WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Israeli Tactical School has recently debuted an executive protection training program that is largely based on the system developed by the internationally renowned Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet). The program is led by Tomer Israeli, a former Shin Bet officer himself with extensive experience in executive protection as well as combat.
Executive protection training is crucial to anyone wishing to build a career in the protective services industry, specifically as a PSD (Personal Security Detail)/overseas contractor. Candidates with relevant military background who served in hostile Middle Eastern countries (such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and others) protecting dignitaries certainly have an advantage over the competition. However, according to ASIS International, substantial training (along with certification where applicable) is a determining factor in hiring and career advancement.
In line with best practices for executive protection training as per the Shin Bet, Israeli Tactical School's newly established program tackles hard, soft, and specialty skills, such as:
- Prevention skills. Techniques such as profiling, routine break, and "avoid-tracking" are key factors in the success of any protection mission.
- Planning skills. Protection missions require careful planning and analysis of the protectee's schedule, limitations, resources, and considerations of other parties involved.
- Conducting the mission according to a plan requires the team to have a set of skills beyond combat abilities and prevention techniques. Operators need to be reliable, self-driven, independent, mature, determined, team-oriented, and possessing of common sense. Additionally, they need to be highly adaptable.
- PSD bodyguards need to master urban CQB, CQC (Close Quarter Combat) tactics, and handling of vehicles in case of emergency.
The Shin Bet approach, implemented and honed over the years, enables agents to protect extremely sensitive, high-profile assets from attacks of varied sorts. It emphasizes practical, hands-on exercises (85% - 90%) over theory. See below for a sample schedule:
DAY 1
05:30 am - PT & hand to hand combat for EP
07:00 am - Breakfast
08:00 am - Course overview, instructors introduction, and executive protection mission overview - classroom
09:00 am - Risk assessment, mission planning, and counter surveillance - classroom
12:00 pm - Lunch
01:00 pm - Pistols fundamentals - concealed carry draw, fine trigger work, rapid fire, precision shoot, multiple attackers, mags change, and gun malfunction - "village" - dry
07:00 pm - Dinner and free time
DAY 2
05:30 am - PT and hand-to-hand combat for EP
07:00 am - Breakfast
08:00 am - Pistol fundamentals - range time - wet
12:00 pm - Lunch
01:00 pm - Intro room clearing - "village" - dry
07:00 pm - Dinner and free time
DAY 3
05:30 am - PT and hand-to-hand combat for EP
07:00 am - Breakfast
08:00 am - One-man room clearing CQB - 360 Shoot house live fire - wet
12:00 pm - Lunch
01:00 pm - One-man room clearing CQB - 360 Shoot house live fire - wet
07:00 pm - Dinner and free time
DAY 4
05:30 am - PT and hand-to-hand combat for EP
07:00 am - Breakfast
08:00 am - One-man room clearing CQB - crowded situation with noncombatants - 360 Shoot house live fire - wet
12:00 pm - Lunch
01:00 pm - One-man room clearing CQB - crowded situation with noncombatants - 360 Shoot house live fire - wet
07:00 pm - Dinner
09:00 pm - Room clearing - night shooting
12:00 am - Free time
DAY 5
05:30 am - PT and hand-to-hand combat for EP
07:00 am - Breakfast
08:00 am - Shooting from vehicles - static & on the move & emergency driving - 360 fire range - dry
12:00 pm - Lunch
01:00 pm - Shooting from vehicles - static & on the move & emergency driving - 360 fire range - live fire - wet
07:00 pm - Dinner and free time
DAY 6
05:30 am - PT and hand-to-hand combat for EP
07:00 am - Breakfast
08:00 am - One/two agents & VIP emergency exercises with vehicle & urban scenarios - dry
12:00 pm - Lunch
01:00 pm - One/two agents & VIP emergency exercises with vehicle & urban scenarios - live fire - wet
07:00 pm - Dinner
11:00 pm - Executive protection mission 1 - prepare an EP mission & free time
DAY 7
05:30 am - PT and hand-to-hand combat for EP
07:00 am - Breakfast
08:00 am - Conducting mission 1 - with emergency scenarios & medical & evacuation - dry
12:00 pm - Lunch
01:00 pm - Conducting mission 1 - live fire - wet
07:00 pm - Dinner and free time
DAY 8
05:30 am - PT and hand-to-hand combat for EP
07:00 am - Breakfast
08:00 am - Convoy motorcade emergency ambush team exercises with contingencies - dry
12:00 pm - Lunch
01:00 pm - Convoy motorcade emergency ambush team exercises with contingencies - wet
07:00 pm - Dinner and free time
DAY 9
05:30 am - PT & hand-to-hand combat for EP
07:00 am - Breakfast
08:00 am - FTX - final exercise - full event in the "village"
12:00 pm - Lunch
03:00 pm - Graduation
Training is hosted in a facility with full access to a shoot house as well as a "village" - essential in order to maintain authenticity and provide students with the proper learning experience. Instructors in the program are highly qualified veterans.
SOURCE Israeli Tactical School
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