Volume 23
May 2018 Edition
Each site should be individually assessed by competent security professionals with the requisite background and skills
in associated disciplines to determine a site-specific model, develop response plans and provide training accordingly.
Active shootings are not going away. Whether a result of political polarization fueled by societal division or an
increase in terrorism and the notoriety that goes along with accomplishing an agenda by any means.
Active shootings will continue to evolve with each response and a methodology that allows for
individual and fluid development is needed to get ahead of the rising threat.
About the Author:
Ben Aubin, Security Specialist, Tactical Intelligence Inter-
national, President, Redbeard Combatives, Inc., Vice Pres-
ident, Automated Consulting Services, Inc.
Ben has over 13 years of experience working with the DoD
and Private Security sectors, with a focus on training, phys-
ical security, and vulnerability assessments.
He has deployed multiple times to austere locations in-
cluding the Middle East and South America, as well as
numerous at sea deployments providing vessel security
aboard commercial ships transiting high-risk waters.
Ben was the Assistant Team Leader on a US Department
of State contract supporting humanitarian operations in
Bolivia and Peru, conducting site security surveys and PSD
operations in areas of civil unrest.
He is an experienced civil and structural designer with
over 20 years’ experience in the field and holds advanced
degrees in Intelligence Studies from American Military
University, with advanced certifications in Counter Intelli-
gence.
He further provided physical security and personnel escort
duties, working alongside U.S. military personnel at a for- Ben is also a certified protection specialist, weapons in-
structor, and Florida Licensed Private Investigator.
ward operating base in Northern Afghanistan.
Ben has provided courses of instruction in combatives to
Army’s 101st Airborne Division and members of the Hills-
borough County Sheriff’s Office and is one of TII’s primary
self-defense and hand-to-hand combat instructors.
Additionally, Ben holds rating of general contractor in the
state of Florida with experience in design and construction
supervision of over 150 hotels, and countless other com-
mercial developments.
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