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Ones Ready

by Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras · English · Learning

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

New episodes: Several times a week
Typical length: 36 min
Latest: 14 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 7 minNew

Sneak PeekMBRS 98: Virtue Signaling, Doxxing, and an ANG Hero

Send 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 Scotty K Fitness implosion—virtue signaling, selective Second Amendment outrage, and the moment he crossed the line by doxxing a private citizen and their family. From ICE protests and whistle tactics to media manipulation, AI-altered images, and why nuance dies online, the conversation expands into accountability, re...

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Earlier episodes 29 most recent

14 Oct 2026 · 34 minNew
Public Execution - Ep 634
Send 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 that is probably going to piss off people on both sides. Neither guy has much sympathy for the man convicted of killing 13 people and wounding dozens more at Fort Hood. The argument is about something different: Should Americans be able to WATCH the punishment? They dig into why public executions disappeared fro...
12 Oct 2026 · 33 minNew
Ready To Ship? - Ep 633
Send 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 questions submitted directly by candidates. And this one gets into some of the stuff people obsess over before shipping. What actually helps people survive the hardest parts of selection? Should you tell everyone what you’re trying to do? What qualities matter most in a teammate? How much should you train your b...
10 Oct 2026 · 2 hr 30 min
Tim Kennedy WOUNDED in CONGO?! MOH Drama Update - War Room Recall
Send 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 Kennedy was reportedly seriously wounded during a contracting operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The crew works through what is currently known, what is still unverified, and what appears to connect the operation to companies associated with Eric Prince. According to the information discussed on the show, K...
9 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 47 min
TRUST COLLAPSE with Aaron and Ben Pappas live
Send 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 system, major institutions, and the people who are supposed to tell us the truth. Ben starts with polling discussed on the show showing confidence in major U.S. institutions near historic lows — while the military and small business remain among the most trusted. So what happened? Aaron’s argument is that there w...
9 Oct 2026 · 35 min
Drone Command - Ep 632
Send 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 focused on autonomous warfare — unmanned aircraft, robotics, counter-drone systems, networks, software, offensive capabilities, defensive capabilities, and all the other technology that has gone from “cool science project” to absolutely essential on the modern battlefield. Ukraine made the problem impossible to ig...
7 Oct 2026 · 34 min
Just Listen - Ep 631
Send 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 look very different from what the GWOT generation went through. And one of the fastest ways senior leaders can screw this up is by immediately saying: “I know what you went through.” Maybe you don’t. Trent talks about coming home from early deployments and hearing people try to relate to experiences they had never ...
6 Oct 2026 · 27 min
Where Are They? - Ep 630
Send 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 fixing marriage, military careers, Air Force talent management, bureaucracy, government civilians, and the apparent disappearance of larger-than-life Air Force leaders. The Noah’s Ark claim kicks off a conversation about truth, archaeology, UFOs, and the uncomfortable reality that even if somebody definitively proved ...
2 Oct 2026 · 2 hr 25 min
Air Force PJ vs SEAL on Chapman Medal of Honor, Iran Escalation?
Send 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 history: Takur Ghar. More than two decades after the battle, a new documentary is challenging major pieces of the accepted account surrounding Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman. Aaron lays out why Ones Ready is approaching the controversy differently. No character assassination. No anonymous dirt. No SEAL-vs-PJ non...
E628 · 2 Oct 2026 · 32 min
BMT Next with CMSgt Colin Fleck - Ep 628
Send 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 Training in decades. The conversation starts with legacy. Trent wears his father’s jacket and talks about how one generation of service can change the trajectory of an entire family. Chief Fleck shares his own family story — grandparents who served, a father in the Army, joining after September 11th, a son who became a Marin...
30 Sep 2026 · 30 min
End Malaria with Dr. Steiger - Ep 627
Send 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 global health is directly connected to American national security, military readiness, economic stability, and early warning for infectious disease. Stopping an outbreak overseas is a whole lot easier than dealing with it after it reaches American shores. And malaria is not some ancient problem we already defeated ...
28 Sep 2026 · 18 min
UK BEHAVIOR PAMPHLET
Send 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 Outside the Wire to break down “Understanding Behaviors and Expectations in the United Kingdom,” a guide for asylum seekers covering gender equality, domestic abuse, consent, and public conduct. Their biggest question: what do written expectations accomplish if the government won’t enforce them? The guys discuss Channe...
28 Sep 2026 · 37 min
Chapman Cliffhanger - Ep 626
Send 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 episode is pretty simple: the documentary is not out yet, so the evidence still has to speak for itself. Aaron explains why he is refusing to get dragged into character attacks, anonymous DMs, off-the-record conversations, or internet games designed to turn disagreement into personal warfare. If the documentary team ...
25 Sep 2026 · 35 min
Airman First - Ep 625
Send 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. Apparently some people at AFA thought BMT was a company selling rockets, so we are off to an excellent start. Underneath the jokes, though, there is a serious shift happening. Trent talks about seeing senior Air Force leaders getting behind a renewed investment in the enlisted force and asking a question that probably sho...
19 Sep 2026 · 35 min
SEALs Want Chapman's Medal - Ep 624
