Hi, I am new to this forum and I am happy to have discovered it; I hope to contribute in some small way. I read that it is acceptable to make a plug for a product and I would like to introduce a book that I have authored and just published:

Rapid Fire! Tactics for High Threat, Protection and Combat Operations

For those interested there is more information on my website here

The blurb for the book is: The purpose of this manual is to provide information to enhance tactics and protection skills for those operating in high threat, protection and combat environments. This includes the operations of the following, by no means exclusive list: special operations forces (SOF), specialized military teams, security escort teams, high threat protection agents, tactical law enforcement and SWAT teams, paramilitary law enforcement teams, and also civilians intent on improving their tactical skills and knowledge. The information in this manual is derived from years of experience gained from training and operational service with SOF followed by years of employment as a security contractor in hostile environments including Iraq and Afghanistan. It is a distillation of military and security training, principles, and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) adapted to the threat and environment anticipated in this type of scenario in order to provide knowledge needed to train tactical teams to operate effectively in high threat and combat environments.

I make no claim to be the most high speed guy in the valley or any other similar nonsense. I simply have some useful experience and a love of instructing that I would like to share with those who are receptive to it. I have service with both the UK and US military, as well as a private security contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan for 5 years, and I have combined TTPs that I have trained, experienced and assimilated over my 20 year career into this book.

I hope some of you find it useful. I think it would be a good resource for team leaders on high threat protection duties, paramilitary forces and also squad and platoon leaders.

Thank you.

Max