The Ones Ready crew is back in the team room with another unapologetic ops brief. Peaches kicks things off by dragging coneheads who fail day one fitness tests and then launches into the week’s wild ride of military news. Marines get their obligatory “media hero” spotlight, the Army unveils another tilt-rotor science project (because clearly we learned nothing from the V-22), and Peaches calls for the resurrection of the mighty MH-53.
From record female enlistments to the Space Force playing with quantum sensors (while the rest of us can’t even get quantum computers), this episode goes from shade-throwing to straight-up “WTF are we doing?” moments. Add in an orbital aircraft carrier concept ripped straight from an Avengers script, PCS moves frozen by broke budgets, and a National Guard soldier stopping a mall assault—yeah, this one’s got it all.
If you want watered-down headlines, go watch the news. If you want sarcasm, blunt truth, and a reminder that sometimes the Pentagon makes decisions with a Magic 8-Ball—welcome to Ones Ready.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Welcome to Ones Ready (and Peaches’ selection rant)
01:15 – Sponsor shoutout: creatine gummies > failing day-one tests
02:05 – Marines deploy (cue dramatic news voice)
03:12 – Record female enlistments and why it matters
03:45 – 85 years of airborne—still jumping, still relevant
04:20 – National Guard soldier breaks up a mall assault
04:50 – Army rolls out tilt-rotor 2.0 (what could go wrong?)
06:15 – Bring back the MH-53, dammit
06:35 – Carrier Strike Group returns to San Diego
07:05 – Northern Edge 2025 flexing in Alaska
07:45 – $635M Army munitions buy—still not enough
08:40 – Air Force freezes PCS moves (again)
09:40 – F-16s get AR training goggles
10:15 – Indo-Pacific logistics exercise: “can we even move?”
10:45 – Hill AFB tests wartime readiness
11:15 – Space Force preps X-37 Bravo mission with quantum sensors
12:00 – Guardians get a new grooming standard (yes, seriously)
12:45 – Space Systems Delta activation
13:20 – Deep Space Radar keeps eyes on orbit
13:50 – GPS jamming and spoofing 101
15:15 – USAFA leadership drama and Lomer’s visit
16:00 – Trump’s NATO talks
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