Send 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 upcoming documentary challenge the accepted account of what happened on that mountain. And this one is personal. The crew lived through the era, knew people directly connected to the event, watched the years of investigation that went into Chapman’s Medal of Honor upgrade, and remember the resistance surrounding it. So when...
18 Sep 2026 · 58 min
OTS FAQs II - Ep 623
Send 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 OTS FAQ Part 2, and it starts with one of the biggest questions candidates ask: what actually gets people through the hardest parts of selection and the job? Peaches’ answer is pretty simple. Train your ass off. Build confidence through preparation. Get comfortable spending a lot of time on your feet. Run. Swim. Ruck...
14 Sep 2026 · 22 min
PJ reacts to the rescue of Dude 44B - Ep 622
Send 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. Helicopters shot off target. Aircraft lost. Teams hit, patched up, and went right back on alert. Because someone was alone, injured, and needed help. That’s it. That’s the mission. This is CSAR stripped down to its core: no ego, no Instagram, no “pipeline hype.” Just one question—are you going to risk everything to...
14 Sep 2026 · 36 min
Run More! - Ep 621
Send 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 again: you are probably not running enough. Trent and Peaches start with OTS updates, CrossFit Hershey, Pennsylvania, Miami University in Ohio, and Vegas in December. Then Peaches brings up something he has been noticing online: everyday recruiters and MTIs are putting in real mileage. Not candidates training for one ...
11 Sep 2026 · 4 hr 37 min
Teamroom LIVE with Nate, Jake, Ben, and Aaron
Send 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: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel...
10 Sep 2026 · 17 min
MTI Love - Ep 620
Send 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 Force booth for his day job, helping highlight work being done around Basic Military Training and the future of how the Air Force builds new Airmen. But this episode is not really about Trent, the booth, or anyone trying to turn AFA into a Ones Ready meet-and-greet. It is about the MTIs. Trent makes the case that Mil...
9 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 97: Posting Your Dream Online Won’t Save You—Performance Will
Send 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 break down why visibility without performance can come back to haunt you in the pipeline. From authenticity vs cringe, performers vs non-performers, and why teams eventually protect their own, the conversation rolls into accountability, medals, general officers, Mark Milley, CQ Brown, and why shiny ribbon racks don’t eq...
7 Sep 2026 · 36 min
SECWAR Out? - Ep 619
Send 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 what all this political turbulence actually means for people thinking about joining the military. This is not a “pick your team and scream online” episode. The point is bigger than one administration, one secretary, or one headline. If you serve long enough, administrations change. Secretaries change. Policies change. Ge...
4 Sep 2026 · 23 min
LINDSAY CLANCY MISTRIAL
Send 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 Clancy’s three children. They discuss her insanity defense, the reported pressure surrounding the holdout juror, the possibility of another trial, and whether an impartial jury can still be found after years of national attention. Aaron also challenges the online movement defending Clancy and argues that mental illness can e...
4 Sep 2026 · 39 min
Beards in Valhalla?- Ep 618
Send 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 shaving trauma at the exact same time. The boys talk about the lengths Airmen will go to for beards, shaving waivers, religious accommodations, fake individuality, and why spending half your professional life trying to dodge grooming standards might be more damaging than the beard itself. Peaches, as the only truly bearded...
2 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 12 min
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 96: Accuracy Isn’t Optional—And Hype Is Breaking the Force
Send 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 Summit updates and deliberate training to beards, uniforms, recruiting hype, Special Reconnaissance misinformation, and why accuracy matters more than motivation. They break down why scale matters in the U.S. military, why influencers selling fantasy jobs are doing real damage, and why being an extension of a capabili...
31 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
Stop Redlining - Ep 617
Send 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 of the OTS FAQ dump, and it covers a lot: whether dependents can move with you during Zulu, how personal belongings work at selection, how to prevent ear infections, whether you should swim freestyle or combat side stroke, what the pipeline looks like, and what candidates should actually be doing when they have month...
28 Aug 2026 · 34 min
USAF Promotion Fix - Ep 616
Send 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 loses a line number, that stripe should not just vanish into the bureaucratic shadow realm. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Wolfe is pushing an initiative that would allow those unused promotions to go to the next qualified Airmen in line. Wild concept: if the Air Force says a career field needs ten Tech Sergean...
26 Aug 2026 · 58 min
***Sneak Peek***MBRS 95: This Is What Happens When Reality Finally Breaks Through the Internet
Send 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 the internet distorts people’s ability to think clearly. This isn’t a clean “pick a side” episode. They walk the gray space between legality, morality, stress responses, and lived experience in high-risk environments. From ICE shootings and Venezuela to fraud, taxes, shoplifting, privilege, and the illusion of perman...
24 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
Jungle School - Ep 615
Send 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 under-discussed opportunities in the Air Force: jungle warfare training in Panama. Justus walks through how he ended up in the Air Force, why Security Forces was not what he expected, and how a career field that gets roasted constantly can still open doors if you are fit, positive, prepared, and willing to say yes when oppo...
22 Aug 2026 · 11 min
Justice or Excuse?
Send us Fan Mail Three children were murdered. So why is so much of the conversation focused on protecting the person who killed them? In this solo edition of Outside The Wire, Trent examines a mother’s admitted killing of her three children and the defense’s claim that postpartum psychosis diminished her responsibility. Trent argues that mental illness may help explain an action, but it does not erase the victims or eliminate the need for justice. Drawing on Immanuel Kant’s philosophy of pun...

