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Tactical Protection - Tactical Medicine - Tactical Defense

Tailored Solutions Based on Experience

Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of twenty years experience in craft while in fact he has had only one year of experience–twenty times.
– Trevanian

Branch-Tactical provides executive protection services, security training, and consultation based on over 25 years of experience working in public and private sectors, from the boardroom of a Fortune 200 multinational company to protective operations in remote high-threat areas in the Middle East with very little redundancy. Whether supporting an executive at a formal event or a UN worker clearing minefields, the focus continues to be to provide professional and confidential services based on real-world experience.

CEO

John Branchcomb

John Branchcomb, Ph.D., Principal at Branch-Tactical, has over 25 years’ experience in Executive/Dignitary Protection, Tactical Operations, Public Security, Emergency Response & Crisis Management, Armed/Unarmed Defensive Tactics, Risk Management, Counterintelligence and Operational/Contingency Planning in highly austere, high-risk domestic and international environments. He has worked protecting private sector principals and their families in the United States and has worked providing security in high threat environments for clients that include persons at highest levels of U.S. government.

International Experience

Advances, Intel Gathering, Small Team, and Multi-Layered Operations

John Branchcomb, CEO, worked primarily as a team medic for a high-threat protection detail supporting diplomatic operations in the Middle East. As such, he had the opportunity to advance and gather intelligence for briefings given to members of multiple federal agencies before taking part in the associated missions.

These missions were often in support of high-level intergovernmental visits. The high level of resources and support for these multi-layered missions significantly reduced the threat, precisely the role of a security detail. 

Additionally, over the last 15 years working internationally, he has supported executives and politicians traveling to moderate-risk areas with their families with little advance notice.
These missions called for short-notice coordination with vetted contacts, local security, and law enforcement from multiple jurisdictions, often speaking different languages.


„Adjusting for a client’s unique needs, such as a client with food allergies who wants to eat local food at a local restaurant, is just part of the challenge of working internationally.“
(„On a related side: He was a great client with a beautiful family, and it was a pleasure to work with them on their vacation.”)

We secure what you value most
so you can concentrate on what you do best.

Tactical Protection - Tactical Medicine - Tactical Defense

A Message from the CEO

 In addition to providing discrete and confidential executive protection services, the goal of Branch-Tactical is to also provide tailored solutions that enable clients to increase resiliency by providing the information and/or training necessary to respond effectively to existing or potential operational or strategic risks.
We will work with you to understand your needs and develop solutions that will allow you to optimize your security investment while maximizing your ability to manage existing or potential threats.
We accomplish this based on extensive personal experience and continual interaction with a network of top security professionals operating in diverse environments worldwide.

John G. Branchcomb, Ph.D.
Principal Consultant
CEO Branch-Tactical LLC