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Ops Brief 096: Daily Drop - 28 Aug 2025 - AI Can’t Save the Pentagon (But Maybe It Can Teach Me to Pronounce Neodymium)
Peaches is back in the team room roasting bureaucracy, butchering rare earth minerals, and breaking down the latest defense chaos. From the Kabul Abbey Gate report that probably won’t change a thing, to U.S. troops in Indonesia firing Stingers for fun, to the Pentagon finally realizing maybe letting China work on our cloud wasn’t genius—this drop is loaded. He rants about B-21 bombers, F-35 sustainment deals, NATO missile shopping, and why the DoD still can’t buy software faster than a TikTok update. Oh, and yes, stolen valor talk is coming—but Peaches is taking it from a new angle you haven’t heard yet. Strap in, this one swings between hilarious and brutal.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – What the hell is “attributes-based selection” anyway?
01:20 – Nashville OTS details: land drills, gorilla work, and pool punishment
02:45 – Kabul Abbey Gate review: skepticism level = max
04:00 – Stinger missiles in Indonesia: sounds fun, where do we sign up?
04:45 – Pentagon lets China touch our cloud (what could go wrong?)
05:45 – Anthropic AI jumps into national security
06:30 – Air Force CCA tests: future dogfights, but make it autonomous
07:20 – B-21 stealth bomber update (spoiler: still badass)
08:05 – Why the tech “Valley of Death” is crushing innovation
08:50 – Poland drops $1.85B on F-35 sustainment
09:30 – Rare earths, neodymium, and Peaches’ failed spelling bee
10:00 – NATO Sidewinder shopping spree
10:20 – AI in combat: DoD finally states the obvious
11:20 – Peaches previews a stolen valor episode with Nate—expect heat
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