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Ones Ready is a English learning podcast from Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

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Language: English
Category: Learning
New episodes: Several times a week
Typical length: 36 min
Latest episode: 14 Oct 2026
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Latest episode

Sneak PeekMBRS 98: Virtue Signaling, Doxxing, and an ANG Hero

Earlier episodes 29 most recent

Public Execution - Ep 634

Ready To Ship? - Ep 633

Tim Kennedy WOUNDED in CONGO?! MOH Drama Update - War Room Recall

TRUST COLLAPSE with Aaron and Ben Pappas live

Drone Command - Ep 632

Just Listen - Ep 631

Where Are They? - Ep 630

Air Force PJ vs SEAL on Chapman Medal of Honor, Iran Escalation?

BMT Next with CMSgt Colin Fleck - Ep 628

End Malaria with Dr. Steiger - Ep 627

UK BEHAVIOR PAMPHLET

Chapman Cliffhanger - Ep 626

Airman First - Ep 625

SEALs Want Chapman's Medal - Ep 624

OTS FAQs II - Ep 623

PJ reacts to the rescue of Dude 44B - Ep 622

Run More! - Ep 621

Teamroom LIVE with Nate, Jake, Ben, and Aaron

MTI Love - Ep 620

Sneak PeekMBRS 97: Posting Your Dream Online Won’t Save You—Performance Will

SECWAR Out? - Ep 619

LINDSAY CLANCY MISTRIAL

Beards in Valhalla?- Ep 618

Sneak PeekMBRS 96: Accuracy Isn’t Optional—And Hype Is Breaking the Force

Stop Redlining - Ep 617

USAF Promotion Fix - Ep 616

Sneak PeekMBRS 95: This Is What Happens When Reality Finally Breaks Through the Internet

Jungle School - Ep 615

Justice or Excuse?

About Ones Ready

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