Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras
Ones Ready
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...
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Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras
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10 jul 2026
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Episodes
Ep 602: SOF-TACP Lessons From Clint “Dragon” 10.07.2026 1:06:24
Send us Fan Mail Peaches sits down with retired SOF-TACP Clint “Dragon” to talk TACP, Special Tactics, mission planning, leadership, problem solving, and what separates a good operator from someone who just looks good on paper. Dragon walks through growing up around Fort Bragg, joining the Air Force in 2006, originally looking at CCT, choosing TACP, starting at the 15th ASOS, assessing for the 17t...
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 92: They Wanted Washington Gone—So He Crossed the Delaware 08.07.2026 17:55
Send us Fan Mail This episode is a reminder that history—and your life—can turn on one brutal decision. Peaches breaks down George Washington’s darkest hour, when he was losing battles, losing men, and nearly losing the war. Then came one audacious move: crossing the Delaware in a snowstorm when everyone thought the fight was over. This isn’t a history lesson—it’s a mindset check. When momentum is...
Ep 601: America 250: Patriotism Is Back 04.07.2026 37:57
Send us Fan Mail Trent and Peaches jump into the Ones Ready team room for a quick-turn America 250 / Fourth of July episode covering patriotism, World Cup energy, Hoover Dam, UFC America 250 vibes, Air Force One, Special Warfare rescue work, and why it is still okay to love America out loud. The crew starts with Tasty Gains, ATACLETE, Operator Training Summit, San Diego, Pennsylvania, and why the...
Ep 600: Air Force Basic Training: What Recruits Need to Know 03.07.2026 1:20:17
Send us Fan Mail Aaron and Peaches sit down with Amanda Doerr, an Air Force Military Training Instructor, to talk about what Basic Military Training looks like now and what future Airmen need to know before they ship. Amanda walks through her own path into the Air Force, how her MTIs inspired her to become one, what BMT looks like today, how training has changed, why Pacer Forge matters, and why t...
Ep 599: VO2 Max, Zone 2, and Smarter Tactical Fitness | KORR Medical Technologies 29.06.2026 1:05:44
Send us Fan Mail Peaches sits down with Marc Humbert and Cameron Garber from KORR Medical Technologies to talk VO2 max, metabolic testing, heart rate zones, fueling, recovery, and how warfighters can train smarter instead of just getting crushed. This episode breaks down what VO2 max actually measures, why oxygen consumption matters, how carbon dioxide output helps determine fat and carbohydrate b...
Ep 598: Future of One Way Attack Drones 26.06.2026 1:05:11
Send us Fan Mail Ryan is back on Ones Ready with Aaron and Peaches to talk drones, TACP, small unmanned aerial systems, one-way attack, and where small team warfare is headed. Ryan is a TACP officer, Guardsman, and founder of Aerial Employment Group, a company focused on SUAS training, red air support, counter-SUAS training, program development, and helping military and law enforcement teams figur...
Ops Brief 163: Daily Drop - 24 June 2026 - The Military Is Going All-In on Drones and AI 24.06.2026 22:46
Send us Fan Mail Peaches is back with the Ones Ready Daily Drop for 24 June, breaking down the latest defense updates across the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, Secretary of Defense, President of the United States, and global military modernization. This episode covers the Army pushing next-generation command and control, low-cost interceptors, and the Infantry Squad...
Ops Brief 162: Daily Drop - 23 June 2026 - The A-10 Just Won’t Die 23.06.2026 24:27
Send us Fan Mail Peaches is back with the Ones Ready Daily Drop for 23 June, breaking down the latest military news across the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, Secretary of Defense, President of the United States, and global defense updates. This episode covers the Army selecting Anduril for next-generation command and control work, autonomous boats being tested in th...
