Ops Brief 032: Daily Drop - 23 April 2025 (Leakers, Drones, and the Great Space Freak-Out)

Send us a text Today’s Daily Drop is brought to you by: chaos. Jared’s on one, the Public Affairs Office is finally back in the saddle, and we’re neck-deep in Pentagon leaks, Guard drama, Space Force growing pains, and morale breakdowns at the Air Force Academy. In this episode: 🚨 Former advisors under leak investigation while the Defense Secretary is out here Signal-chatting like it’s group text with grandma 🤖 AI drones are delivering your MREs in the Indo-Pacific 📉 The Academy is falling apart while still claiming it’s world-class 💻 Air Force computers = Windows 98 with a badge 🛰️ The Space Force is building war doctrine while governors are throwing shade 🌌 And China’s anti-satellite weapons might end this whole party early We also cover the B-21 flex, Lockheed finally playing nice, and why outsourcing IT might be the most patriotic thing we do all year. 🔥 Key Takeaways: The Air Force’s IT is still powered by dial-up and sadness ACE = "everyone does everything now, good luck" Space Force: making doctrine, taking names, dodging governors Signal Chat leaks: OPSEC is optional if you’re high enough up AI drones are cool, until they deliver your Chick-fil-A to the wrong theater The Air Force Academy might be turning into DeVry with jets B-21 costs $477M to say “maybe faster later” China’s out here prepping to blind satellites. Cool. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00:00 – Intro, Operator Training Summit promo, PAO news finally returns 0:02:20 – Leaks on leaks: Advisors under fire, Signal Chat scandal grows 0:04:50 – AI drones in the Pacific & Border ops heat up 0:06:30 – ACE implementation = “Congrats, you now have 3 jobs” 0:08:20 – Air Force Academy morale collapse & academic downgrade rumors 0:09:00 – Space Force wars: Governors revolt + new warfighting doctrine 0:12:20 – China’s anti-satellite tech & the renewed space race panic 0:13:30 – Lockheed’s F-35 upgrade with NGAD tech + Northrop B-21 flex 📢 Call-to-Actions: 🚨 Like this episode if your government computer still runs Java 6 💬 Comment below: Should the SEAC role exist? 🔔 Subscribe a Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY Hoist - Promo Code: ONESREADY ...