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much damage to the adversary. Keeping in mind that the main priority
for a protective detail during an ambush is to break contact with an adver-
sary and not necessarily take a person in custody or get into a drawn-out
ght. Further, in an ambush situation, the adversary is either planning on
killing or kidnapping the target; either way, they will need to deal with
protective detail and, therefore, employ deadly force. Should a protective
member get involved in a hand-to-hand combat situation with an adver-
sary, they will need to counterattack quickly and violently and then leave.
The focus, therefore, needs to be on the human body’s weak points.
Fortunately, team members do not need to have earned their black