Ribbon 06 ยท Phase Two: The Field
COMING SOON
The Handler
Identity Management ยท Behavioral Architecture ยท Influence Operations
No Powerpoints. Ever.
This program is built on field execution, tested in the real world, held under pressure, and applied against live targets. Free from slide decks and learned nothing. This is what you have been waiting for.
The Profiler taught you what people cannot hide. The Handler teaches you what they cannot resist. You are no longer reading the room. You wrote it.
Course Overview
The Profiler is a sensor. The Handler is a transmitter. Same frequency. Opposite direction.
In the Profiler, you learned to decode the Physical Autobiography โ the involuntary broadcast every person sends. In the Handler, you learn to write one deliberately, for a specific mission. Identity Management. You choose what you broadcast. You architect the room before anyone speaks. Seating position, entry timing, atmospheric pressure โ set before a single word is exchanged.
The Handler does not react to the dynamic. The Handler built the dynamic before arriving. This ribbon is the most direct application of everything Oroszi has spent her career building โ Ekman-certified, Navarro-trained, twenty-three years of applied behavioral intelligence deployed as a transmitter, not just a receiver.
The dynamic changes before anyone knows you moved it. You are not responding to people. You are running them.
What You Will Build
Identity Management
In the Profiler, you read the Physical Autobiography. In the Handler, you write one. Deliberately. For a specific mission. You choose every signal your body broadcasts before you enter the room.
Kinesic Redirection
You do not just spot the tell โ you answer it with your body before your mouth opens. The moment the signal is detected, your physical response has already shifted the dynamic. No one saw the move.
The Nonverbal Pivot
The moment contempt, resistance, or deception is detected, you redirect without breaking contact. The other party experiences a shift in the interaction without being able to name what changed.
Environmental Mastery
Seating position. Entry timing. Atmospheric control. The hierarchy of the room is established before anyone speaks. The Handler sets the stage. Everyone else performs on it.
The Mirror Protocol
You match breathing cadence โ not gestures. Within minutes, you have downregulated someone's stress response without saying a word. They think the shift came from the conversation. It came from you.
The Nudge Protocol
You do not mandate change. You make the desired behavior the path of least resistance. Remove friction from the new. Add friction to the old. Adoption happens without resistance. No directive issued.
The Tactical Vacuum
One calibrated question. Then silence. The other person finds their own answer โ which is always more durable than one you provided. The Handler's greatest power is knowing when to do nothing.
The Exit Protocol
Ending an influence relationship cleanly, safely, and without operational blowback. The most overlooked skill in Handler tradecraft and the one that defines professional competence.
Course in Development. The Handler Ribbon launches as the pipeline progresses. Syllabus available upon request. Contact [email protected] to be added to the notification list.
Mission Parameters
| Status | In Development |
| Minimum Days | 10 Days |
| Realistic Average | 12 Days |
| Maximum (Mastery) | 14 Days |
| Weekly Commitment | 4โ6 hours |
| Capstone Mission | To be announced |
| Certification | Handler Ribbon, 80% minimum on graded logs |
| Prerequisite | Analyst, Profiler, Sentinel, Strategist & Diplomat Ribbons |
Full Pipeline, Program Structure
The full pipeline is designed for completion within two academic semesters for dedicated students. Self-paced students typically complete it in 12 to 18 months. The certification standard does not change based on pace. Operational standard determines graduation. The calendar does not.
| Ribbon | Minimum Hard Floor | Realistic Average | Maximum Mastery |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1: The Analyst | 10 Days | 14 Days | 21 Days |
| 2: The Profiler | 10 Days | 14 Days | 21 Days |
| 3: The Sentinel | 10 Days | 14 Days | 21 Days |
| 4: The Strategist | 10 Days | 12 Days | 14 Days |
| 5: The Diplomat | 10 Days | 12 Days | 14 Days |
| 6: The Handler | 10 Days | 12 Days | 14 Days |
| 7: The Tactician | 10 Days | 14 Days | 21 Days |
| 8: The Guardian | 10 Days | 12 Days | 14 Days |
| 9: The Ghost | 10 Days | 14 Days | 21 Days |
| 10: Field Commander | 90 Days | 120 Days | 180 Days |
Your Faculty, Ribbon 06
Bio Lead, Course Director
Dr. Terry Oroszi, Ed.D., SAS-AP, SAS-MP
Situational Awareness ยท Nonverbal Body Language ยท Behavioral Psychology ยท Emerging Technology
Academic Degrees
B.S., Biological Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Wright State UniversityM.S., Biological Sciences, Molecular Genetics, Wright State University
Ed.D., Organizational Studies, Crisis Decision-Making & Leadership, Wright State University
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Clinical Simulation, Dayton VA Medical Center
Executive Education, Leadership in Emerging Technology, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Professional Certifications
Situation Awareness Specialist, Advanced Practitioner (SAS-AP), Arcuri GroupSituation Awareness Specialist, Master Practitioner (SAS-MP), Arcuri Group
Body Language Expert Program, Joe Navarro, FBI Special Agent (Ret.)
Body Language Tactics, Greg Hartley & Scott Rouse
Micro Expressions, Paul Ekman Group
Micro Expressions Profile, Paul Ekman Group
Micro Expressions Intensive, Paul Ekman Group
Subtle Expressions, Paul Ekman Group
Fundamentals of Homeland Security, InfraGard/FBI
Federal Roles
FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, Executive Committee ยท InfraGard National Board Officer ยท NSA Advisory ยท U.S. State Department Speaker Program ยท U.S. Army NBC Specialist (Veteran) ยท Associate Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Bio Assist
Michael Shannon
Counterintelligence ยท Espionage ยท Insider Threat Management
Retired federal Senior Executive. U.S. Air Force Counterintelligence Reserve Officer, 23 years. J2/J5 Joint Chiefs of Staff โ Senior Advisor, Intelligence Collection, Counter Exploitation & Countermeasure Development. Inspector General, DoD/Department of the Army โ Abu Ghraib, Arlington National Cemetery, National Guard Recruitment Fraud. Director, NIH Office of Management Assessment, Federal Senior Executive Service. M.S., Public Policy. M.S., Public Administration. When an asset relationship goes wrong, Shannon's counterintelligence doctrine tells you how to see it coming.
Syn Faculty
Syn Faculty, AI
Professor Verity Nasar
Social Engineering ยท HUMINT ยท Deception ยท Elicitation
Verity covers HUMINT elicitation from the Syn side โ the techniques that make people sources without knowing they are sources. Understanding how it works is the prerequisite for using it responsibly and for recognizing when it is being used on you.
Floating Scientist
All Ribbons
All Ribbons
Dr. David Ellis, PhD, DABT
Toxicology ยท Chemical Warfare Agent Countermeasures ยท Neurobiology of Stress ยท Nanotoxicology. Research Toxicologist, Battelle Memorial Institute. 30 years across government, industry, and military laboratories including Air Force Research Laboratory and Naval Medical Research Unit. Adjunct Faculty, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. In the Handler Ribbon, Ellis addresses the neuroscience of trust and deception โ what the body does when it is being managed and how trained observation catches what the subject cannot suppress.