Sentinel: Become the Agent in Charge of Your Own Protection Detail

The fact is our awareness is at an all-time low. We drive to work mindlessly. We assume that no one has any reason to bother us. And our awareness is numb. And because our awareness muscle is weak…we become vulnerable. Patrick McNamara's book “Sentinel: Become the Agent in Charge of Your Own Protection Detail” should be required reading for every human being on the planet. The point of the book is not to live in "paranoia". The point of the book is to live a more self-aware and situationally aware life.The fact is we have become so attached to our phones we live life at a 45 degree angle, looking down. As Pat Mac says, "we have become so connected we actually have become disconnected". It's true we are disconnected from our surroundings, our world, and the people that live in it. And because we live in our own world we actually put ourselves in precarious situations daily.This book speaks to everyday practical things that you can do to build your own self and situational awareness. Whether you are going to the office, the grocery store, taking care of your vehicle, or taking care of your body. This book addresses every area. And for those of you who are looking to improve your self-awareness when it comes to firearms, Pat Mac addresses that too. Sentinel is a book for all people for all time. If you want to improve yourself physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually this book addresses it. It's time to move out of zombie land and get more aware! Get it! Read it! Act on it!

This dude is a wealth of knowledge and motivation. Highly recommend.

This is great. Super practical and fun to read. Having listened to Pat Mac on podcasts before, I was already a fan. This exceeded my expectations.

As one who has published widely on targeted attacks and protection, I was very keen to get McNamara's personal insight on the topic. I was not disappointed. McNamara takes an "all threats" perspective providing a lot of excellent material allowing for the average person to enhance their overall security. Even for those with military/law enforcement/EP backgrounds, there is much that can be learned. I can tell you that my copy has many highlighted sections and that I will be incorporating a fair amount of his training techniques into my personal training - both combat fitness and tactical - regimen. The book is a relatively quick read, although I can imagine many going back to parts time and again. The only reason for not giving it the full 5 stars was some of the editing (not to be a hypocrite as I have had my own issues on this) needed some work.

This isn’t your cub-scout level preparedness book. It’s simple enough for anyone to follow on any budget and in any situation. But Pat writes in an interesting way with enough common-sense detail to drive and motivate you to be accountable for the safety of your family, friends and yourself, along with the knowledge of how…including a lot of things you probably haven’t thought of or possibly forgot. Whether you’re first looking into your own security or think you’re already a bad-ass, this book is well worth the cost and time to read it.

Sentinel:Become the agent in charge of your own protection detail is written by a man who has been there and does that . The author has 22 years of Special Operations experience in hostile environments. This is a short (128 pgs.) but information packed book. Whether you are a Security professional in charge of someones safety or a family man responsible for the well being of your wife and children , you will benefit from the information in this book. Stressed throughout is proper preparation and situational awareness. Know where you are, who is around you and what are the conditions. From self defense, first aid, firearms,, bug out bags and go bags there is helpful tips to increase your chance of survival when faced with the unexpected. There is a passage on pg. 52 that sums up the authors approach to protecting yourself and others: " Basically every step we take toward having complete power over are lives is one step away from being a victim, where we have none." Following the advice in this book by Patrick McNamara will give you more power and lessen your chance of becoming a victim. Recommended.

This is an excellent and simple read. These habits are absolutely foundational. I jave tried to implement them into my family/home life and my military career.

This book is slightly difficult to review as its quite unlike to most other books.It is a collection of security related best practices adapted from military life into various situations in everyday life. Most normal people would probably think that most of these practices are overkill. Such as training your kids to plan visit to state fair like its a recon patrol behind enemy lines, or filling your car and house with bug-out bags, go-bags, leaving lights and TV on in hotels when you go out so that room appears to be in use etc...However you can read all of them and then decide which ones to apply in your personal readiness plan.Although i found some of the recommendations in this book to be a bit over the top I also discovered that the book also lists many common sense practices that i have been picking up one by one during my life but here they were in one package.Good editor or ghost writer might have been able to improve this book a lot. Now some parts are a bit tedious to read although the whole book is quite short.If you happen to be paranoid or are trying to avoid foreign secret agents this book has a lot of things for your everyday life. If you are not waiting for zombi apocalypse to start tomorrow then it might be more mixed bag for you.

excelente en todos los aspectos la tema de seguridad, hasta el tamaño es perfecto para transporta jajaja, recomendar al 110%

A great book with lots of tips. Fire maximising your personal safety

A required read for all citizens, ensuring that will become assets rather then living life as liabilities. Pat does a phenomenal job using military TTPs and known SOPs into plain and simple English. Enjoyable read, with highly valuable knowledge that all men in charge of a family should understand and live by. Highly recommended to everyone.

Worth reading of your interesting in pat Mac's approach, the tactical breakdown to how someone in protection work thinks and the processes they put in place.

Really great book for anyone who's interest To be efficient in Life in general... the chapter are short enough To be read by little bite and for the people like me who are not great in english To understand