O'Gara Training

O’Gara Training and Services provides safety, security, and survivability training to individuals and organizations in the United States and worldwide. Its programs help participants recognize, avoid, and mitigate risks, and respond effectively to threats. Drawing on a network of more than 1,600 experienced training experts, O’Gara serves governments, military and police agencies, schools, businesses, healthcare organizations, houses of worship, and nonprofit groups.

Offerings include Active Shooter Response Training, hostile-environment awareness, travel and study-abroad safety, personal defense, and situational awareness. Specialized courses cover crisis management, accident-avoidance and defensive driving, environmental security, executive protection, foreign-affairs counter-threat skills, explosives, maritime operations, marksmanship, special tactics, tactical mobility, and survivability. The company also provides corporate retreats, leadership training, program management, HSEEP assessments and exercises, and threat and vulnerability assessments.

O’Gara operates training facilities in Montross and Alton, Virginia, both offering lodging for participants in multi-day programs. Its courses are designed for a range of needs, from individual preparedness and organizational safety to pre-deployment and tactical training for government and military personnel.