Ops Brief 122: Daily Drop - 3 Feb 2026 - Army Recruiting Shifts, ORIs Are Back, and the Shutdown

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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🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Peaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and cuts through a wide slate of military news with zero patience for nonsense. From the Army’s recruiting age creeping up and a 10th Mountain deployment to the Middle East, to a soldier sentenced for murder at Fort Novosel, this episode stays grounded in accountability and reality. Peaches breaks down why the Army paused the soldier-built VECTOR data tool, what Navy pilots flying Air Force F-35As actually learn from it, and why a form...

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0:00.0	One's ready?
0:01.0	Pointing!
0:02.0	Go!
0:03.0	One, two, two, two, two.
0:05.0	One, two, day, yeah, we aim for the stars, feet on the ground, but our heads are our
0:34.6	Mars.
0:35.6	Visions of glory, sweat on our skin.
0:38.0	We craft our story, determined to win.
0:40.7	We the Titans with hearts untamed.
0:43.5	We face the giants in this battling game.
0:46.5	Our dreams are loud, echoes of them remain.
0:49.2	We stand as one heading for the Hall of Fame.
0:51.7	We chase the lights till the final whistle. Believe it when we say we never settle. We chase the lights to the final whistle. We'll leave it when we say we never settle. We chase the lights to the final whistle. Believe it when we say we never settled. We did it. We did it. We did it. We did it. Everybody, welcome back to the Wednesday podcast. You're in the team room, and this is your daily drop for the 3rd of February.
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