Executive Protection Training Washington, D.C.
Close Protection and Bodyguard Classes
March 19 - March 22, 2026
Executive Protection Training in Washington, DC
Washington, DC, is not just another market for executive protection; it is the epicenter of global political, corporate, and diplomatic risk. Training here demands more than generic instruction or recycled tactics. It requires experience, precision, and an intimate understanding of how threats actually materialize in high-visibility environments for high-profile VIPs.
The MVP School of Executive Protection delivers elite executive protection training in Washington, DC, designed specifically for professionals preparing to operate around government officials, corporate executives, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and high-profile public figures whose exposure levels are constant and unforgiving.
This is not your cookie-cutter executive protection course taught by so many other executive protection schools; this is modern executive protection, taught at the highest level and designed to launch successful executive protection careers.
About our Executive Protection Course
Training Where the Stakes are Real
Washington, DC, is a pressure cooker. Executives, politicians, diplomats, and high-profile principals operate under persistent surveillance, public scrutiny, and increasingly volatile threat conditions. MVP’s executive protection curriculum has been designed to reflect that reality.
Our executive security training addresses the current threat environment shaping D.C. today, including lone-actor violence, ideologically driven attacks, spontaneous crowd dynamics, social-media-fueled targeting, and compressed response timelines where mistakes are unforgiving. Students are trained not just to react, but to
This is the difference between theoretical protection and operational competence.
Instruction Led by Former Secret Service Agents
MVP has raised the bar for executive protection training by integrating former United States Secret Service agents directly into our instructional team.
These are professionals who have protected presidents, vice presidents, and senior government officials in environments where failure is not an option. Their experience brings unmatched depth to advance work, protective intelligence, movement planning, counter-surveillance, and decision-making under pressure.
In the Executive Protection business, credibility matters. Training under instructors who have actually operated at the highest levels of protection is not a luxury; it is a competitive advantage.
A Curriculum Built for Today’s Executive Protection Reality
Most executive protection schools teach outdated models that no longer align with the operational landscape. MVP’s curriculum has been updated to address how threats manifest in high-risk markets.
At the MVP School of Executive Protetion our students are trained to manage protective operations in crowded urban environments, navigate unpredictable public interactions, and mitigate threats before they escalate into incidents. The emphasis is on professionalism, discretion, and disciplined movement, not ego or theatrics.
Ground Breaking Hybrid Executive Protection Course
Our Hybrid Executive Protection training program delivers the perfect balance of flexibility and real-world skill development, combining 6 days of self-paced online learning, followed by 4 intense days of hands-on close protection training led by some of the best executive protection training instructors and agents in the world.
This modern approach allows students to master core executive protection principles, threat assessment, advance work, protective intelligence, and client management—online at their own pace, while reserving valuable in-person time for practical skills that separate elite agents from the rest, including protective formations, movement drills, emergency response, and scenario-based exercises. By reducing classroom downtime and maximizing hands-on repetitions, our hybrid executive protection course accelerates learning, lowers travel costs, and prepares students to operate confidently in real-world protective environments, making it the smartest and most effective path into today’s executive protection industry.
“At MVP - OUR STUDENTS WIN!”
“Amazing experience i love it a lot. Thanks to the team that dreams come true, great!”
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How Our Students Benefit
We train over 100 students worldwide every year, and many go on to successful careers in executive protection in corporate security and in the government, but unlike other executive protection schools, MVP IS NOT a certificate mill. Our mission IS NOT to graduate as many students as possible; it is to produce capable, employable executive protection professionals.
Our executive protection training program is ideal for law enforcement and military professionals transitioning into the private sector, as well as civilians who are serious about entering executive protection the right way. Students leave with practical skills, professional credibility, and a clear understanding of what elite protection work actually demands.
When security companies and clients see MVP on a résumé, they know the individual has been trained to operate with discipline, judgment, and modern protective thinking.
Executive Protection jobs are rewarding and can have many perks including:
- Opportunities to protect major corporations, high-profile executives, and VIPS
- Meet very important people
- Travel all over the world
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Law Enforcement Appreciation
50% off for all active duty sworn police officers for any executive protection class this year. Officers from all agencies are welcome. Thank you for keeping our communities safe.
Promo Code: FOP50
Why Train With Us?
The Question is Why Not?
MVP is the Undisputed Leader in Executive Protection on the East Coast and the Fastest-Growing Executive Protection School in the country. When you sign-up for MVP's Executive Protection Course in Washington, D.C, you don’t have to guess what level of experience you are getting. MVP is the #1 provider of Executive Protection Services on the East Coast. Each year we provide close protection, executive transportation, travel logistics, and residential security for some of the top Fortune 100 corporate executives, celebrities, politicians, athletes and diplomats that visit and live in the Washington, D.C and New York tri-state areas.
And here are a few more reasons you should choose MVP for your executive protection training in Washington, D.C:
- MVP has an undisputed reputation in Executive Protection – For over twenty years we have been a preferred security vendor to corporations, government agencies and the sports and entertainment industries.
- Industry Experience – MVP has been the go to company for Executive Protection services in the Washington, D.C. for over twenty years. We provide bodyguard services and executive transportation services to roughly 30 full-time clients in the Washington, D.C. and New York Tri-State areas.”
- Instructor Experience – Our close protection instructors are veteran security agents and bodyguards that actively work on or manage security details. And we invest in each one of our students by giving industry secrets that provide them the best chance of success at getting executive protection employment.
- Networking opportunity – Our students come from all walks of life, some are retired law enforcement officers, security guards and military veterans. “Many of them work in security departments for corporations or on personal protection details and were sent by their companies to train or recertify.” You meet some interesting people in our classes, you’ll never know who may be willing to give you an executive security protection job opportunity.
- High job opportunity rates – While it isn't possible to employ everyone that takes a class, but out of all executive protection schools that we know of, MVP has one of the highest rates of providing job opportunities for our students.
What You Learn in our VIP Protection Classes
With nearly 30 years of experience providing close protection and bodyguard services in Washington, D.C. and around the world, we would like to say that we know a thing or two about personal protection.
We teach our students the protective skills and security best practices used by the Secret Service, the U.S. State Department, the Israeli Shin-Bet, and other world authorities on Executive Protection..
A Peek at Our Executive Protection Training Curriculum
- The theory of executive protection
- The roles and responsibilities of an EP agent
- Ethical conduct for agents
- Security Advances – What they are and how to properly conduct them
- Route planning
- The fundamentals of risk and threat assessments
- The basics of risk management
- Protecting clients from paparazzi and fans
- Departures and arrivals from locations
- Embarking and disembarking vehicles
- Evacuations and Attack on Principal Drills
- Working closely with clients, personal assistants and family members
- One-man security details
- Working as a protection team
- The fundamentals of surveillance and counter-surveillance
- Firearm law and concealed carry considerations
- Medical emergency response and more…..
$3,600
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Stop the Bleed Course
Essential Certification
Stop the Bleed is an "Essential" executive protection certification. It is frequently a standard requirement to work with high-profile clients.
Larry Penton is an independent instructor and will be teaching the "Stop the Bleed "course as part of your EP training. Students will also receive a certification in First Aid, CPR, and AED.
All Classes Hosted by the Society for International Executive Protection
MVP has partnered with the Society for International Executive Protection better known as SIX to provide students with the ultimate Executive Protection training experience and exposure to potential job opportunities after each class.
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