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 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.
Ones Ready
Ep 487: Big Beautiful AFSW Pipeline updates for July 2025!
After six months of silence, the Ones Ready crew finally unleashes a no-holds-barred breakdown of the looming AFSPECWAR pipeline overhaul—and spoiler alert: it’s a total mess. From gutting water confidence to pushing combat dive into career purgatory, this episode exposes how leadership is sacrificing operational readiness for… spreadsheets.
Jared, Aaron, and Trent torch the new “land-based” selection model, the sketchy 12-week “Common Skills” course, and the alphabet-soup plans for MGFE (whatever that means). The team unpacks why this isn’t just dumb—it’s dangerous. If you think removing water-based assessments won’t ripple downstream into mission failure, think again.
Whether you’re a pipeline hopeful, a team room veteran, or someone who actually cares about how elite operators get made—this is the one you don’t skip.
🔥 Key Takeaways:
- 💦 Water Confidence, RIP: Moving to land-based selection ignores the job’s amphibious demands.
- 🤡 Common Skills Chaos: 12-week course sounds good… until you realize it’s not resourced, staffed, or even defined.
- 🧠 Creatine and Conspiracies: Tasty Gains gets a nod, but the real brain fuel here is unfiltered truth.
- 🎩 Pipeline Decisions Made by People Who’ve Never Worn a Ruck: Career field managers weren’t even in the room.
- 🫥 MGFE = Maybe Get F*cked Eventually? No one knows what it means, and that’s the point.
- 🐸 Mission Before Metrics: Pushing dudes to teams faster doesn’t mean they’re ready.
- 🎭 Everyone’s Fighting the Last War: JTACery is glorified while global access gets ghosted.
- 🎥 Hollywood Couldn’t Script This Stupid: The pipeline plan reads like satire—but it’s real.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Cold open chaos & car shaming
04:00 – UFC at the White House? ‘Murica.
06:45 – Creatine, cognition, and calling out fake fitness
10:00 – Pipeline Rumors Confirmed: Here comes land-based selection
13:00 – Why removing water work is a catastrophic mistake
17:40 – Swovie is broken. Guaranteed contracts or bust.
23:30 – The Common Skills Course disaster-in-waiting
31:00 – Why nobody planned for trucks, ranges, beds, or instructors
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