Ops Brief 123: Daily Drop - 6 Feb 2026 - Medal of Honor, 3D Printed Drones, and a USAFA Shakeup
Fri Feb 06 2026
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Peaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief covering multiple days of military news after a short recording gap. The episode opens with a posthumous Medal of Honor awarded to Staff Sgt. Michael Alice for shielding a Polish soldier during a 2013 Taliban attack—followed by a blunt reminder of why people actually serve. From a 10th Mountain Division deployment to CENTCOM, Golden Knights season prep, and the rising age of Army recruits, the brief moves into jungle medicine training in Hawaii, artillery and demolitions live fire at Schofield Barracks, and Arctic testing of small unmanned aerial systems where batteries and cold collide. Peaches also breaks down Navy deployments, changes to naval aviation training pipelines, Russian women detained at Camp Pendleton and why honeypots are real, a $700 3D-printed Marine Corps drone, AH-1Z missile upgrades, Air Force no-notice ORIs returning, micro-nuclear reactors at Eielson, cheaper cruise missile tests, housing overhauls in the UK, and why USAFA Superintendent Gen. Tony Bauerfeind’s departure matters. The episode closes with Space Force warfighting expansion, drone-pilot mental health studies, and renewed Iran nuclear talks. Context, experience, and zero sugarcoating.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Ones Ready intro and Daily Drop setup
01:00 Medal of Honor for SSG Michael Alice
02:40 Why people actually serve
03:40 10th Mountain Division deployment to CENTCOM
04:30 Golden Knights 2026 season prep
05:10 Rising average age of Army recruits
06:10 Jungle medicine training in Hawaii
07:30 Artillery and demolitions at Schofield Barracks
08:30 Arctic sUAS testing and battery reality
10:10 USS Truxtun deploys to Middle East
11:00 T-45 replacement training concerns
12:30 Russian women detained at Camp Pendleton
14:00 Honeypots explained
15:40 $700 Marine Corps 3D-printed drone
17:00 AH-1Z long-range missile upgrade
18:00 Operator Training Summit Alabama plug
19:40 Air Force no-notice ORIs return
21:00 Micro-reactor program at Eielson AFB
23:00 Rapid cruise missile live-fire test
24:00 UK Air Force housing refurbishment
25:30 USAFA Superintendent departure preview
28:00 Space Force warfighting role expan
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Send us a text Peaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief covering multiple days of military news after a short recording gap. The episode opens with a posthumous Medal of Honor awarded to Staff Sgt. Michael Alice for shielding a Polish soldier during a 2013 Taliban attack—followed by a blunt reminder of why people actually serve. From a 10th Mountain Division deployment to CENTCOM, Golden Knights season prep, and the rising age of Army recruits, the brief moves into jungle medicine training in Hawaii, artillery and demolitions live fire at Schofield Barracks, and Arctic testing of small unmanned aerial systems where batteries and cold collide. Peaches also breaks down Navy deployments, changes to naval aviation training pipelines, Russian women detained at Camp Pendleton and why honeypots are real, a $700 3D-printed Marine Corps drone, AH-1Z missile upgrades, Air Force no-notice ORIs returning, micro-nuclear reactors at Eielson, cheaper cruise missile tests, housing overhauls in the UK, and why USAFA Superintendent Gen. Tony Bauerfeind’s departure matters. The episode closes with Space Force warfighting expansion, drone-pilot mental health studies, and renewed Iran nuclear talks. Context, experience, and zero sugarcoating. ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Ones Ready intro and Daily Drop setup 01:00 Medal of Honor for SSG Michael Alice 02:40 Why people actually serve 03:40 10th Mountain Division deployment to CENTCOM 04:30 Golden Knights 2026 season prep 05:10 Rising average age of Army recruits 06:10 Jungle medicine training in Hawaii 07:30 Artillery and demolitions at Schofield Barracks 08:30 Arctic sUAS testing and battery reality 10:10 USS Truxtun deploys to Middle East 11:00 T-45 replacement training concerns 12:30 Russian women detained at Camp Pendleton 14:00 Honeypots explained 15:40 $700 Marine Corps 3D-printed drone 17:00 AH-1Z long-range missile upgrade 18:00 Operator Training Summit Alabama plug 19:40 Air Force no-notice ORIs return 21:00 Micro-reactor program at Eielson AFB 23:00 Rapid cruise missile live-fire test 24:00 UK Air Force housing refurbishment 25:30 USAFA Superintendent departure preview 28:00 Space Force warfighting role expan 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 ...