Ep 597: How to Ruck Without Destroying Your Body | TF Voodoo 21.06.2026 1:14:08
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Dave Walton from TF Voodoo joins Aaron and Peaches to break down how to actually train for rucking without wrecking your body. Dave is a retired Green Beret, doctor, rucking coach, and the brain behind TF Voodoo. In this episode, he explains why most people train for rucking wrong, why “just ruck more” is one of the fastest ways to get injured, and how to build real load carri...
Ep 596: The Zulu Course Ruck Problem 19.06.2026 52:58
Send us Fan Mail Aaron jumps on solo for a serious episode about the reported Air Force Special Warfare Zulu course ruck event, why it matters, and what candidates need to understand right now. This episode focuses on reports of a heavy evaluated ruck in the Zulu course, including a 10-mile ruck with roughly 100+ pounds, a 15-minute pace standard, full uniform and equipment requirements, Texas hea...
Ep 595: Why People Quit Special Warfare (And Why Some Don’t) 19.06.2026 15:31
Send us Fan Mail This solo episode with Trent gets real fast. No hype. No fake motivation. Just an honest conversation about why people walk away from Air Force Special Warfare—and why some still choose the hard path anyway. Trent breaks down something most instructors don’t talk about enough: at some point during training, candidates realize the logical choice is probably to quit. The conventiona...
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 91: Aaron Unsupervised: Fitness, Violence, OTS Expansion & the Venezuela Boat Media Meltdown 17.06.2026 30:33
Send us Fan Mail No crew. No guardrails. Just Aaron on a members-only mic doing what he does best—thinking out loud and lighting fires. This episode is an end-of-year wrap that turns into a manifesto: why fitness is a moral obligation, why “peaceful” without capability is a lie, and how attribute-based selection actually works when the slogans stop. Aaron breaks down why OTS waited, why it’s scali...
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 115: CIA Fraud, Space Force Rumors, and Air Force Bonus Chaos 17.06.2026 28:50
Send us Fan Mail Aaron and Peaches are back for a MBRS-only episode that goes exactly where you would expect: sideways. The episode starts with Vegas weather, F-16 maintenance appreciation, C-17 dirt landings, and then quickly turns into Space Force conspiracy talk, missing scientists, shady government stories, CIA fraud allegations, fake military resumes, security clearance failures, and one of t...
Ep 594: The Air Force Special Warfare Ruck Standard Got Stupid 15.06.2026 1:00:01
Send us Fan Mail Aaron, Trent, and Peaches are back in the team room, and this one starts with Tasty Gains, UFC at the White House, soccer, Nitro Circus, sketchy bungee jumping, and somehow ends exactly where it needed to: Air Force Special Warfare pipeline standards. The crew gets into a reported Zulu course ruck event involving a 12-mile ruck at a 15-minute pace with a ruck weighing well over th...
Ep 593: Good Humans Make Great Leaders | Jody Fletcher on Real Leadership 12.06.2026 1:01:14
Send us Fan Mail Jody Fletcher is back on Ones Ready with Trent to talk about his new book, Good Humans Make Great Leaders. Jody is a retired Command Master Chief who spent most of his career in the reconnaissance and Marine Special Operations community as a Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman, or SARC. In this episode, Trent and Jody dig into what leadership actually means, why being a goo...
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 90: From Dog-Sitter Narcs To An Unhinged Rant 10.06.2026 49:15
Send us Fan Mail Peaches goes scorched-earth on the latest Air Force drama: illegal home inspections, dog-sitter snitches, dumpster-level leadership decisions, and the glorious return of morale shirts. He calls out stupidity, hypocrisy, and anyone pretending the military isn’t a three-ring circus wrapped in OCPs. If you’re thin-skinned or currently writing a memo about sideburn length… this one’s...
Ep 592: Military Standards vs. Internet Idiots 08.06.2026 1:04:28
Send us Fan Mail Aaron, Trent, and Peaches are back with one of those episodes that starts in one place and somehow ends up everywhere. The boys talk TRT comments, shadow bans, election weirdness, fake moral high ground, people arguing about standards online, D-Day and the weather call that helped make Operation Overlord happen, why “just doing your job” is a terrible argument against medals, HKIA...
