Author: LeMareschal

• Is the warrior mindset right for our profession?

    We know what the Term “Warrior Mindset” is supposed to mean. It is having the emotional drive and mental preparedness to think through the problem, fight through the problem and then not stopping until you are satisfied with the solution. While this works well on the battlefield, can we assume that this “mindset” will…

  July 11, 2013

  · ATHENA Worldwide Categories

• Is a security detail enough?

  Personal Protection has always been viewed as a physical or tangible thing that could be measured by effort and labor put into creating and maintaining a program. Since the Internet first allowed for the publishing and dispersal of personal information, the public has obliged the technology by accessing and downloading billions of terabytes of information…

  May 1, 2013

  · Bodyguard Careers, Bodyguard Lessons, Bodyguard Training, Close Protection Training, Executive Protection Training, Female Bodyguards, female close protection operatives, female executive protection

• The necessity of training civilians dealing with a crisis situation

  The Boston attack proved once again how vulnerable any city or country can be under a terrorist attack. In the aftermath, we were subjected to the news media clamoring for access to the opinions of the experts. In almost every case the “experts” start popping off and saying what went wrong and what should have…

  April 21, 2013

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• Female Self Defense Courses, can they teach you how to be safe?

  The first thing that comes to mind when people hear ‘’Personal Safety’’ is martial arts or firearms training. Being in the security industry for the last twenty years, I have had the chance to attend many training courses. Continuing education is my first priority, and I attend as many seminars and classes as possible each…

  March 29, 2013

  · Female Bodyguards

• The importance of being a responsible and safety-conscious citizen in your community

  Leaving the comfort of your couch and going out to see what’s taking place can save people’s lives. Criminals don’t want to be captured and usually flee if confronted by witnesses. Making criminals aware that someone is watching is a powerful deterrent to their criminal activity and makes for a much safer community

  January 16, 2013

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• After the training what? Gaining Employment in the Security Industry

  So you got retired from military, had your time serving overseas, got your experience within a hostile environment, paid a thousand of dollars to training courses in order to gain the skills and knowledge to operate in security industry  and now you are wondering what will be the next step that will give you a…

  December 15, 2012

  · Female Bodyguards

• Can you foresee and prevent threats?

  No matter what our profession, age, sex, culture or country we live in, we all have to deal at some point in our lives with aggressive individuals, either as criminals, colleagues or family members. As a woman I can see multiple uses of Mr. Byrnes’ Critical Aggression Prevention System (CAPS).

  October 30, 2012

  · Female Bodyguards

• Fallen Bodyguards: the unknown heroes

  Probably their death news never gets more than a dozen of views in online news sites or blogs. Most of the times their names are not revealed from the MEDIA and they are just mentioned as that celebrity or that dignitary bodyguard who was killed…. But they are people like us, with families, people with…

  September 5, 2012

  · Female Bodyguards

• Anne-Marie Murphy Case (1986), A must read Case of Terroristic Attack for Security Operatives:

  As posted on Israel Security Agency website: (http://www.shabak.gov.il/english/history/affairs/pages/anne-mariemurphycase.aspx) On Thursday, April 17, 1986, at the Heathrow International Airport in London, El Al security agents thwarted an attempt to blow up an El Al plane in mid-air. The plane, a Boeing 747, flight no. 016 on the New York – London – Tel Aviv route, was…

  August 12, 2012

  · Female Bodyguards

• Mr Bob Duggan, founder of Executive Security International (ESI) thoughts over Colorado theater shooting

  As many of us, no matter how often we have seen it happening is always shocking us. Reading news and comments over the last attack in Colorado I came across this comment made by one of the top experts in the security industry, Mr. Bob Duggan who is the founder of ESI, a training institute…

  July 23, 2012

  · Female Bodyguards