Ones Ready
by Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras
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About this podcast
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.
Episodes
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- America Under Attack? Microsoft, FAA & Infrastructure Failures ⎹ LIVE! · 34 minSend us Fan Mail Microsoft services went down. The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop after communications failures. U.S. personnel responded to suspected drone activity over…
- You’re Not Running Enough ⎹ LIVE! · 1 h 3 minSend us Fan Mail How should you actually train for Air Force Special Warfare before you ship? On this Veterans Day live episode, Aaron, Trent, and Peaches go straight at one of…
- Veterans Day: Free Meals & Veteran Cringe - Ep 648 · 29 minSend us Fan Mail Veterans Day is coming, and Aaron, Trent, and Peaches are here to make sure nobody turns it into the veteran version of Pokemon Go. The guys talk about free…
- Why Air Force Combat Control Is Struggling to Recruit - Ep 647 · 19 minSend us Fan Mail Why are fewer candidates choosing Air Force Combat Control when other AFSPECWAR career fields seem easier to sell? Aaron, Trent, and Peaches break down what may…
- Midterms Stopping You From Joining? - Ep 646 · 16 minSend us Fan Mail Should the midterm elections, the president, Congress, or the political direction of the country change whether you pursue Air Force Special Warfare or join the…
- Stop Worshipping Special Operators - Ep 645 · 19 minSend us Fan Mail Who are the smartest people in Special Operations — CAG, Navy SEALs, Air Force Special Warfare, intelligence personnel, or the people working behind classified…
- VA Tech Upgrade: 13 Years and Counting - Ep 644 · 24 minSend us Fan Mail The Department of Veterans Affairs has spent years trying to modernize its electronic health record system, but Aaron, Trent, and Peaches dig into why the…
- Is the Air Force Running Out of Money? - Ep 643 · 30 minSend us Fan Mail The Air Force is flying, moving, supporting and striking everywhere — but the money still has to come from somewhere. Trent and Peaches break down what happens…
- Space Force Joins SOCOM - Ep 642 · 22 minSend us Fan Mail The U.S. Space Force now has a formal component inside U.S. Special Operations Command, and Aaron, Trent and Peaches break down what that actually means for SOF…
- Train for AFSPECWAR + Space Force Joins SOCOM | Ones Ready Live · 1 h 9 minSend us Fan Mail What should training for Air Force Special Warfare actually look like before you ship? Aaron, Trent, and Peaches go live to break down how future AFSPECWAR…
- Ones Finally Ready - Ep 641 · 23 minSend us Fan Mail The Air Force Special Warfare meme wars are apparently back. Aaron, Trent, and Peaches break down how a joke between Ones Ready and JT escalated into an entire…
- Did VALENTINA GOMEZ SLANDER SEC ARMY - OTW · 13 minSend us Fan Mail Political ads are about to get louder, AI-generated content is getting better, and election-season outrage travels faster than context. In this Outside The Wire…
- Should Air Force BMT Teach Everyone to Swim? - Ep 640 · 17 minSend us Fan Mail After an Airman stationed at Shaw Air Force Base drowned during an off-duty boating trip on Lake Wateree, his family called for swimming instruction to become…
- AFSPECWAR Pipeline Is 70 Days Faster - Ep 639 · 23 minSend us Fan Mail Air Force Special Warfare trainees are reportedly reaching their berets roughly 70 days faster under the revised training pipeline, and Aaron, Trent, and Peaches…
- New Guard Special Tactics Squadron - Ep 638 · 22 minSend us Fan Mail A new Guard Special Tactics Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base could become one of the most desirable assignments in Air Force Special Warfare. Aaron, Trent and…
- Andruil's Drone Wingmen - Ep 637 · 37 minSend us Fan Mail The F-22 is no longer just flying with other fighter jets. Aaron, Trent, and Peaches break down the emerging world of collaborative combat aircraft, autonomous…
- ***Sneak Peek*** MBRS 99: Run More, Fix Your Hips, Nuclear Energy Is Safe, and Society Is Failing Young Men · 1 h 2 minSend us Fan Mail This MBRS episode starts where most people get uncomfortable and keeps going. Peaches and Trent open with a simple truth from Taylor Starch: nobody runs enough…
- HE RAN TOWARDS THE FIGHT · 14 minSend us Fan Mail A 36-year-old father was driving home on his lunch break when he heard gunfire near Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon — the school his two daughters…
- Rappel Incident - Ep 636 · 41 minSend us Fan Mail This episode starts with something none of us wanted to talk about. A member of the Air Force community was killed during a rappelling demonstration at a UTSA…
- Beret Inflation - Ep 629 · 41 minSend us Fan Mail Apparently the Air Force looked around and decided what we were desperately missing was another beret. This time it’s EOD. Aaron, Trent, and Peaches react to the…
