Browse by topic
Eight topics, each with a short guide and the best reads first.
48 articlesBecoming a bodyguard
Start here if you are considering executive protection: what the work involves day to day, the qualities and skills that matter, the myths Hollywood sells, and the first practical steps into the profession.
228 articlesTraining & schools
Choosing a school, what courses cost, the books worth reading, and the craft itself: advance work, threat awareness, formations, motorcades, driving, firearms and the etiquette that keeps a protector employed.
124 articlesJobs, hiring & pay
Skill gets you considered; marketing, networking and professionalism get you hired. Résumés and interviews, job-search tactics, rates and negotiation, running protection as a business, and advice for clients hiring protection.
135 articlesField stories
First-hand accounts from real assignments, Hucky’s years protecting Prince, the True Bodyguard Stories series, interviews with industry figures, and bodyguards in the news.