Americans leave the Middle East with the help of a private security company

McLean, Virginia – While the Americans were stranded in the Middle East The war of the United States and Israel with IranGovernment and private agencies are working around the clock to conduct evacuations.

In addition to the US State Department’s 24/7 task force aimed at evacuating Americans, private security company Global Guardian is also working around the clock to complete the same mission.

As of Friday, Global Guardian had evacuated more than 4,000 people from the area The Middle Eastaccording to its CEO and President, Del. Robert Buckner.

While its operations and logistics teams are based in an office building in Northern Virginia, the company has employees in more than 140 countries, allowing Global Guardian to reach nearly every corner of the world to respond to emergencies or evacuations.

Global Guardian receives calls for evacuations in the Middle East.

“We provide medical evacuation services, and we offer kidnapping, ransom and extortion services if someone is kidnapped or extorted,” Buckner said. “We provide approximately 300 assignments per month for executive protection travel, in approximately 84 countries per month.”

The private security company also monitors residences and commercial properties with cameras and has cyber analysts monitoring mobile devices.

After the United States and Israel struck Iran in a joint attack last weekend, the company coordinated several emergency response evacuations — but this isn’t the first time it has helped Americans get out of a crisis zone.

“That means getting people out of Puerto Vallarta a week ago, and out of Jalisco, Mexico. That means getting people out of Asheville, North Carolina, when it was wiped out by a hurricane,” Buckner said.

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Logistically, getting tourists out of a war zone and back to safety is a process, but the company works quickly, completing the first border crossing within the first six hours of the war. Missile strikes.

Immediately, the company received a phone call from two students studying abroad, Vice President of Operations Colin O’Brien told Fox News. He said they were trying to leave Dubai.

“Within about four and a half hours of the phone call, our teams were in action to pick up these individuals and it was two college-aged women,” O’Brien said.

Security company Global Guardian is working around the clock to carry out emergency evacuations in the Middle East.

“They put them in the car and we were then able to move from the Omani border and by eight hours we were at the border,” he says. “We worked through the border checkpoint to a hotel in Muscat, where we could stop and give them a short rest while we arranged to take them home.”

The group said it remains active throughout the year to ensure evacuation plans are implemented before disasters strike.

“There’s a story that says, ‘This is the meeting point, this is the location of the main crossing,'” Buckner said. “That’s what you’ll need from a paperwork standpoint, legally. And then we’ll put you in a hotel or straight on a commercial flight. Most likely, at this point in the war, we’ll put you on a private plane.”

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Buckner said most of these missions that occur in the area are ground movements conducted by local residents. He says that in the 140 countries the company operates in, they have ground teams working year-round. Continuous training throughout the year.

“We communicate, coordinate and execute. Executive protection agents, armed agents, armed vehicles, large-scale incident support with medical and security personnel,” he said, describing the company’s standard operating capabilities.

“We coordinate whether the company needs drivers,” Buckner said. “From Dubai to Oman, from Israel to Oman, Jordan or Egypt. From Bahrain to Saudi Arabia.”

While the company is coordinating with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it said it has not yet conducted a flight mission on behalf of the ministry.

Security company analysts are making plans to evacuate Americans.

Global Guardian offers these services through what it calls a “duty of care membership,” which Buckner said costs $15,000 a year for a family of five.

“You’ll sign a contract — whether it’s a family contract, a family office, or usually a large corporate logo. Then we’ll be at your disposal and call you,” Buckner said, describing the emergency response services included in the agreement.

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For Americans currently stuck in the Middle East, Buckner said the cost of evacuating using ground and air resources varies by situation and location.

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