Secret Service hand position technique

Look up 'interview stance', it's pretty standard cop stuff. As far as "the look", these guys are focused and on point, concentrating on scanning the crowd, not trying to look friendly or approachable. The Presidential protection detail is only a small part of the USSS's mission, but those agents are the most visible. They are expected to behave accordingly.
 
Yeah that is either Field Interview or Ready Stance or something along those lines depending upon where you went to a LE Academy. There is nothing special about it. It allows quick transition to the other stances and allows him to take protective measures quickly as needed.

Why would he smile? He is not an idiot or there to pick up dates. Want to end up on a watch list? Go over and try to talk to him while he is doing his job.
 
They need to be ready to act, and that is a good stance for further movement.

One can assume there are several layers of security around anyone they protect, and those closest, while armed, are more there to remove the VIP from danger than to shoot the attacker--that's someone else's job, and you probably won't see the guy with the long gun in most media posts.
 
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