- Hurricane Ride Out - Ep 635 · 33 minSend us Fan Mail What actually happens on a military base when a hurricane is headed straight at it? Trent and Peaches break down the stuff most people never see. Aircraft have…
- ***Sneak Peek***MBRS 98: Virtue Signaling, Doxxing, and an ANG Hero · 1 h 6 minSend us Fan Mail This MBRS Only goes deep on internet outrage culture, hypocrisy, and why performative morality keeps collapsing under scrutiny. Peaches and Trent break down the…
- Public Execution - Ep 634 · 34 minSend us Fan Mail Should the government livestream an execution? Trent and Peaches get into the proposed public execution of the Fort Hood shooter — and immediately land somewhere…
- Ready To Ship? - Ep 633 · 33 minSend us Fan Mail How do you actually know when you’re ready for Air Force Special Warfare? Trent and Peaches are back with Part 3 of the Operator Training Summit FAQs, answering…
- Tim Kennedy WOUNDED in CONGO?! MOH Drama Update - War Room Recall · 2 h 30 minSend us Fan Mail The War Room is back — Aaron Love, Jake Zweig, Nate Cornacchia, and Ben Pappas — and this one goes off the rails almost immediately. The biggest story: Tim…
- TRUST COLLAPSE with Aaron and Ben Pappas live · 1 h 46 minSend us Fan Mail Why don’t Americans trust institutions anymore? Aaron Love joins Ben Pappas for a live conversation about collapsing confidence in government, media, the justice…
- Drone Command - Ep 632 · 35 minSend us Fan Mail Apparently the military needs another combatant command. This one, though, might actually make sense. Trent and Peaches break down the proposed four-star command…
- Just Listen - Ep 631 · 34 minSend us Fan Mail Trent and Peaches get into a problem the Air Force needs to think about now — not five years from now. Airmen are coming home from combat experiences that may…
- Where Are They? - Ep 630 · 27 minSend us Fan Mail Trent and Peaches start with the completely normal question of whether Noah’s Ark has finally been found after 4,300 years. From there, naturally, they end up…
- Air Force PJ vs SEAL on Chapman Medal of Honor, Iran Escalation? · 2 h 24 minSend us Fan Mail Ben Pappas brings Aaron Love and Jake Zweig into the War Room, and they start with one of the most emotionally charged stories in modern special operations…
- BMT Next with CMSgt Colin Fleck - Ep 628 · 32 min · Episode 628Send us Fan Mail Trent sits down at AFA with 2nd Air Force Command Chief CMSgt Colin Fleck to talk about what may be one of the biggest shifts in Air Force Basic Military…
- End Malaria with Dr. Steiger - Ep 627 · 30 minSend us Fan Mail Aaron sits down with Dr. Bill Steiger to talk about a problem most Americans assume belongs somewhere else: Malaria...Except it doesn’t. Dr. Steiger explains why…
- UK BEHAVIOR PAMPHLET · 18 minSend us Fan Mail Apparently, there’s a pamphlet for that. Border problems? Public safety concerns? Hand out some reading material. That should handle it. Peaches and Trent head…
- Chapman Cliffhanger - Ep 626 · 37 minSend us Fan Mail Aaron, Trent, and Peaches get into the Ground Truth documentary controversy and the growing fight over what happened at Takur Ghar. The crew’s position in this…
- Airman First - Ep 625 · 35 minSend us Fan Mail Aaron, Trent, and Peaches are back, and Trent just returned from AFA with a firsthand look at where the Air Force is trying to take Basic Military Training…
- SEALs Want Chapman's Medal - Ep 624 · 35 minSend 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…
- OTS FAQs II - Ep 623 · 58 minSend 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…
- PJ reacts to the rescue of Dude 44B - Ep 622 · 22 minSend 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…
- Run More! - Ep 621 · 36 minSend 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…
- Teamroom LIVE with Nate, Jake, Ben, and Aaron · 4 h 37 minSend 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…
- MTI Love - Ep 620 · 17 minSend 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…
- ***Sneak Peek***MBRS 97: Posting Your Dream Online Won’t Save You—Performance Will · 1 h 3 minSend 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…
- SECWAR Out? - Ep 619 · 36 minSend 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…
- LINDSAY CLANCY MISTRIAL · 23 minSend 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…
- Beards in Valhalla?- Ep 618 · 39 minSend 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…
- ***Sneak Peek***MBRS 96: Accuracy Isn’t Optional—And Hype Is Breaking the Force · 1 h 11 minSend 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…
- Stop Redlining - Ep 617 · 1 h 9 minSend 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…
- USAF Promotion Fix - Ep 616 · 34 minSend 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…
- ***Sneak Peek***MBRS 95: This Is What Happens When Reality Finally Breaks Through the Internet · 58 minSend 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…
- Jungle School - Ep 615 · 1 h 5 minSend 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…
