One major benefit of supporting Mission’s extraordinary Security team is that I’m exposed to books that wouldn’t normally hit my radar.  The most recent example (thanks Robert Whiteside) is Left of Bang by Van Horne and Riley.

In the book’s language “bang” is the explosion of an IED, an active shooter in a hospital, a suicide bomber in a cafe, and so on.  The challenge for soldiers and security leaders alike is to move from a “right of bang” operational mode, where the team reacts as best it can to an already bad outcome, and instead adopt techniques that support a “left of bang” preventative approach.

It’s a terrific read, and teaches fundamental skills that anyone charged with protecting anyone else (a family, a hospital, a country) can use to identify situations heading towards “bang” and intervene to prevent them.

As I’m reading (or more truthfully Audible-ing) the book though…