The A-Frame: A Navy SEAL's Extension of Boyd's OODA Loop with Adam "Guz" Karaoguz

The A-Frame: A Navy SEAL's Extension of Boyd's OODA Loop with Adam "Guz" Karaoguz

May 11, 2026 · 1h 23m · Episode 165

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Retired Navy SEAL Adam "Guz" Karaoguz discusses his A-Frame extension of Boyd's OODA loop with hosts Mark McGrath and Brian "Ponch" Rivera.

Send us Fan Mail Retired Navy SEAL Adam "Guz" Karaoguz has spent the last ten years building an extension of Boyd's OODA loop he calls the A-Frame. Attention, appreciation, action, with attunement as the goal. Adam joins Mark McGrath and Brian "Ponch" Rivera to walk through the framework, the work behind it, and the personal experience that shaped both. Naval Postgraduate School thesis on ground force commander decision making. Years of synthesis through Iain McGilchrist on the divided brain,...

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Hosts: Mark McGrath, Brian "Ponch" Rivera

Guest: Adam "Guz" Karaoguz

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Organizations: Naval Postgraduate School

Books & works: Boyd's OODA loop

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