If you are searching for a GI Bill Approved Executive Protection School, ESS Global Corp is approved by the VA to accept GI Bill Benefits.
GI Bill® Approved Executive Protection School
- Approved by VA to Accept GI Bill® Benefits
- Approved by the Florida Department of Education
- Real-World Experience in Over 60 Countries
If you are looking for a GI Bill approved Executive Protection School, ESS Global Corp, a recognized leader in global security, now offers GI Bill Approved Executive Protection Training, and is the only GI Bill approved Executive Protection School east of the Rockies.
‘‘GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.”
Additionally, we are aware that there are competitors who state that they offer similar Executive Protection Training Programs. However, our Executive Protection School in the only protection training facility certified and approved by the Department of Education in the state of Florida, and is the only D.O.E Approved Executive/Close Protection/Bodyguard School in the Southeast.
Lastly, ESS Global uses a proven methodology, derived from protective security operations, security consulting and of course, training, in over 60 countries around the world. These protection operations have been conducted in threat environments ranging from “negligible” to “imminent ”.
Why Choose a Facility that is Both a GI Bill Approved Executive Protection School AND is Approved by the D.O.E.?
If you are considering a career in the rapidly growing executive protection field, know that in the protection industry, there is no EP “degree” (online or otherwise), no“license”, no state testing, and no state boards in most states. Executive Protection Training is usually lumped into the same category as Security Guards or Private Investigation and has little to do with either. Yet we see training to earn your “certified protection specialist credentials” advertised online. Unfortunately, nobody is regulating these schools, training centers and trainers. No government agency regulates or monitors what is taught and who is teaching it. Anybody off the street could be teaching you, and you could be paying for false or misleading information.
This is exactly where the ESS Global Executive Protection Training School differs. We are licensed and our curriculum and instructors are all regulated and monitored by the D.O.E., and, we are the only Protection School in the southeast US that is D.O.E. approved and certified for executive protection training. Now add that we are a GI Bill Approved Executive Protection School and toss in our real world experience…as well as being the only protection school offering active shooter training as part of our Bodyguard/Executive Protection training via the only VirTra Simulator in Florida, and only one of two installations in the country…
And you have ESS Global Corp
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- D.O.E. Approved
- GI Bill Benefits Approved
- Real World Experience
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In most every state, there is no oversight of the Executive Protection Industry. No licenses, no state certifications.
Now, the requirements to enter the Executive Protection industry would be much easier if it were classified under the class D License, but at the same time, what types of individuals would now, by law, qualify to do Executive Protection work?
“Which defensive tactics work best?” This is a question that defensive tactics experts and bodyguard instructors have debated and continue to debate. But, in reality, the answer is simple. I don’t care what defensive tactics or martial arts discipline you train in or feel that you have mastered, because the answer is always the same. ALL experienced executive protection agents will agree that the best defensive tactic we have as agents, that will give us the greatest chance of survival and least chance of injury to us or our clients, is AVOIDANCE.
Part of the difficulty in the bodyguard/ close protection/ executive protection industry is in most states, there are no licensing or oversights involved. In short, this means anyone can “teach” anything. Maybe even teach practices that are inherently dangerous given there is no state governance.
Over the past decade, many schools and universities have gone “online”. While we have no doubt that that is a viable option if you are taking accounting courses, it certainly doesn’t apply to Executive Protection.
In our research, Executive Protection Training 3-day courses tend to run from $350 to a high of $1500.