Adventures with Bodyguards

"I got to participate in something today that was, for me, highly out of the ordinary. And, as it turned out, highly fun. I took part in some exercises with our personal security teams. They were running some drills and needed somebody to be the high-value VIP. Somebody who didn't know squat about how these drills are supposed to be conducted, who therefore wouldn't anticipate things, and who might do something completely unexpected. Somebody like me. Fortunately, I happened to be in the right place at the right time and volunteered for the job.

They ran the drills at one of the bases here in the IZ. We'd drive up to the building for a meeting with the "minister". The security detail would do all their security stuff, then we'd go in the building and start our "meeting". Then all hell would break loose. Their job was to get me and two other "VIPs" safely out of the building and loaded into the cars and outa there."
Ramblings from a painter