you are talking about the sniper overwatch. and having people elevated in case of a situation that emerge. but part of the city is not only what is around you but above you. how about that challenge? they take that in consideration as well. you can only control what you so and your vantage points, you have to put your people in their vantage points and have them looking at what someone else might have within the building. can you control every single situation? no, you can t. you can only try to mip myself the possibility. in central park, they are also prepared. he will drive through central park and there will be crowds there as well. but the fib feb swat team, that mumbai style attack. the terrorist came in the hotel and many people died and it was
in 2001. how did it change for you in particular? for me, i was over in the middle east when the u.s.s. cole got hit and my platoon was on the sniper overwatch. being on that ship and talking to the crew members and seeing how unprepared they were, you know, the security posture, they just had no idea these guys were standing guard on ship with unloaded weapons that they didn t know how to use and, you know, and there were reports that there was a thwarted attempt at a suicide pact several that i think earlier that year but what was done about it? they still pulled in and got hit. and yeah, they didn t even know that yemen was actually an al-qaida hotbed according to the commander on board. everything changed quickly and ended up being the navy ended up being the tip of the spear in many cases led by guys like you. yep. brandon is a former navy seal, sniper, author of the new book the red circle. good luck with the book. check out this video, gives a