ACT Program
ACT Travel Safety
The Travel Safety Course prepares individuals to navigate the unique challenges and risks associated with travel, whether within the United States or abroad. Grounded in the principles of the Awareness and Counterthreat Training (ACT) Program, this course provides essential skills to enhance personal security, strengthen situational awareness, and build confidence while operating in unfamiliar places. Participants learn how to assess and respond to potential threats, maintain physical security in temporary residences, and effectively manage emergencies that may arise during travel for business, leisure, or official purposes.
Business or pleasure, wherever life takes you, we’ll help you get there prepared.
What it covers
Inside the course
Throughout the course, students develop key competencies like recognizing potential threats, applying situational awareness techniques, and understanding effective Everyday Carry (EDC) practices tailored specifically to travel. They learn how to plan and prepare for trips using comprehensive safety strategies, navigate unfamiliar cities using fundamental wayfinding skills, and implement physical security measures for hotels and other temporary accommodations. The curriculum also covers recognizing and avoiding dangers in both domestic and foreign settings, as well as responding effectively to emergencies ranging from active shooter incidents and bombings to fires and uncontrolled crowds.
Participants are introduced to practical self defense concepts through the use of improvised weapons of opportunity and receive dynamic medical training focused on providing life saving care during high stress situations. Additionally, the course includes instruction on counter isolation techniques and defeating restraints, preparing individuals for captivity or coercive scenarios. Training is delivered through a combination of classroom instruction and scenario based exercises, allowing participants to apply concepts in realistic, controlled conditions.
Guided by skilled instructors, students gain firsthand experience making informed decisions under pressure and responding appropriately to evolving threats while traveling. Each course is taught by a team of instructors with extensive backgrounds in military, law enforcement, protective services, tactical medicine, and crisis response. Their decades of combined experience offer students a rare opportunity to learn from professionals who have operated in high risk settings around the world. The Travel Safety Course is ideal for individuals traveling internationally for business, study, or leisure; corporate professionals, journalists, and government personnel entering higher risk areas; and frequent domestic travelers seeking to enhance their personal security and preparedness. gain firsthand experience making informed decisions under pressure and responding appropriately to eveolving threats while traveling.
The Risk Mitigation Process
Four steps, taught the same way every time
Every ACT program teaches the same underlying process. What changes between courses is the situation it is applied to.
Situational Awareness
Establish what normal looks like where you actually are.
Informed Awareness
Turn that baseline into a working understanding of the threats most probable to you.
Planned Response
Decide what you will do about those threats before the moment you need to do it.
Bias for Action
Move on the 70 percent solution using rapid decision making rather than waiting for certainty.
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