Welcome to Fort Sherman Academy! We are one of the largest providers in the world for travel security courses, crime survival, crisis management instruction and high-risk hostage survival training to civilians and faith-based workers.   To date, we have trained over 16,000 short and long-term missions personnel worldwide in courses varying from the most basic training to the most advanced to include full, practical exercises (1 to 11 days).  To date, 68 of our graduates have since endured a kidnapping, illegal detention, carjacking, home invasion, or other violent crime in the course of their work or travel overseas - 67 of those graduates are alive and free as you read this webpage. Experience continues to demonstrate that preparation and training can increase safety for individuals traveling with your organization, and can help guarantee the continuation of your ministry and outreach into the future.

How FSA Can Help

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“Best response: faith-based security training with crisis support…”

Help comes in two forms from FSA – help in training your personnel and then providing Contingency Support Services as needed to back up your security program.   

Training provider:

You will find general descriptions of coursework we offer in two formats –

1. •As open enrollment for members of churches and sending     organizations
   

2. •In custom, private training sessions which cater to individual organization’s needs
   

You can find more detailed information on training available on the TRAINING AND SERVICES page. 

Who we can help:

We provide all of our tailored training in faith-based and secular formats to meet the needs of our varied clients.  While our focus is on short and long-term travelers working overseas in Christian Ministry, we want to help everybody who needs it.

1. •Churches
   

2. •Missions/Sending Organizations
   

3. •NGOs
   

4. •Government
   

5. -Congressional
   

6. -National Guard
   

7. -Law Enforcement
   

8. -Nuclear
   

9. •Corporate
   

10. -Banking & Financial Institutes
    

11. -Petroleum
    

12. -Shipping
    

13. -Professions with overseas operations
    

Contingency Support Services:

In addition to training, Fort Sherman Academy also offers operational support to clients in several forms:

1. •Providing security intelligence pertinent to clients' operational areas
   

2. •Risk assessment services for facilities and operational areas
   

3. •General security program development/consultation
   

4. •Contingency team tabletop practical drills
   

5. •On and off-site crisis consultation during an ongoing event
   

6. -Government liaison services
   

7. -Media support during a crisis
   

8. -Negotiations support
   

9. •24/7 First Responder support for clients abroad
   

You can further review and subscribe to any of our three levels of Crisis support by going to the TRAINING AND SERVICES TAB and looking under CRISIS SUPPORT.

History demonstrates that preparation in effective strategies for proactively avoiding security problems and as well as strategic responses to contingency situations are still the best ways to protect individuals and organizations at home and abroad, even in the most unpredictable situations.   Don’t let your next trip be your last trip – for any individual or for your organization as a whole. We invite you to review our site and contact us with any questions or for further details regarding our tailored training programs or services. For the safety of our clients, and because of our ability to customize these products to meet client’s needs, not all of our information is available on this web site. We will be happy to get to know you better and work with you to help take care of your security needs in this increasingly unpredictable world we live in.    We look forward to working with you. 

David Dose, President, Fort Sherman Academy

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