# ooda — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ooda. Page: Feed: --- ## [Prisoner (Children of Divorce) Exchanges](https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2026/08/16/prisoner-children-of-divorce-exchanges/) _2026-08-16 · tacticalprofessor · tacticalprofessor_ A Facebook friend posted today about an unusual incident that happened to him and his family. They went to eat lunch at a fast food restaurant. Wishing to keep the car in what little shade was available, he parked in the far corner of the lot by a tree. Another vehicle came and parked right \[…\] ## [The Constraints-Led Approach is Mission Command for Sport](https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/mission-command-constraints-led-approach-coaching) _2026-08-11 · Brian “Ponch” Rivera · The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It._ Three basketball gyms in one week, and what Boyd, TOPGUN, and a Naval Academy camp taught me about how we are coaching kids. ## [Silhouette Torture](https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2026/08/04/silhouette-torture/) _2026-08-05 · tacticalprofessor · tacticalprofessor_ #22Tuesday Decades ago, David Blinder created a 50 round drill for focused practice loosely based on Dot Drill 101 from the Brian Enos Forum. The late Todd Louis Green, who founded pistol-training.com, expanded on it, and codified it into a practice session containing most relevant defensive pistol marksmanship skills. He called it Dot Torture and \[…\] ## [ReadyDot on TX22 Compact](https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2026/08/03/readydot-on-tx22-compact/) _2026-08-03 · tacticalprofessor · tacticalprofessor_ #mousegunmonday As an experiment, I installed a Ruger ReadyDot on a Taurus TX22 Compact. The efficacy of this combination was surprising. Although the ReadyDot’s zero cannot be adjusted, Point of Impact was really close to Point of Aim at both 20 and 10 yards. Body shots at 20 yards from a benchrest and headshots at \[…\] ## [Orientation Is Capital, Part II: Why the Same Assets Produce Different Returns](https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/orientation-is-capital-same-assets-different-returns) _2026-08-03 · Mark McGrath | OODA Synthesist · The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It._ A visual field guide to the hidden asset that decides whether uncertainty becomes value or loss. ## [The Machine Is Teaching Writers How to Sound Human](https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/ai-detector-becomes-editor) _2026-08-01 · Mark McGrath | OODA Synthesist · The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It._ Pangram, Substack, and the Machine Definition of Human Writing ## [Kegan “SMurf” Gill and the Machinery of Orientation](https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/kegan-gill-ooda-loop-orientation) _2026-07-31 · Brian “Ponch” Rivera · The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It._ He survived the fastest ejection in Naval aviation history. The deeper story is what it did to his Orientation, and how John Boyd and the Free Energy Principle explain the way back. ## [Dr. Zach Bush Just Explained the OODA Loop and Never Named It](https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/zach-bush-joe-rogan-real-ooda-loop) _2026-07-24 · Brian “Ponch” Rivera · The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It._ Zach Bush on Joe Rogan: The Real OODA Loop (JRE #2529) ## [Fit or Veridicality? Boyd’s OODA Loop as a Headset for This World](https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/ooda-loop-fit-or-veridicality) _2026-07-15 · Brian “Ponch” Rivera · The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It._ Does your mind exist to show you the truth, or to keep you alive? John Boyd and Donald Hoffman hit the same wall. ## [CCW Safe Podcast – Maintain Situational Awareness](https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2026/07/10/ccw-safe-podcast-maintain-situational-awareness/) _2026-07-10 · tacticalprofessor · tacticalprofessor_ My latest podcast appearance is with CCW Safe https://ccwsafe.com/series/ . The topic is The Armed Defender’s Dilemma Lesson 9: Maintain Situational Awareness. It is available for both reading on their website https://ccwsafe.com/series/lesson-9-maintain-situational-awareness/article/lesson9-podcast/ and listening on various podcast sites, including YouTube. A topic I brought up was about Decision… ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PX9iKG2rQEGN) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Happy Birthday, America](https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/happy-birthday-america) _2026-07-04 · Brian “Ponch” Rivera · The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It._ At 250, the founding document is worth another look. A new No Way Out drops Monday. ## [The Constraints-Led Approach Within Boyd’s Real OODA Loop](https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/the-constraints-led-approach-within) _2026-06-28 · Brian “Ponch” Rivera · The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It._ One way to understand the OODA loop, and to see that the CLA was never a separate thing. ## [Rock Hill SC Assassination Attempt](https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2026/06/19/rock-hill-sc-assassination-attempt/) _2026-06-19 · tacticalprofessor · tacticalprofessor_ You don’t have to be President Trump to be ‘Targeted for Termination.’ Bad Decisions lead to Negative Outcomes; one Justifiable Killing and one 10 year prison sentence. “This was basically an assassination attempt,” Judge Bill McKinnon said. “It’s pre-planned. I mean, they intercepted him in traffic to block his car in and then tried to \[…\] ## [The Debrief Has One Purpose](https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/ooda-active-inference-debriefing-situational-awareness) _2026-06-19 · Brian “Ponch” Rivera · The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It._ How OODA, Karl Friston, and elite debriefs turn prediction errors into learning, situational awareness, and better decisions for elite teams. ## [Found in the Archives: Boyd's Interconnectedness (I)](https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/found-in-the-archives-boyds-interconnectedness) _2026-06-16 · Brian “Ponch” Rivera · The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It._ Steve McCrone Visits the Archives, Ponch Explores Fractals, and the World Gets Access to Boyd's Codex ## [Surviving Edged Weapons](https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2026/06/15/surviving-edged-weapons/) _2026-06-15 · tacticalprofessor · tacticalprofessor_ There is plenty of commentary, both informed and uninformed, available about the legalities and moralities of Austin Metcalfe’s murder, so I’m not going to go into those aspects of the incident. What has been focused on less is the actual mechanics of the incident. What’s most important for us and our loved ones to know \[…\] ## [Situational Awareness Is Sometimes of Limited Value](https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2026/06/07/situational-awareness-is-sometimes-of-limited-value/) _2026-06-07 · tacticalprofessor · tacticalprofessor_ Circumstances of a murder ## [Defense of a Third Party – Double Trouble](https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2026/04/23/defense-of-a-third-party-double-trouble/) _2026-04-23 · tacticalprofessor · tacticalprofessor_ “What’s the difference between truth and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.” Variously attributed to Mark Twain, Tom Clancy, and other notable authors of fiction. A recent incident was summarized in a news release by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation because it involved a GBI Agent’s interaction with an Armed Citizen. It is an example \[…\] ## [Competition – Alternate POV](https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2026/04/18/competition-alternate-pov/) _2026-04-18 · tacticalprofessor · tacticalprofessor_ Greg Ellifritz recently made a post about Andy Stanford’s book Gunfighter U https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/gunfighter-u that a few of us were fortunate enough to receive an advance copy of at TacCon 2026. Andy and Greg make some good points. I’ve been deficient in my reading, so let me present an alternate Point Of View based solely on \[…\] ## [Tactical Conference 2026 – I](https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2026/04/03/tactical-conference-2026-i/) _2026-04-03 · tacticalprofessor · tacticalprofessor_ The 2026 Rangemaster Tactical Conference, aka TacCon https://taccon.info/, wrapped up last Sunday evening. It was three full days of training focused on personal development for self-defense and personal protection. A wide variety of subjects were presented in a buffet format. The classes ranged from live fire with pistols and shotguns to hands-on encounters without firearms \[…\] ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9keNfd4bUBTt) _2026-04-03 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Top 10 Security, Technology and Business Books of 2024](https://www.devost.net/2024/11/12/top-10-security-technology-and-business-books-of-2024/) _2024-11-13 · mattd · Matt Devost_ Welcome to 8th edition of my annual top 10 books list! Each year, I read close to 100 books and \[ \]