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Ops Brief 092: Daily Drop - 21 Aug 2025 - Smashburger & Vigilantes
Welcome to the Ones Ready Daily Drop, where Peaches rants his way through the Pentagon’s latest circus act. From Riga flyovers to AI “investments” that wouldn’t even buy a used Ford Ranger, this week’s Ops Brief is a buffet of absurdity. We’ve got ten tankers launching in Guam (because why not), Sharon peacing out of DISA IT, and the Air Force throwing pocket change at human-AI collab while China sharpens their Skynet. Oh—and apparently basketball is religion in Latvia, civilians are either heroes or roadblocks, and yes, Peaches argues for vigilantes (send complaints to his inbox, not ours). It’s snark, it’s savage, it’s Ones Ready.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Special Warfare assessment model explained (crawl, walk, run… or quit)
02:06 – Nashville OTS update: still need a ranch, got a pool
03:00 – Riga flyover: B-1 + NATO flexing
04:29 – White House ponders air support for Ukraine
05:40 – 10-ship tanker sortie out of Guam (Peaches vs. Smashburger)
06:58 – Pentagon IT shakeup: Sharon exits stage left
07:30 – $490M UAS and counter-UAS contract
08:20 – The Air Force’s $1.25M AI “couch cushion” project
09:13 – National Signing Day for Air & Space recruits
10:25 – Space Force news: X-37B launch, satcom contracts, new waveform tech
12:52 – Budget plan = new weapons, fewer civilians (Peaches rants)
15:10 – General Dynamics’ tracking layer contract
16:00 – Ex-Space Force analyst sentenced for vigilante shooting
17:31 – Peaches defends vigilantes (uh oh)
18:15 – Supply chain & internet behavior threats
19:00 – AI platform ADVANA gutted by budget cuts
20:00 – Top Gun trivia: meet the real “Charlie”
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