About this episode

Mark Ledlow interviews Robert Lamm about his transition from Marine security to training civilians and executive protection teams.

In this episode, host Mark Ledlow is joined by Robert Lamm, a Montana rancher, Marine veteran, and security professional they met on a confidential Northern California disaster project. Robert recounts joining the Marine Corps in 1999, deploying with 2/1 and a special-operations-capable unit, then serving in a security platoon supporting special operations across Southeast Asia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. After leaving the Marines, he guided hunts, then entered State Department contracting with Blackwater and Triple Canopy, later working nearly 10 years in Afghanistan, including base security, threat assessments, and training local nationals; he describes attacks, a VBIED blast injury, and concerns about TBI. He discusses executive protection work, industry backstabbing, and the importance of networking and teamwork. Now lead instructor at Tactic MT and director of training for Veterans Covert Protection Group, he focuses on mindset, firearms safety, soft skills, and raising security standards amid COVID, unrest, and ammo shortages. Learn about all this and more in this episode of The Fearless Mindset Podcast. KEY TAKEAWAYS Security industry success depends on networking and…

People in this episode

Host: Mark Ledlow

Guest: Robert Lamm

Topics covered

• military experience
• security industry
• executive protection
• networking
• mindset
• training

Keywords

• Marine Corps
• security
• executive protection
• networking
• mindset
• firearms safety
• TBI
• COVID
• threat assessments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blackwater, Triple Canopy

Places: Montana, Northern California, Southeast Asia, Afghanistan, Iraq

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