# July 2025: Special Ops aircraft, Marine Corps drones and Army vehicles Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/national-defense-magazine-2560845/july-2025-special-ops-aircraft-marine-corps-drones-and-army-vehicles Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/national-defense-magazine-2560845/july-2025-special-ops-aircraft-marine-corps-drones-and-army-vehicles.md Podcast: [National Defense Magazine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/national-defense-magazine-2560845) Published: 2025-07-02T12:49:00+00:00 Episode link: https://nationaldefense.libsyn.com/july-2025-special-ops-aircraft-marine-corps-drones-and-army-vehicles Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/nationaldefense/July_edited_podcast_final.mp3?dest-id=30693 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/national-defense-magazine-2560845/episodes/july-2025-special-ops-aircraft-marine-corps-drones-and-army-vehicles Duration seconds: 488 ## Resource In this episode, National Defense discusses aircraft modernization in Special Operations Command, the Marine Corps' drone fleet and axed Army vehicle programs. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/national-defense-magazine-2560845/episodes/july-2025-special-ops-aircraft-marine-corps-drones-and-army-vehicles/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/national-defense-magazine-2560845/july-2025-special-ops-aircraft-marine-corps-drones-and-army-vehicles.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.