Ops Brief 083: Daily Drop - 31 July 2025 - 24 Months Alone in Korea & Cartels in Ukraine

Peaches dives headfirst into the DoD’s latest chaos buffet—$5.4 billion budget reshuffles, fighter jet production whiplash, and the Air Force playing safety dad with the M18 pistol. Meanwhile, cartel operatives are heading to Ukraine for drone training (because why the hell not), and a Swedish ISIS fanatic gets clocked for war crimes. Toss in some missileer cancer cleanup, a grounded Skyraider II PA scandal, and a missing sailor off the USS George Washington… and you've got yourself a full-blown geopolitical migraine. Don’t worry—we made it snarky, so you don’t have to cry.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

💸 Pentagon shifts $5.4B to space toys and precision strikes—F-35 gets yeeted (again).
🛩️ Air Force pauses M18 pistols after an airman dies—other branches: "Meh."
🇰🇷 Korea tour now 24 months solo—marriages hardest hit.
🛰️ Space Force missile warning launch slips to 2027. Cool cool cool.
🧼 Missile silos finally getting cleaned (because cancer).
🤐 AFSOC PA shuts down Skyraider II podcast guest—thanks, bureaucracy.
🇲🇽 Mexican cartels join Ukraine’s drone club. What could go wrong?
🕵️ Ukrainian officer caught snitching F-16 locations to Russia—whoops.
🧨 U.S. munitions stockpiles: not nearly as ready as advertised.
💀 Swedish guy convicted for ISIS war crimes, years after a horrific execution.
⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 – Peaches opens the chaos floodgates
01:40 – Operator Training Summit in Nashville: Sign up or stay soft
02:04 – $5.4B Pentagon budget shuffle: lasers > logic
02:30 – F-47 & B-21 go up, F-35 goes down (again)
03:05 – Korea tour now double the sadness: 24 months solo
03:50 – THAAD stockpiles dangerously low post-Israel/Iran skirmish
05:15 – Air Force halts M18 pistol use after fatal incident
06:40 – Army helo crash: above altitude, below expectations
07:45 – DEI-fired officer now #2 in the Air Force. Yep.
08:50 – Missileer cancer risk = actual issue, finally acknowledged
09:40 – Skyraider II testing blocked from podcast—PA flexes hard
10:50 – C-130J flies again after 5-year timeout
11:20 – Sentinel ICBM test = Minuteman III's retirement party
12:10 – Space Force delays missile warning satellite launch
12:45 – Cartels infiltrate Ukraine for drone tech—of course
13:38 – U.S. nukes too weak vs China + Russia + North Korea
14:25 – Ukrainian pilot leaks F-16 locations to Russia
15:10 – Chilean airmen busted smuggling ketamine
15:59 – West Point hiring scandal—CISA director booted
16:25 – Missing sailor from USS George Washington
17:00 – Sam Brown confirmed to lead VA Memorial Affairs
17:30 – Swedish ISIS freak found guilty for burning pilot alive
18:19 – Wrap-up, calls to action, and Peaches mic-drops the news

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