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Ones Ready

Ep 485: Foreign Aid Is Not a Handout—It’s a Weapon

Ones Ready

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

Education, Special Reconnaissance, Special Operations, Air Force, Pj, Combat Control, Tactical Air Control Party, Self-improvement, Fitness, Selection, Health & Fitness, Pararescue, Special Warfare, Tacp, Government, Assessment And Selection, Cct

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Buckle up, warfighters—this one’s gonna rattle some cages. In this fire-breathing episode, Jared and Aaron torch the lazy talking points and break down why foreign aid isn’t just “giving away your tax dollars.” From crushing fentanyl pipelines before they cross U.S. borders to outmaneuvering China’s Belt and Road sleight of hand, this is your crash course in how global influence actually works. They pull no punches while explaining how smart international assistance builds pa...

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0:00.0

One's ready.

0:03.2

Go!

0:07.0

It's real nice.

0:08.2

Back to the Ones Ready Pot.

0:09.2

Yeah, that is how you steal the intro.

0:12.1

You don't let them get in there.

0:13.7

You just act like it's any other day and then whammy.

0:17.4

You steep.

0:18.3

I love it.

0:19.0

You're so good at it.

0:19.9

I don't know what's happening, but you're so good at it I don't know what's happening but you're so good at

0:21.7

it ain't no such thing as halfway crooks all right you're scared to look you're you're scared to look at

0:27.9

your effed yearbook that's right remember listen this is going to be kind of a weird transition here

0:32.4

but I want everybody quiet coyote kids I want you to pay attention we're going to put our learning

0:35.8

hats on and we're going to talk about some stuff. It's not good enough for you folks just to understand

0:40.0

the basics of getting into spec warfare, just how to train physically, just how to pass selection.

0:44.4

Yeah, that's part of it. But we're training you not for tomorrow, but for the next 10 years,

0:48.7

for the next 20 years. Everything we do here is setting you up for success. So today we're going to talk about some high-level stuff.

0:54.6

You guys are going to need to pay attention, maybe take some notes, hit us up with questions

0:57.7

in the comments. This is meant to open the conversation, not to open and close it, as we sometimes

1:02.2

do here on the podcast, because sometimes it's easy. How do you get selected? Be a good dude, put out,

1:07.7

try hard, be a good teammate. It ain't that hard. But this is going to be a little bit deeper.

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