Ops Brief 079: Daily Drop - 23 July 2025 (The Pentagon Spent What on a Space Blimp?)

Send us a text Peaches is back with another scathing ops brief—this time dragging the DoD for everything from mystery missiles and “indefinite quantity” contracts (yeah, that’s real) to billion-dollar Iron Dome knockoffs. From Space Force promotions to “near-miss” B-52s and the Pentagon handing OpenAI a $200M AI war chest, this episode dives deep into the weird, the wild, and the “we’re definitely not overfunded” chaos of 2025. Also: the real reason the Air Force hit their recruiting goals early (spoiler: they didn’t). Oh, and yes, Tim Kennedy's name comes up... brace yourselves. 🔥 Key Takeaways: 💥 The Air Force buys 75 tankers without even pretending to hold a competition 🛰️ Space Force doing 61 launches and still trying to look busy 🧃 Creatine gummies now count as warfighting prep 📉 “Indefinite delivery” contracts sound more like wishful thinking 🫡 Recruiting goals met... after someone moved the goalpost 🏆 Congressional medals for civilians? Depends who you ask 💸 $175B for a golden space umbrella that probably still gets hacked 🚨 Tim Kennedy’s Afghan hero arc gets put under the Ones Ready microscope 🤖 OpenAI signs up to build Skynet, DoD just shrugs ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 – Special Warfare training isn’t a smoke session (unless you're a jerk) 01:30 – Operator Training Summit preview: Nashville’s heating up 03:00 – Joint Ops Rundown: Talisman Sabre, China in Africa, and more 05:00 – Special Ops in Chile and humanitarian flex in the Dominican Republic 06:45 – B-52 near miss? Delta pilot says yes, Peaches has questions 08:30 – Air Force dumps money into tankers, then brags about saving money 10:00 – WTF is an “indefinite delivery indefinite quantity” contract? 12:30 – The shady math behind “recruiting goals met early” 14:30 – Canada takes over Space Force? Kind of 16:00 – Medal of Honor drama and the Tim Kennedy circus 18:00 – Missile umbrellas, orbital comms, and national security tariffs 20:00 – Peaches signs off and pushes the merch drop 🎯 Call-to-Actions: 👍 Like the episode 🔔 Subscribe 💬 Drop your hottest take in the comments 🌟 Leave a review on your podc 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 ...