How big are the guards around Obama?

The first floor: private bodyguards-No.:1- Personal index: 99.9%- Coverage: all aspects of Obama's life and work-Taboo: don't talk about the president of the country. He is always around when he opens his eyes. Reggie Ye Xiaokai, a 27-year-old former football player, is1.96m tall, with strong posture and quick movements. He received a degree in political science from Duke University, a top American university, and became a reporter for the Obama campaign in 2007. Now his annual salary is about $75,000, and he works at least 65,438+08 hours a day. He spent more time with President Obama at the White House than First Lady Michelle, and was called Obama's "personal bodyguard". Private bodyguards are a special tradition in American politics, which can be traced back to Washington, the first president of the United States. Washington once paid his assistant tobias Lille $250 a year as his bodyguard, valet, secretary and housekeeper. Reggie Ye Xiaokai has been with him almost all day. As long as the president is awake, the distance between him and the president will not exceed one body length. He reserved BlackBerry for Obama and dialed the number; He will inform the white house chef what the president wants for lunch; Obama attended the meeting, and he handed Obama a coat; If the president wants to play basketball, he is the president's teammate. Second floor: Secret Service bodyguards-number: uncertain, up to 300-personal fitness index: 90%-coverage: no matter where Obama and his wife and daughter go-taboo: escape by themselves in the face of threats. The bodyguards arranged by the US government for Obama are all from united states secret service. After Obama was elected president, the pressure faced by Secret Service agents reached unprecedented intensity. Usually, the president of the United States is threatened about 3000 times a year, while Obama is threatened much more than the average. In the Obama era, the attacker prototype established by experts became white supremacy. Agents usually wear clothes that blend in with the crowd and are inconspicuous, so they wear ordinary suits and sometimes jeans most of the time. United states secret service currently employs nearly 3,000 Secret Service personnel. In some cases, the president and his family need to dispatch as many as 100 Secret Service personnel at a time. If you appear in public, you need to dispatch 250 to 300 Secret Service personnel. The agent's main weapon is a SIGSauerP229 pistol loaded with 357SIG bullets. They are also equipped with a communication network to keep in touch with the Central Command and colleagues at any time. In addition, all Secret Service vehicles are equipped with special armored "one-way glass", and agents can shoot from inside the car without opening the window to expose themselves. The third layer: the number of bodyguards in the visiting country-subject to the arrangement of the host country-personal physical fitness index: 80%-coverage: wherever Obama and his family go in the country, except for rest time-taboo: leave any attacker an opportunity. "I am a Living Shield" After US President Barack Obama visited the Czech Republic in April 2009, a bodyguard arranged by the Czech side was interviewed by the local media afterwards and revealed some unknown things. Asked to be anonymous, claimed to be a bodyguard 15 years, and served the Czech Republic, China president Klaus, former first lady Laura of the United States and other dignitaries. But serving Obama is clearly the pinnacle of his career. He said, "I am his closest bodyguard in the Czech Republic." His duty is to protect Obama when he leaves the hotel room. He can go home after Obama's rest, but if Obama wants to go out for a walk at night, he must immediately get to the hotel that stands by. He said: "Fundamentally speaking, I am a living shield. In the face of any potential attacker, I must physically block the important people I protect. If other protective measures fail, I must stand up without hesitation. "