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DETACHMENTS
Region 1 Headquarters
Frankfurt, Germany
Former Marine Security Guard Battalion - Company A
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MCESG: Region 1
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COMMANDING OFFICER
2024 - Lt Col Lynn Stow
2023 - 2024 Commanding Officer: LtCol. Featherstonner
2002 - 2004 Commanding Officer: Donald Wogaman
1958 Commanding Officer: Colonel Gilbert R. Hershey
SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER
2023
1stSgt Aric B Lonchar (LinkedIn)
(2021) MCESG Instructor/Advisor.
(2022) Instructor Advisor of the Year for FY22.
Chief Instructor at the Marine Security Guard School.
2019 SgtMaj Alexander Karasik (LinkedIn)
(2023) Promoted to Sergeant Major
(2019) First Sergeant MCESG Region 1
(2004) MSG Det Lisbon, Portugal
* Provisional Detachment Baghdad, Iraq - React/CBRN NCO|.
(2005) A/Det Commander - American Consulate, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alpha Roster - Region 1
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