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Ops Brief 125: Daily Drop - 11 Feb 2026 - AI Data Centers and Drone Swarms

Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras

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Peaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and moves fast through a heavy slate. The Army looks to lease installation land for commercial AI data centers, trains leaders on drones and robots at Fort Benning, and deals with a soldier receiving life for murder. There’s speculation swirling around restricted airspace in El Paso, a $5.2M “Bumblebee” drone-bashing system, and Hawaii storm shutdowns. The Navy pushes unmanned swarms and AI-enabled fleet concepts while recognizing top surface warfare officers. The Marines quietly notch their third clean financial audit and debate staying on Okinawa. The Air Force expands border supervision, moves F-35As toward CENTCOM, and hosts a Special Air Warfare Symposium. SECDEF warns EOD techs about uploading sensitive data to generative AI. POTUS approves 200 troops to Nigeria. Meanwhile, China fields long-range anti-ship missiles, Algeria receives Su-57s, South Korea loses Cobra pilots, and seized cartel ammo traces back to a U.S. Army plant. Context. Not conspiracy.

⏱️ Timestamps:
 00:00 Intro and Daily Drop kickoff
 01:00 Army leasing land for AI data centers
 03:00 Soldier sentenced for murder
 04:45 Drone training at Fort Benning
 05:30 El Paso restricted airspace speculation
 06:50 Bumblebee drone-bashing system
 07:20 Hawaii storm cancellations
 08:00 Navy surface warfare awards
 08:40 AI vision for Golden Fleet
 09:30 Unmanned swarms management
 10:30 Marine Corps clean audit
 11:30 Okinawa presence debate
 12:30 OTS Alabama plug
 13:20 Air Force border supervision expansion
 14:00 F-35A movement toward CENTCOM
 14:40 Special Air Warfare Symposium
 15:20 SECDEF AI data warning
 16:10 200 troops approved to Nigeria
 17:00 Chinese carrier-based anti-ship missile
 18:00 Russian Su-57s delivered to Algeria
 18:40 South Korean Cobra crash
 19:20 Cartel ammo traced to Missouri plant
 20:00 Wrap-up

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