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Matteo Guidicelli joins PSG training for protection of First Family

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Presidential Security Group" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/08/31/20220831-matteo-guidicelli-presidential-security-group.jpg"/><figcaption>Actor-host Matteo Guidicelli participates in a Presidential Security Group training program on August 25. <em>Facebook: Presidential Security Group</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Actor-host Matteo Guidicelli, who is also an army reservist, recently joined a Presidential Security Group (PSG) training program that aims to improve the skills of personnel in providing full protection to the president and his family.</p><p>Guidicelli, 32, was among the trainees of Class 129 of the PSG’s Very Important Person Protection Course (VIPPC) on August 25 at the Malacaňang Park in Manila, according to state-run Philippine News Agency.</p><p>The PSG describes the VIPPC as “a highly-specialized professional service course that is offered to the PSG troopers who are dedicated to ensure a 360-degree protection of the President, his immediate family, as well as visiting heads of state or government.”</p><p>Aspects of VIP security tackled in the course include marksmanship, close-in security, security task action group, combat, physical fitness, and field training exercises, according to the PSG.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/PSG.TROOPERS/posts/pfbid0NnnZTkm8rY2sDhS8mQ3DVD3xejAk8e8hWx9R7cLVAnYVb5BAzDdUiFR4RBFvGcfJl" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Photos of Guidicelli participating in the training program were among those published by the PSG on its official Facebook page.</p><p>“It is the first in PSG’s VIPPC history that a celebrity reservist will join this specialized training,” the PSG was quoted by the PNA as saying.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/27/19/matteo-guidicelli-finishes-scout-ranger-training-with-special-awards">Matteo Guidicelli finishes scout ranger training with special awards</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/20/19/look-matteo-guidicelli-is-officially-a-philippine-army-2nd-lieutenant">LOOK: Matteo Guidicelli is officially a Philippine Army 2nd Lieutenant</a></li></ul><p>Guidicelli, who has a rank of second lieutenant in the Philippine Army Reserve Command, previously completed the month-long Scout Ranger Orientation and Leadership Development Course in 2019.</p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o-j-WR7EeBs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Actor-host Matteo Guidicelli, who is also an army reservist, recently joined a Presidential Security Group (PSG) training program that aims to improve the skills of personnel in providing full protection to the president and his family.