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Send us Fan Mail Peaches sits down this week with the creme de la creme of the Air Force fighter pilot pyramid, weapons school instructor, and F-15E pilot Major Nicholas "Bane" Caraballo.  Bane, a seasoned veteran with years of experience, shares his incredible journey from aspiring aviator to a top gun in military aviation. Bane's tales from the cockpit will leave you on the edge o...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another inspiring episode of the Ones Ready Podcast! In this installment, hosts Aaron and Peaches sit down with Devin Stewart, an Enlisted Accessions recruiter. Join us as Devin shares his remarkable journey from his early life before joining the United States Air Force to his awe-inspiring career as an AC-130 Whisky gunner.  But the story doesn't end there. D...

Send us Fan Mail With the entire world at your fingertips- why join the United Air Force Special Warfare pipeline?  The Ones Ready team lays out every reason we had for why we chose the Air Force, and explore the difference in the services.  Why are *you* thinking about joining Air Force Special Warfare? Tell us in the comments.  00:00 Trent big times the intro 02:00 Peaches - Why AFSW 03:00 NARPs...

Send us Fan Mail Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape- or SERE- is not just a training you'll go through in the Air Force Special Warfare pipelines. As you all know (we have the most informed and well-read teammates here on the podcast, in Discord, and on the IG page), SERE is a robust and interesting career field in the Air Force.  We wanted to do a deep dive into all things SERE, so we...

Send us Fan Mail The Air Force is looking for America's best- not just for Air Force Special Warfare but for the entire Air Force. One of the main questions we get is, "How early should I start training for the Air Force- and what should I do?" Well, as always, we brought on the Subject Matter experts to address just that for Air Force Special Operations hopefuls and everyone across...

Send us Fan Mail You have read about it in the news and heard us talk about it before, but this week we take a deep dive into exactly why we think recruiting is down not only in the Air Force, but across the entire Department of Defense.  Peaches and Trent highlight every issue they could think of so that you can be armed with the information you need.  00:00 The intro and the recruitment numbers ...

Send us Fan Mail We get asked about how to be a good candidate, good cone, or a good operator in the AFSPECWAR career fields. Well, we have covered that before- but we thought that getting you all the traits of a bad teammate so you can avoid those things in the future.  This one is for all you cones and quitters that may do some of the stuff in this episode- time to realize it and stop before it...

Send us Fan Mail Training for any one of the Air Force Special Warfare jobs never stops- but what do you focus on? Who runs the training now, that AFSOC has made a change in how we train and to what standard? Aaron and Peaches dive into all things training in this week's podcast.  00:00 The intro and the rise of Silly Goose Tactical  02:00 Train how you fight vs training for a fight and how w...

Send us Fan Mail At this point, it's a buzzword- but what role is the United States Air Force going to play in the "future fight", or the next conflict? You have questions, we have... a conversation to help you understand your own questions.  While we might not answer every single question you have, we hope we did help you to understand that the only constant is change.  Oh, and we...

Send us Fan Mail Rizzy Howard served honorably in the United States Air Force (USAF) in Services, specifically Mortuary Affairs, before meeting her future husband and Combat Controller Jonathan Howard. Check out the full episode with Jonathan Howard and the great work he is doing now!  Rizzy and Jonathan found a lot of different ways to serve, culminating in their combined service with the ​⁠ and...

Send us Fan Mail Aaron and Trent tackle everything they could possibly think of in this one. If you are looking for great information on how to succeed in Air Force Special Warfare... maybe check out the library of other episodes.  If you want to talk about allegations, conspiracy theories, and wild assumptions, you are in the right place.  Please listen to Trent and leave your one comment in the...

Send us Fan Mail Deny Caballero of Security Halt has a single goal- to provide peer-to-peer mental health support to veterans like him to stem the tide of veteran suicides.  Deny has a lifetime of trauma from his time as a Special Forces Soldier in 7th Group and nearly lost his own battle with mental health. From that struggle, Deny came up with the idea for ​⁠  and neer looked back.  We want to s...

Send us Fan Mail The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) is a highly respected military position and rank in the US Department of Defense. The SEAC is the most senior enlisted service member by position in the US Armed Forces. They are appointed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) to advise on joint and combined total force integration, utilization, and health of the for...

