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Praise for LEFT OF BANG In an age when America’s technological edge has eroded in military matters, Van Horne and Riley have written a compelling and detailed outline for continued American adaptation through improved tactical cunning. Using timeless and proven techniques that can put American troops above and beyond enemy capabilities, the tactical awareness they outline is stripped of mystery and presented in a compelling manner. Throughout history we have seen skilled warriors defeat enemies who are more numerous or less trained. At a time when we must adapt to the changing character of conflict, this is a serious book on a serious issue that can give us the edge we need. —General James Mattis, USMC, Ret. Left of Bang offers a crisp lesson in survival in which Van Horne and Riley affirm a compelling truth: It's better to detect sinister intentions early than respond to violent actions late. Left of Bang helps readers avoid the bang. —Gavin de Becker, bestselling author of The Gift of Fear Rare is the book that is immediately practical and interesting. Left of Bang accomplishes this from start to finish. There is something here for everyone in the people business and we are all in the people business. —Joe Navarro, bestselling author of What Every BODY is Saying Left of Bang is a highly important and innovative book that offers a substantial contribution to answering the challenge of Fourth Generation War (4GW). In 4GW, once “bang” has happened, the state has failed and its legitimacy is further eroded. All “first response” is too late. The state's focus must be prevention, and Left of Bang suggests concrete ways “bang” can be prevented. —William S. Lind, author of Maneuver Warfare Handbook Left of Bang is born from the blood and fire lessons of Marines in combat. The learning curve is short in the fight and failure often means death. Seeing, recognizing, and acting on danger before the hammer falls is what Left of Bang is all about. To that end, Patrick Van Horne and Jason A. Riley have set forth lessons of human ability and conduct in conflict. These actions and concepts apply to each of us who fight the good fight against enemies who seek our destruction. Whether military, police, or citizen defender, to win the battle we must find a way to intercept the enemy and deter his plans—a tough challenge against an enemy who is often hiding in plain sight. Left of Bang contains answers to detection, deterrence, and ultimate victory. This is a warrior's book. Get it, read it, live it. —Jeff Chudwin, Chief of Police Ret., President, Illinois Tactical Officers Association An amazing book! Applying the lessons learned in the longest war in American history, and building on seminal works like The Gift of Fear and On Combat, this book provides a framework of knowledge that will bring military, law enforcement and individual citizens to new levels of survival mindset and performance in life-and-death situations. Left of Bang is an instant classic. —Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman, U.S. Army Ret., author of On Combat and On Killing DISCLAIMER The views expressed in this book are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Marine Corps, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. BLACK IRISH ENTERTAINMENT LLC ANSONIA STATION P.O. BOX 237203 NEW YORK, NY 10023 COPYRIGHT © 2014 BY PATRICK VAN HORNE AND JASON A. RILEY BOOK DESIGN BY DERICK TSAI, MAGNUS REX FOREWORD BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD EDITED BY SHAWN COYNE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST BLACK IRISH ENTERTAINMENT PAPERBACK EDITION JUNE 2014 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIAL DISCOUNTS OR BULK PURCHASES, PLEASE VISIT WWW.BLACKIRISHBOOKS.COM OR WWW.STEVENPRESSFIELD.COM ISBN: 978-1-936891-30-6 EBOOK: 978-1-936891-18-4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 We dedicate this book to the Marines who have lost life and limb fighting for their fellow Marines and for us at home. May this increase future Marines’ understanding of human behavior, survivability, and lethality and decrease the enemy’s effectiveness. