The Tactical Analysis Course
The Online Course That Teaches the Principles Behind Left of Bang
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Prevent Violence. Recognize Threats. Make Informed Decisions.
Keeping our country, cities, clients, organizations, and families safe requires more than just reacting to threats—it requires recognizing them before an incident occurs.
The Tactical Analysis Course teaches an elite system for behavioral observation and situational awareness that helps you identify potential threats, establish baselines in any environment, assess observable behavior, and make better decisions before an incident unfolds.
Building on concepts first introduced through the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter program, the Tactical Analysis Course has evolved through years of operational experience and has helped thousands of military personnel, law enforcement officers, security professionals, and everyday defenders strengthen their ability to recognize threats left of bang.
Who This Course Is For
Law Enforcement: Identify pre-assault indicators, reduce the risk of officer ambushes, and articulate observations using an objective behavioral framework.
Security Professionals: Detect pre-event indicators while protecting executives, workplaces, critical infrastructure, and public events.
Military & Tactical Operators: Strengthen your ability to recognize potential threats before they become immediate dangers.
Everyday Defenders: Learn practical observation skills that can help protect yourself, your family, and those around you.
What You Get in This Course
Nearly 16 Hours of Instruction: Comprehensive training covering behavioral observation, baselining, anomaly detection, and threat recognition.
Continue Building the Skill: Your subscription also includes more than 40 additional practice exercises, articles, and case studies that reinforce the concepts taught throughout the course.
Timeless, Field-Tested Content: While some recordings reflect earlier course production, the principles and methodology remain the same ones trusted by thousands of professionals today.
Proven Methodology: Expands upon concepts first introduced through the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter program.
Real-World Application: Used by military personnel, law enforcement officers, security professionals, and others responsible for protecting people and places.
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See the course in action. Learn how a state agency incorporated the Tactical Analysis Course into its training program to strengthen situational awareness, improve field safety, and better prepare personnel for unpredictable environments.
Three Key Benefits of This Course
1. Recognize Threats Before They Happen
Situational awareness is more than simply paying attention. It requires a repeatable process for recognizing, assessing, and communicating what you observe. This course provides that process.
Learn to recognize behavioral indicators before violence or other threats emerge.
Detect potential threats before they act.
Establish behavioral baselines in any environment.
Identify meaningful anomalies rather than relying on intuition alone.
2. Communicate What You See With Confidence
Recognizing something is only part of the challenge. You also need to explain what you observed and why it mattered.
This course provides:
A common language built around the Four Pillars of Observable Behavior.
An objective framework for documenting and communicating observations.
Greater confidence when reporting concerns and supporting operational decisions.
3. Hone Your Process for Better Decision-Making
Observation is a skill that improves through structured practice—not chance.
This course helps you:
Build a repeatable observation process.
Make decisions more confidently under pressure.
Integrate behavioral assessment naturally into everyday operations.
What’s Inside the Course?
The Tactical Analysis Course combines three types of instruction designed to build, reinforce, and apply behavioral observation skills.
Behavior-Based Modules
Learn the core principles of behavioral observation, baselining, anomaly detection, and threat recognition.
Case Study Modules
See how these concepts apply across real incidents, including active shooters, criminal activity, assassination prevention, and other operational environments.
Application Modules
Every profession operates under different legal, ethical, and operational constraints. These modules demonstrate how to apply behavioral observation within your own decision-making responsibilities.
Student Testimonials
Thousands of students have completed the Tactical Analysis Course. Here are just two of the many responses we've received.
“These behaviors are things that I have been noticing for years, but I never had the language to explain what I was seeing. As someone responsible for training younger members of our organization, I look forward to finally being able to articulate the behaviors we are searching for so that they don’t have to learn the hard way.”
“Thank you for breaking down observation and situational awareness into its component parts. This is the first class that actually taught me what to look for, how to identify threats, and why certain behaviors matter in one setting but not another. Before this course, I didn’t know what that process was or how to apply it.”
Looking for more feedback before enrolling? Read over 50 additional testimonials from recent students.
Take Control of Your Awareness & Readiness
The ability to recognize threats before an incident occurs is a skill that can be learned, practiced, and continually improved.
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