Ep 549: Venezuela's Maduro Snatch & Grab a Psyop… It Worked (And That’s the Point)

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

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🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Peaches and Aaron break down the report coming out of Venezuela that has the internet melting down—mystery weapons, drones, sonic effects, and a bodyguard claiming U.S. operators dismantled an entire base in minutes. Is it real? Is it exaggerated? Is it a Psyop? The uncomfortable answer is: it doesn’t matter. This episode isn’t about fantasy weapons—it’s about deterrence, dominance, and credibility. They unpack why modern warfare blends cyber, air dominance, information ops, ...

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0:00.0	came in armed with something far more powerful than guns. They were technologically very advanced. It feels like you guys put Call of Duty on easy mode, and you're using a weapon that nobody else has. Let this be your warning. Pacing threats and near peers, which is we've decided that it's not. In the top 10 militaries in the world, the American military is numbers 1 through 11. You're not in the same league. So you keep fucking around and you're going to find out. and you're going to get that smoke.
0:24.2	One's ready. military is numbers one through 11, you're not in the same league. So you keep fucking around
0:22.1	and you're going to find out. You're going to get that smoke. One's ready. Go. So you guys are
0:31.8	going into special warfare assessment selection. It is an attributes-based selection model. What does
0:36.3	that mean? Guys, are we running right now to get there?
0:39.3	We're practicing, right?
0:41.3	I can't, freaking.
0:43.3	So there's a holistic picture that we're looking for.
0:47.3	The instructors are giving you input, and we're expecting an output.
0:51.3	And everything is for a reason.
0:53.3	If you guys haven't heard my spiel yet,
0:55.5	everything that we do, every single exercise
0:58.4	has a connection to the job that you're trying to do.
1:04.3	We don't want people at in-doc, special warfare assessment selection,
1:08.0	whatever they're gonna call the new course
1:09.4	when it inevitably changes somewhere down the road.
1:11.6	I don't care what they call it.
1:13.6	What I need is you to show me the raw materials for the things that I want to build you into.
1:19.6	Just like everything else, it's a crawl, walk, run.
1:22.6	I can run a key serve just like this.
1:25.6	All the way the H you see you never quit. All the way the HTC has never quit.
1:28.9	All the way the XC you never quit.
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