Advanced Career Training for Professional Close Protection

Build the foundational security credentials, professional judgment, technical skills, and hands-on capability required to pursue a career in Close Protection and advanced protective services.

Tactical Elite Training Academy’s Close Protection Academy is our flagship comprehensive career-training program for students preparing to enter or advance within the professional security and protective-services industries.

Designed for veterans, transitioning service members, security professionals, and qualified civilians, the Close Protection Academy program combines Texas occupational licensing, professional certifications, firearms training, protective operations, defensive tactics, emergency medical training, vehicle operations, scenario-based instruction, and career development.

Students train at The Ranch Texas in Dilley, TX, Tactical Elite Training Academy’s Texas headquarters and a purpose-built professional training environment designed for realistic, hands-on instruction.