- Hostile Control Tactics
Hostile Control Tactics, L.L.C. (HCT) is a Virginia-based company that provides "combat training, pre-employment screening and tactical skill assessment evaluations" for
Private Military Contractors (PMC) who deploy security forces to the Middle East. [ [http://www.macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=1297029 Hostile Control Tactics LLC, Petersburg, VA on MacRAE's Blue Book Industrial Directory of Manufacturers ] ] [ [http://www.industrialnewsupdate.com/news/aerospace-defense/archives/2005/06/cowboys_a_need.php Aerospace - Defense: Cowboys – Need Not Apply; Teaching the Right Stuff – for Hostile Conditions ] ] HCT also offers training services to Military Special Forces Groups, Police departments, and SWAT teams. [ [http://www.industrialnewsupdate.com/news/aerospace-defense/archives/2005/06/cowboys_a_need.php Aerospace - Defense: Cowboys – Need Not Apply; Teaching the Right Stuff – for Hostile Conditions ] ]Personnel
HCT's CEO, Kevin James, is a former Navy Seal and a martial arts expert. The HCT training staff is entirely composed of former U.S. Special Operations military personnel. Their services are available exclusively to those with prior military service, law enforcement experience, or private security employment. [ [http://www.industrialnewsupdate.com/news/aerospace-defense/archives/2005/06/cowboys_a_need.php Aerospace - Defense: Cowboys – Need Not Apply; Teaching the Right Stuff – for Hostile Conditions ] ]
ervices
Training at the company's secluded, 92-acre facility in Virginia includes "protective security detail operations, close quarters battle, hostage rescue, kidnap recovery, vehicle escort and other high risk techniques." [ [http://www.industrialnewsupdate.com/news/aerospace-defense/archives/2005/06/cowboys_a_need.php Aerospace - Defense: Cowboys – Need Not Apply; Teaching the Right Stuff – for Hostile Conditions ] ] HCT also helps its graduates to find positions with PMCs where starting salaries vary from $500 to $1500 a day. [ [http://www.industrialnewsupdate.com/news/aerospace-defense/archives/2005/06/cowboys_a_need.php Aerospace - Defense: Cowboys – Need Not Apply; Teaching the Right Stuff – for Hostile Conditions ] ]
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