Ops Brief 164: Daily Drop - 27 July 2026 - Iran Cost

Send us Fan Mail Peaches is back with a Daily Drop for 27 July, and this one covers everything from RIMPAC ship-sinking exercises to Iran War costs, Air Force waist-to-height chaos, Space Force powerlifting records, and underwater drone threats. The Army and Navy teamed up during RIMPAC to sink two decommissioned ships, while Lieutenant General Kevin D. Admiral was nominated to command U.S. Army Europe and Africa. Peaches also covers the demolition of defective medical student barracks in Texas, the Navy renaming information professionals as Communication Systems Warfare Officers, and the Air Force clarifying that the new waist-to-height ratio measurement will not be scored during the initial rollout. The Space Force gets a fitness win with a Guardian setting multiple Hawaii powerlifting records, while also pushing experiments for commercial narrowband satellite communications in medium Earth orbit. The Coast Guard is looking for technology to detect and defeat uncrewed underwater vehicles, because apparently drone swarms from the sky were not enough. The episode also hits Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s $37.5 billion Iran War cost estimate, legal fights over the military’s testosterone policy, Trump pausing strikes on Iran, updated Iran War casualty reporting, Germany pulling ships back from a possible Strait of Hormuz mission, and a $292 million National Guard apartment-style lodging contract for troops in Washington, D.C. Links: TastyGains.com OperatorTrainingSummit.com Chapters: 00:00 - Intro and Daily Drop Return 01:06 - Tasty Gains and Operator Training Summit 02:29 - Army Helicopters and Navy Drones Sink Ships at RIMPAC 03:02 - Lieutenant General Kevin D. Admiral Nominated for Army Europe and Africa 03:32 - Texas Medical Barracks Demolition 04:35 - Navy Renames Information Professionals 05:20 - Air Force Waist-to-Height Ratio Will Not Be Scored 06:10 - Why the Rollout Created a Scramble 07:24 - Fat General Conspiracy Theory 08:18 - Air Force Pauses F-16 Ejection Seat Competition 09:04 - Space Force Guardian Sets Powerlifting Records 10:44 - Space Force Seeks Commercial SATCOM Bandwidth 11:45 - Coast Guard Wants Counter-Underwater Drone Tech 12:38 - Pete Hegseth Gives Iran War Cost Estimate 13:07 - Judge Orders Explanation on Testosterone Policy 14:19 - Trump Pauses Iran Attacks 14:57 - Pentagon Reports More Than 600 Iran War Casualties 16:18 - Germany Pulls Ships Back From Hormuz Mission 17:17 - Why Peaches Thinks Iran Will Not End Soon 18:00 - National Guard Awards $292 Million D.C. Lodging Contract 18:39 - Membership, Merch, and Wrap-Up Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Find an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.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...