We propose here to interrogate the staging of the equipped body in multiple situations of interactions with other individuals. Slot into this situations of interactions, the subjects adopt and adapt a behavior, a language, gestures and movements that propose its own relation to its environment and to the world. In this way, the military aspect of the French protection and surveillance operations (Vigipirate and Sentinelle) is a particularly good example of this staging of the equipped body in public space. Indeed, the soldier’s place in the urban public space creates some situations of interactions with the passers-by. Their equipment (uniform, bulletproof vest, weapon, etc.) put them into visibility and then orientates the situations of interactions through the passers-by's body. The latter, in this way, behave themselves in harmony with their own perception of the situation. This article attempts to examine the relationship between the patrols of soldiers and the passers-by in situation, especially through the prism of games of distances and body practices.