI's Out, Drones Get Cruise Missiles, & We’re Still Roasting Cannon AFB)

20 mins; May 12, 2025

Ep 470: From AF Security Forces to FBI - Endex Archery's Jay Joins Us!

56 mins; May 12, 2025

AFSPECWAR Q&A Live Stream - Late Night Love with Aaron

63 hours 27 mins; May 11, 2025

Ep 469: What Does Special Reconnaissance Do?

20 mins; May 10, 2025

Ops Brief 043: Daily Drop - 9 May 2025 (Space Thrusters, Trans Discharges & Gen X Cage Fights)

22 mins; May 09, 2025

Ep 468: Self-Help is Dead...Fierce Empathy Is In – with David Waldy

80 hours 4 mins; May 09, 2025

Ops Brief 042: Daily Drop - 8 May 2025 (Audit Failures, AI Hallucinations & Border Cyber Strikes)

13 mins; May 08, 2025

Ops Brief 041: Daily Drop - 6 May 2025 (Fewer Generals & the Space Force Identity Crisis)

14 mins; May 06, 2025

Ops Brief 040: Daily Drop - 5 May 2025 (Boneyard F-16s & Untethered Spacewalks)

13 mins; May 05, 2025

Ep 467: Whistleblower Matt Cubbler vs. The SEAL Murder Coverup

84 hours 23 mins; May 05, 2025

Ops Brief 039: Daily Drop - 2 May 2025 (Stray Dogs and Space Force Special Ops...LFG!)

13 mins; May 02, 2025

Ep 466: Sleep Is Not for the Weak—You're Just Bad at It With Dr. Leah Kaylor

61 hours 38 mins; May 02, 2025

Ops Brief 038: Daily Drop - 1 May 2025 (Broken Jets and Pentagon Audit Fails)

18 mins; May 01, 2025

Ops Brief 037: Daily Drop - 30 April 2025 (Drones, Pedos, &Netflix Thunderbirds)

19 mins; April 30, 2025

Ops Brief 036: Daily Drop - 29 April 2025 (Grandma SEAL Lawsuits and the Commissary’s 1990s Glow-Up)

23 mins; April 29, 2025

Ops Brief 035: Daily Drop - 28 April 2025 (Ozempic Armies and Boeing's Cracking Problems)

15 mins; April 28, 2025

Ep 465: The PJ Rodeo, Hurricane Katrina...and INDOC with Pararescueman Ivan Ruiz

59 mins; April 28, 2025

Ep 464: Don Frye is Unbreakable!

60 hours 40 mins; April 27, 2025

Ops Brief 034: Daily Drop - 25 April 2025 (Fat and Blaming the Air Force)

20 mins; April 25, 2025

Ep 463: Nickelback, Doom-Ups, and the Dollhouse: A Masterclass in Chaos

64 hours 54 mins; April 25, 2025

Ops Brief 033: Daily Drop - 24 April 2025 (Microreactors, Shady Signal Chats, and the 20-Step Beard Waiver Saga)

11 mins; April 24, 2025

Ops Brief 032: Daily Drop - 23 April 2025 (Leakers, Drones, and the Great Space Freak-Out)

16 mins; April 23, 2025

Ops Brief 031: Daily Drop - 22 April 2025 (Signal Leaks, SEAC Drama, and the Golden Dome of WTF)

15 mins; April 22, 2025

***ATTENTION*** Operator Training Summit 21-22 June in San Diego

5 mins; April 22, 2025

Ep 462: From SEAL to PJ to Ambassador? Anthony Donahue's Ride to the Philippines

81 hours 41 mins; April 21, 2025

***Sneak Peek***MBRS 51: Is Erasing History Right?

40 mins; April 20, 2025

Ep 461: Initial Success or Total Failure- Air Force EOD Deep Dive

74 hours 0 mins; April 18, 2025

Ops Brief 030: Daily Drop - 17 April 2025 (Nukes, Hypersonics, and Childcare – Just Another Day in the DoD)

20 mins; April 17, 2025

Ops Brief 029: Daily Drop - 16 April 2025 (Alabama: Space Force's Sophie's Choice)

20 mins; April 16, 2025

Ops Brief 028: Daily Drop - 15 April 2025 (Commissary Sushi & Combat Logistics)

87 hours 24 mins; April 15, 2025

Ep 460: Toehold Flip-Flop CEO and Advertising Genius!