Send us Fan Mail Scott Zastrow was an important part of one of the most important Special Forces Teams that ever was- the Triple Nickel, or ODA 555. The things they did were so legendary that they made a movie about it.  As part of the first Special Forces team that responded to the September 11th, 2001 attacks, Scott was part of one of the most amazing stories to ever come out of the Global War o...

Send us Fan Mail The question we get all the time is- "How can I be the best possible candidate in the Air Force Special Warfare pipeline?" Trent and Peaches dive deep and answer just that. Hopefully, you enjoy this one!  00:00 Peaches steals the intro and gives a BTS, how to be the best candidate 07:00 Talking crap, team room fights, and humility 16:10 What will your resume say? What is...

Send us Fan Mail Jay Dorleus was an Active Duty Green Beret who had 20 years of experience in the military. Of those 20 years, 14 were spent in SOF as a Green Beret as an Engineer Sergeant, better known as an 18 Charlie. Jay has learned a lot from his multiple combat deployments and wanted to find a way to help prospective Special Forces Soldiers succeed at selection, in the pipeline, and beyond....

Send us Fan Mail Special Operations Forces use a simple framework to assess, select, train, equip, employ, deploy, and support their force across the DoD. This framework is known as the "SOF Truths". You may have heard of them before, but in this 5 Part Series, Aaron and Peaches dig down deep to explain what they are, how to apply them, and how to avoid the problems they were meant to so...

Send us Fan Mail Special Operations Forces use a simple framework to assess, select, train, equip, employ, deploy, and support their force across the DoD. This framework is known as the "SOF Truths". You may have heard of them before, but in this 5 Part Series, Aaron and Peaches dig down deep to explain what they are, how to apply them, and how to avoid the problems they were meant to so...

Send us Fan Mail Adam Getty found his way into the Air Force and Pararescue career field prior to September 11th, 2001. As a late 90's Indoc team graduate, Adam has seen many changes in the career field, the nation, and the world.  After 10 years of service and ending as an instructor, Adam wanted to prioritize his family and find a new way to serve. He spent another decade as a paramedic bef...

Send us Fan Mail Air Force Combat Controller Jonathan Howard had a very non-standard path from starting in Services at the mortuary to cross-training, to finally living his dream as a Combat Controller.  After a long career of being on a team, Jonathan wanted to find a way to give back to the Combat Control career field and found his way to the First There Foundation.  The First There Foundation (...

Send us Fan Mail Special Operations Forces use a simple framework to assess, select, train, equip, employ, deploy, and support their force across the DoD. This framework is known as the "SOF Truths". You may have heard of them before, but in this 5 Part Series, Aaron and Peaches dig down deep to explain what they are, how to apply them, and how to avoid the problems they were meant to so...

Send us Fan Mail There are a lot of good reasons NOT to join the United States Air Force Special Warfare career fields, and we have heard all of them. The team decided to get together and make sure you know all facts.  We are really looking forward to the folks that can't read sarcasm and satire and figuring out when we are poking fun. We will help you out- we are making fun of lots of the gr...

Send us Fan Mail Special Operations Forces use a simple framework to assess, select, train, equip, employ, deploy, and support their force across the DoD. This framework is known as the "SOF Truths". You may have heard of them before, but in this 5 Part Series, Aaron and Peaches dig down deep to explain what they are, how to apply them, and how to avoid the problems they were meant to so...

Send us Fan Mail Special Operations Forces use a simple framework to assess, select, train, equip, employ, deploy, and support their force across the DoD. This framework is known as the "SOF Truths". You may have heard of them before, but in this 5 Part Series, Aaron and Peaches dig down deep to explain what they are, how to apply them, and how to avoid the problems they were meant to so...

Send us Fan Mail Recently the Commander of AFSOC, Air Force Special Operations Command, sent a letter to his chain of command asking for the combat dive school and qualification to be removed from the Air Force Special Warfare pipeline. Specifically affected are Special Tactics Officers, Combat Controllers, and Special Reconnaissance career fields. Obviously, this has caused a lot of flail in the...