| Ever since I was a nipper I have been protecting | | | | As soon as I left the Army I joined the British |
| someone. I was the eldest of four brothers and | | | | Bodyguard Association and they advised me to |
| my mum was always telling me "Look after your | | | | take some basic courses - SIA Training and Close |
| brothers". Every day before we left the house | | | | Protection Courses. The Bodyguard Training was |
| she would whisper those words into my ear; it | | | | pretty easy for me with my Army background, |
| was like a mantra. Walking my brothers to school | | | | but there were still a lot of things to learn, |
| I used to let my imagination run away with my | | | | particularly tactics. |
| 'the baddies are going to jump out of that bush - | | | | The main difference between the Army and my |
| you must protect your brothers'. And being a | | | | bodyguard work is that being a bodyguard is |
| family of boys we were always playing kidnapping | | | | almost entirely preventative work, whereas the |
| games and army games. | | | | Army is mostly proactive. There is a lot more |
| Looking back, my whole life has been my training | | | | independent analysis to do in bodyguard work and |
| for my job; I could not imagine working in a | | | | sometimes we have surveillance work to do, |
| different field, it is so natural to me to be a | | | | which I find particularly interesting. |
| bodyguard. The only job that could possibly be | | | | It was 8 years ago that I left the forces, I am |
| any more natural would be being one of my | | | | still undergoing SIA courses and am still learning; |
| brother's bodyguards (but they are not famous | | | | you learn something everyday in this job. Now I |
| enough yet!) | | | | am about to start my own Bodyguard Agency. |
| I was not the most academic of youngsters and | | | | Conclusion |
| after school I joined the Army. The Army was | | | | Being a bodyguard has totally changed my life. It |
| great, I enjoyed pretty much every aspect of it | | | | gives me a real sense of worth and importance. |
| however after 3 years I wanted to get out and | | | | There are not many jobs that you can do that |
| achieve something by myself. I already knew that | | | | make the difference between life and death. |
| I wanted to be a bodyguard. | | | | |