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HISTORICAL ARCHIVES

Welcome to the home of the Marine Embassy Guard Association (MEGA), Marine Security Guard Program Historical Archives.

The association membership is composed of those who have honorably completed tours as Marine Security Guards (MSGs) with the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group (formerly the Marine Security Guard Battalion) or those Marines who served as HQ or Regional support staff. Associate Members include member spouses, and Department of State Regional Security Officers and their support staff.

Formerly known as "Embassy Marines" and formed through an agreement established in 1948, between the US Department of State and the United State Marine Corps, Marine Security Guards perform security operations at overseas diplomatic facilities.

MEGA is celebration of solidarity and brotherhood of those MSGs that served. Formed in 1997 by our founder Robert "Big Bob" Kienietz and the organization and has grown steadily each year.

If you are a visiting MSG or former MSG, please review your details and forward any additional information, up-dates, corrections to: history@msghistory.com

*MEGA is open to all Marines who served honorably and completed tours with the Marine Security Guard program at all levels.

To join the Marine Embassy Guard Association -
go to the MEGA Site at www.embassymarine.org

MISSION STATEMENT

Operated by the Marine Embassy Guard Association, the Marine Security Guard History Project exists to capture and safeguard the living history of the MSG program. By uniting archival research with the firsthand stories of former and active watchstanders, we honor the men and women who stood the watch at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide.

Vision

To build an enduring bridge across generations of Marine Security Guards, creating a trusted home where personal stories, historic milestones, and the proud esprit de corps of the MSG community live on indefinitely.

Team

The MEGA Marine Security Guard Historical Archives is a volunteer effort to research, archive and display the history of the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group.

This effort requires volunteers with a varied set of skills:

• Archives Web Site Maintenance

• Historical Archivists

• Historical Research of On-Line Encyclopedias, Military, Dept of State and News Outlets

• Interviewing MSGs