The OODA Loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) is a decision-making approach used by military personnel that works in daily life, too. Whenever you enter a new environment—a parking lot, a coffee shop, a subway platform—run through these steps: observe, orient, decide, and act mentally. It helps you stay engaged and ready to respond. 3. Scan and Assess Train yourself to glance around and take note of exits, people around you, and anything that doesn’t seem to belong. You don’t need to stare at people or be nervous. Just be aware. Make a practice of scanning your surroundings, and it will…

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This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  U.S. and Chinese delegations have arrived in the U.K. for talks aimed at patching up a fraying truce in an ongoing trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. The US team leby The U.S. team led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are due to meet with a Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier He Lifeng in London in a renewed effort to break the deadlock after last month’s Geneva talks failed to produce meaningful results. The high-stakes meeting follows President Donald Trump’s call with…

After spending the better part of a decade transitioning outdated systems and infrastructure to the cloud, the Air Force agency responsible for providing key weather and environmental inputs for military and intelligence operations is starting to see a silver lining. Air Force Weather started its digital transformation in 2017 amid a broader U.S. government push to migrate away from siloed data centers to more secure, efficient and capable could-based environments. As the Air Force’s largest special-purpose data processing node — crunching around 80 terabytes of data, or the equivalent of 6.6 billion pages of text, a day — the organization…

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LOS ANGELES — About 700 Marines have been ordered to deploy to Los Angeles to help National Guard members respond to immigration protests, U.S. Northern Command announced Monday, as California prepared to sue President Donald Trump over his use of Guard troops to confront the protesters.The Marines are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, based out of Twentynine Palms, California, U.S. Northern Command said in a release. The Marines will integrate with the National Guard troops “who are protecting federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area,” U.S. Northern Command said. The deployment was…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. The Boone and Crockett Club has confirmed a new record grizzly bear, according to a social media post shared by the club Sunday. The giant boar was taken by a traveling hunter in Alaska in 2024, and it scored 27 9/16 inches, making it the largest hunter-killed grizzly in the B&C records book.  Brian Van Lanen, of Wisconsin, killed the record-setting griz on a guided hunt near Norton Sound, Alaska, last fall, according to B&C. Hunting with guide Lance Kronberger, Van Lanen had both…

This article was originally published by Belle Carter at Natural News.  Ukraine’s coordinated drone attacks on Russian air bases, planned for over a year, caused significant damage, including up to €6 billion ($6.8 billion) in destruction and the loss of at least 40 warplanes, including strategic bombers. These strikes targeted deep within Russian territory, including Arctic and Siberian locations. The attacks have raised alarms among U.S. officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who warned that they could provoke an “extreme” response from Russian President Vladimir Putin, potentially leading to nuclear escalation. The strikes have heightened fears of a…

Navy investigators and local authorities are searching for a missing sailor last seen May 29 on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.The Virginia State Police issued a critically missing adult alert for Culinary Specialist Seaman Angelina Petra Resendiz, 21, who vanished after being spotted at her barracks in Miller Hall and hasn’t spoken to friends or family since.“The disappearance poses a credible threat to their health and safety as determined by the investigative agency,” the alert said.Resendiz is assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer James E. Williams, the Navy said.Resendiz is five feet tall, Hispanic, weighs 110 pounds and has black…

A pair of key House lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation Monday designed to simplify the defense acquisition process with the goal of speeding the fielding of new systems and technology to the military’s front lines. But the latest proposal is sponsored by the top Republican (House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala.) and top Democrat (committee ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash.), making it a rare bipartisan priority in the chamber and an expected focal point of the annual defense authorization bill debate. “The current [system] is too slow, rigid, and bureaucratic to meet today’s urgent needs,” the pair wrote in…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. It’s calving season in Colorado, and wildlife officials are urging hikers, dog walkers, and anyone else heading outdoors to give moose plenty of space after several recent attacks — some resulting in serious injuries — across the state. Colorado Parks and Wildlife issued the warning following at least four separate moose attacks in just over a week, all of which involved dogs and cow moose with calves nearby. The first attack happened on Memorial Day near Colorado Springs, where a man and his two…

Ruler of the United States, Donald Trump, has said that the protesters in Los Angeles are “paid insurrectionists,” placing the blame on local authorities for a violent escalation. He now wants California Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass to apologize for what he described as a “horrible” failure to control the riots and violent unrest in the city. In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump wrote: “Governor Gavin Newscum and ‘Mayor’ Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots.…

The lawsuit — filed by Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic — asks for a return to the department’s health care policies in place at the start of this year, when hormone therapy was provided as part of a broad spectrum of VA medical services. Attorneys argue the abrupt change discriminates against transgender veterans and endangers their mental health. The identity of the veteran at the center of the legal fight has not been released, but clinic officials said she served for two years on active duty and nine years in the Army National Guard. In 2024, before separating…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. A conservation group in South Florida that’s working to reign in the state’s Burmese python problem announced a new milestone in those efforts Monday. After more than a decade of intensive efforts, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida says its team of scientists and trackers has caught, killed, and removed more than 40,000 pounds of the giant, invasive snakes from a roughly 200-square-mile area near Naples. That’s over 20 tons worth of Burmese pythons, which rank at the very top of Florida’s least wanted list…