Ep 591: The Pipeline Doesn’t Care About Your Excuses 05.06.2026 27:59
Send us Fan Mail Trent goes solo for a brutally honest talk about Air Force Basic Military Training changes, Special Warfare expectations, and the dangerous mindset that causes people to quit before they’ve even truly started. After spending more time around BMT and the Special Warfare training environment, Trent breaks down recent changes to Special Warfare flights, why trainees are stressing ov...
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 89: So You’re ‘Good at PT’? Congrats—Nobody Cares. 03.06.2026 59:01
Send us Fan Mail Peaches and Trent tag-team this one like two tired uncles sick of hearing fantasy-land nonsense from the comments section. From dudes bragging they’re “already good at PT” to the cosplay warriors demanding “tactics and shooting,” the boys dismantle every delusion with surgical pettiness. Peaches lays out what actual training looks like, Trent dives into the pipeline realities that...
Ops Brief 161: Daily Drop - 1 June 2026 - The Army Better Be Ready for Drone Warfare 01.06.2026 19:18
Send us Fan Mail Peaches is back with the Daily Drop for 1 June 2026, and this one hits Army modernization, swift water rescue training, Navy port calls, carrier deployments, Pacific Partnership, Marine “special operations capable” clarification, Air Force T-38s returning to flight, F-35 additive manufacturing, Space Force graduates, Coast Guard cave rescues, and Pete Hegseth doing PT with the tro...
Ep 590: Pete Hegseth, Fat Troops, and the Return of Military Standards 01.06.2026 58:11
Send us Fan Mail Aaron and Peaches are back in the team room for a public episode, and this one goes exactly where you think it’s going: military fitness standards, Pete Hegseth, the UFC, fat troops, fake plate outrage, human performance, AI, bad tactical training, Marines getting yelled at in public, and yes… somehow the Vandenberg UFO incident. They get into why physical standards still matter,...
Ep 589: The Drone Revolution Is Here With Grant "Slider" Bishop 29.05.2026 50:42
Send us Fan Mail Peaches, Trent, Aaron, and former F-16 Wild Weasel pilot Grant Bishop—better known as Grant “Slider” Bishop—sit down for one of the most important modern warfare conversations we’ve had yet. This episode dives deep into the future of drones, AI, ISR, runway intelligence, battlefield data fusion, and why the next war won’t be won by a single platform—it’ll be won by whoever process...
Ops Brief 160: Daily Drop - 28 May 2026 - Marines “Special Ops Capable” + Narco Raids 28.05.2026 23:01
Send us Fan Mail Peaches here with the no-BS daily drop. Something’s gotta die if you wanna level up—stop repeating weak shit. Army’s dumping real money into leader training and brutal exercises. Navy’s got five carrier groups owning the map. Marines and Coasties are out there smoking narcos, seizing fentanyl and coke by the ton. But Marines—explain the “special operations capable” tag on your MEU...
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 88: The Toilet That Broke an Airman… and Other Leadership Clownery 27.05.2026 43:32
Send us Fan Mail Trent rolls solo and unleashes a Thanksgiving beatdown on stupidity across the force. He opens with the legendary tale of an Airman who annihilated a toilet so violently his supervisor wanted to write paperwork for it. Trent torches the obsession with rank, the dependas who think stripes transfer by marriage, and the clowns trying to overthrow Haiti like it’s Walmart on Black Frid...
Ep 589: Memorial Day Isn’t About Being Sad. It’s About Remembering the Boys Right 25.05.2026 49:10
Send us Fan Mail Peaches and Aaron sit down for a Memorial Day conversation that’s honest, reflective, hilarious, and painfully real all at the same time. The boys break down the actual meaning behind Memorial Day, the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day, and why the internet keeps turning remembrance into performative sadness instead of intentional celebration of the people we lost....
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