To apply it on the tactical the buzz words, surface, gaps, decentralizied execution, centralizied vision, main effort, center of gravity, critical vulnerability, focus on the enemy, mission tactics.Yeah, that's all great stuff, but the OODA Loop concept helps you examine history with an eye to seeing what Napoleon, Patton, Rommel, Grant or whomever was doing and see HOW what they did was in fact maneuver warfare.
Col Boyd passed away a couple of years ago. When MW first burst onto the scene, he was sort of the 'inventor' as I recall.
Walt
The idea is to get the enemy to react to you versus you reacting to the enemy. The initiative vs. response. Grant got it, maintained it, and won. Patton was a master also.