Ops Brief 128: Daily Drop - 18 Feb 2026 - Arctic Air Assaults and Space Force Reality Check

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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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Peaches runs a fast Daily Drop Ops Brief and opens by correcting his earlier miscall on the USS collision—owning it and fixing it. The Army wraps up a $27M digital network overhaul in South Korea, surges troops into Hawaii housing pressure, conducts nighttime Arctic air assaults in Alaska, and tests new Apache anti-drone rounds. The Air Force pushes the Sentinel ICBM timeline into the early 2030s, delays F-15EX deliveries to Kadena, repaints Air Force One, and faces renewed d...

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0:00.0	One's ready?
0:01.0	Pointing!
0:02.0	Go!
0:03.0	One!
0:04.0	Two!
0:05.0	One!
0:06.0	Two!
0:07.0	Two!
0:08.0	Two!
0:09.0	Two!
0:10.0	Two!
0:11.0	Two!
0:12.0	A!
0:13.0	one!
0:14.0	Two! grind every day grind every day yeah we aim for the stars feet on the ground but our heads are our
0:34.9	mass visions of glory sweat on our skin we craft our heads of our Mars, visions of glory, sweat on our skin.
0:38.3	We craft our story, determined to win.
0:41.2	We the Titans with hearts untamed.
0:43.7	We face the giants in this battling game.
0:46.4	Our dreams are loud, echoes of them remain.
0:49.1	We stand as one heading for the Hall of Fame.
0:51.3	We chase the lights till the final whistle.
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