87 hours 24 mins; April 15, 2025

Ops Brief 027: Daily Drop - 14 April 2025 (Budget Cuts, SpaceX Wins, & Why the Insurrection Act Sounds Sketchy AF)

20 mins; April 14, 2025

Ep 459: You Bench 405, But Can’t Do a Pull-Up...You Suck With Coach Jimmy!

61 hours 40 mins; April 14, 2025

***Sneak Peek***MBRS 50: Censorship, War & Woke Commanders?!

61 hours 2 mins; April 12, 2025

Ops Brief 026: Daily Drop - 11 April 2025 (IT’S NOT PARANOIA IF THEY’RE ACTUALLY DOING IT)

20 mins; April 11, 2025

Ep 458: I Joined Special Ops Because I Sucked at College: Trent's Story

73 hours 46 mins; April 11, 2025

Ops Brief 025: Daily Drop - 10 April 2025 (Frankenjets, Family Day Cuts & Insider Real Estate Scams)

17 mins; April 10, 2025

Ep 457: Dan Hollaway - Patriotism & Paid Protesters

80 hours 48 mins; April 10, 2025

Ops Brief 024: Daily Drop - 9 April 2025 ($2.1 Trillion Jet, a Paper Tiger, & a Government That Can’t Budget)

13 mins; April 09, 2025

Ep 456: Air Traffic Control School At Combat Control School

63 hours 52 mins; April 09, 2025

Ep 455: Air Force Pararescue History with Combat Rescue Officer Jonathan "J" Harmon!

68 hours 56 mins; April 08, 2025

Ops Brief 023: Daily Drop - 7 April 2025 (Crop Dusters, Cancel Culture & UK Commissioners)

17 mins; April 07, 2025

Ep 454: OPERATION RED WINGS: Rescuing Marcus Luttrell (Part 1)

97 hours 43 mins; April 07, 2025

🔒 Ep 455: Combat Rescue Officer #8 J Harmon - Leaving PJs in the Ocean with Sharks (Part 2)

68 hours 56 mins; April 05, 2025

Ops Brief 022: Daily Drop - 4 April 2025 (Pixar Planes, Dumb Intel People & Fired Generals)

18 mins; April 04, 2025

Ep 453: "You Don’t Suck—You’re Just Scared” With John Mollura!

59 mins; April 04, 2025

Ops Brief 021: Daily Drop - 3 April 2025 (Zero Trust, No Budget, All Chaos—Welcome to the New Normal)

16 mins; April 03, 2025

Ops Brief 020: Daily Drop - 2 April 2025 (Space Wars, Fentanyl, & Gmail Diplomacy)

16 mins; April 02, 2025

Ops Brief 019: Daily Drop - 1 April 2025 (Nukes & Pay Raises)

14 mins; April 01, 2025

Ops Brief 018: Daily Drop - 31 March 2025 (Gen Hayden Doesn’t Know What ‘Top Secret’ Means)

14 mins; March 31, 2025

Ep 452: The VA Said I Was Crazy—Turns Out It Was Just a Brain Tumor With Casey West

60 hours 17 mins; March 31, 2025

***Sneak Peek***MBRS 49: Pentagon Firings, Internet Trolls & Why We Love Pissing You Off...We're Petty

84 hours 13 mins; March 30, 2025

Ep 451: Operator Training Summit - How We Build Future Operators

65 hours 23 mins; March 28, 2025

Ops Brief 017: Daily Drop - 28 March 2025 (SignalGate Drama & Stealth Bombers)

18 mins; March 28, 2025

Ops Brief 016: Daily Drop - 27 March 2025 (B-2 Bombers & Stealth Transports)

18 mins; March 27, 2025

Ops Brief 015: Daily Drop - 26 March 2025 (Signal Chat Leaks, Boeing's $20B Deal, and Space Force Scraps)

20 mins; March 26, 2025

***FIXED AUDIO***Ops Brief 014: Daily Drop - 24 March 2025 (Boeing Wins Again & Musk’s China Drama)

11 mins; March 24, 2025

Ops Brief 014: Daily Drop - 24 March 2025 (Boeing Wins Again & Musk’s China Drama)

11 mins; March 24, 2025

Ep 450: Special Warfare Attributes - Orlando Operator Training Summit!

32 mins; March 24, 2025

***Sneak Peek***MBRS 48: Latest News, Zero Prep, and Q&A!

60 hours 2 mins; March 23, 2025

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