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Strangers In Strange Lands Paradigm Shift — Jason A. Riley I Wish I Had This Before — Patrick Van Horne Part One: The War Lab 1. A Marine Called “Chaos” 2. Left Of Bang 3. Cooper’s Color Code 4. Re-Engineering The Toolkit 5. The Experts 6. It Works 7. What Combat Profiling Is 8. Proactive, Not Reactive Part Two: Everywhere We Go, There Will Be People 1. The Dilemma 2. Paralysis By Analysis 3. Information Overload 4. Perfect Decisions Aren’t Possible 5. The Better Way 6. Bias For Action 7. Baselines And Anomalies 8. Human Universals Part Three: Detail Headline Taken From Newspapers On January 1, 2000: 1. The Six Domains 2. The Language Of Profiling 3. Kinesics 4. Biometrics 5. Proxemics 6. Geographics 7. Iconography 8. Atmospherics Part Four: Taking Action 1. Deciding To Act 2. The Combat Rule Of Three 3. The Three Decisions Part Five: Applications 1. Bringing It All Together 2. Applying Profiling 3. Establishing Baselines Everywhere You Go 4. Identifying Key Leaders 5. Staying Left Of Bang: Attacks From Within 6. Developing Your Profiling Ability Endnotes Bibliography FOREWORD A DAY AT CAMP PENDLETON first met Capt. Van Horne and Maj. Riley (he was a captain then) when they took me through a one- Iday mini-version of the Combat Hunter Course at Camp Pendleton in southern California. After three minutes I thought, “This stuff has got to be made available to the wider public.” The Combat Hunter Course teaches Marines what their conventional training doesn’t. Not only how to deal with the bad guys—but how to spot them in the first place, particularly when they look and act exactly like the good guys. Left of Bang is not for combat warriors only. It’s for you on the subway, you in a bad part of town, you with the sharks in the corporate boardroom. It’s for your wife when she’s home alone, or entering a dark parking structure, or walking with the kids on vacation overseas. “Right of bang,” as Van Horne and Riley explain in these pages, means after the bomb has gone off, after the shots have been fired, after the damage has been done. “Left of bang” means before the bad stuff happens. That’s where you want to be—alert, ready, prepared to respond to protect yourself and your loved ones. I’m proud to be part of the team that is getting this material out, not just to soldiers and Marines in their training, but into the wider world that includes your family and mine. Bang happens. This book will teach you how to stay left of it. Steven Pressfield Los Angeles 2014 AKNOWLEDGMENTS s Malcolm Gladwell skillfully demonstrates in his book Outliers, most success stories should Abe understood as a combination of mutually supporting factors, two of which are hard work and opportunity. We have both put hundreds of hours into researching this material, refining and further developing course material for the Marine Corps, and training Marines. Although we are nowhere near the ten-thousand hour mark needed to claim “expertise,” our numerous deployments, experience, and research into these topics give us a unique insight into the type of behavioral analysis we are writing about. More important for both of us have been the opportunities we have been given: to become a part of the Combat Hunter program in the first place, to be able to build upon the work and successes of those who came before us, and to be able to work with tremendously professional and inspiring Marines within Mobile Training Company. Because we are building off of others’ works, we must take a few moments to give credit to whom credit is due and to thank them for what they have done. First, we wish to thank the Marines who have themselves spent hundreds of hours training Marines and developing courses: Major Dane Hanson, Major Keith Montgomery, Major Paul Chase, Gunnery Sergeant Gonzalez, Gunnery Sergeant Tollett, Staff Sergeant “Moose” Morris, Staff Sergeant Hammer, Staff Sergeant Baldino, Staff Sergeant Valdez, Staff Sergeant Jerew, Sergeant Arnett, Sergeant Guzman, Sergeant Syvrud, Sergeant Giles, Sergeant Gibson, and the numerous Marines who came before us. We apologize for anyone we’ve forgotten to include. Second, we wish to thank the civilian instructors who passed the baton to us: Greg Williams and his colleagues poured several years into developing the Combat Profiling program and deserve full credit for the genesis of these concepts. While we have made these concepts our own, even disagreeing at many points, and have advanced thought in numerous ways, they deserve great credit for their hard work. We also wish to thank those researchers and scientists who were generous enough to share their time and expertise with us as we conducted our research. We also wish to thank Steven Pressfield and Shawn Coyne who believed in us and made the publication of this book possible. We would also like to thank Lisa and Angie for reading every word, listening to every rehearsal, and supporting us every step of the way. Without you, this book would never have been finished. We fully acknowledge that without these individuals this work would not exist. Finally, we humbly thank the thousands of Marines who have deployed abroad, and who are currently deployed, ensuring the peace and freedoms we take for granted every day. PREFACE STRANGERS IN STRANGE LANDS magine you are a U.S. Marine or soldier patrolling the crowded marketplace of a hostile enemy Ivillage.

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