Operating in Beirut: Part 3
By: Georges Tabet
In late February, after three months into the contract, I made the decision to move the current team members around. I had learned early in my career from a former Diplomatic Security Agent that it was always a good idea to switch out teams if it was an extended operation.
The reason for the change was two-fold; first, I was able to ensure that members of the current team were able to get some down time and R&R, and second, if bad guys were trying to identify team members and their movements thru surveillance activities, the movement of personnel would most likely confuse and cause issues for an adversary who may be planning an attack.
In addition to the team changes, I met with my ATL and talked about a few ideas that I wanted to implement into our ongoing operations. I fully believe that in order to be successful when running operations in a medium to high threat area you must be fluid and must always change the way that you operate.
