Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life

by Patrick Van Horne

Once three indicators are observed, combat profilers then judge the cluster against the baseline: Should the person be feeling dominant/submissive, uncomfortable/comfortable, and interested/uninterested right now? If the person’s behavior fits the baseline, then they do not require further investigation.

A kinesic baseline is simply the cluster you use to characterize a person as (dominant, submissive, uncomfortable, or comfortable).

1. An individual whose biometric cues do not fit the situation. 2. A change in the observed biometric cues, whether sudden or gradual, though a sudden change communicates a more immediate change in the person’s emotions, which would be a more urgent indicator. 3. Indicators that an individual is attempting to mask or hide potential biometric cues, or someone giving off nonverbal indicators of attempting to control them through pacifying behaviors.

Nonverbally, pacifying behaviors consist of rubbing the neck, breathing deeply and slowly, rubbing the arms and chest, or rubbing the legs when seated. These actions are done to relax hair follicles, slow down respiration, inhibit shaking and shivering, and generally calm oneself down.

2. The closer people choose to be, generally the more comfortable those people are with one another. 3. People who know each other will stand near each other. In any crowd, people who know each other will be next to each other, and those people who know each other best will be the closest to each other.