MISSIONS
Selected work
Kidnapping, evacuation, site hardening, and training — written so other sending organizations can learn from them. Photography is illustrative; client identities stay off this page.
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Safe resolution of a kidnap incident
Coordinated multi-stakeholder response leading to the unharmed release of a mother and child within two weeks.
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Team evacuated from active conflict
More than 1,000 civilians moved to safety across multiple operations, including extractions from behind shifting front lines.
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Risk mitigation and program development
Layered physical security, local intelligence, and rehearsed evacuation saved 200 children and staff when a gang breached the perimeter.
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HEAT training before a humanitarian mission
A three-day STRES seminar prepared a deploying team for checkpoints, detention risk, and cultural operating conditions they had never faced.
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Humanitarian aid training in conflict zones
Trauma-medicine and movement training for aid workers returning to contested areas after the first wave of evacuations.
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Walked two detained missionaries home
Real-time crisis support through immigration detention — communications, embassy liaison, and passport recovery — until both were on a plane.