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MARINE CORPS EMBASSY SECURITY GROUP (MCESG)
MARINE SECURITY GUARD BATTALION (MSGBn)
HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS HQBn F COMPANY
MARINE EMBASSY GUARD ASSOCIATION (MEGA)
2022 14 November - Leading From Failure: 1st Sgt. Daniel Best
MCESG REGIONS
MARINE SECURITY GUARD HISTORY
THE ARCHIVE STAFF
MAGAZINE & WEB ARTICLES
(U) NSA's "Own" Marine Guards 15 November 1953-29 September 1978
DSS - Special Program for Augmentation Response (SPEAR)
Dept of State - KIA MSGS
Dept of State - MSG Training
12 FAM 430 MARINE SECURITY GUARD (MSG) PROGRAM
DSS - Reports and Publications
Here’s why State Department agents joined on with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Security Programs for Embassies and Consulates
2023 April 18 MCESG Ceremony dedicating McMaugh Hall to Fallen Beruit MSG Cpl. Robert V. McMaugh
2023 - (Khartoum, Sudan) MSGs Evacuate Khartoum
2023 May 19 SecNav Honors MSGs from Khartoum Evacuation
2023 - (Khartoum, Sudan) What it was like for MSGs to evacuate
2023 April 6, 2023 MCESG Marine Security Guard Marines receive a NAM for heroic acts
2022 August 9 MSG awarded at MCESG HQ
2022 November 16 (Nuevo Loredo, Mexico) MSG & Driver Awarded for saving drowning child
2019 - (Baghdad, Iraq) Marines Deploy to Iraq Embassy
2019 March (Caracus, Venezuela) The Marine Security Guards and the Evacuation of U.S. Embassy Caracas
2016 Female Marines Guard the Embassies: An Experiment in Social Progress
2016 February Marine Security Guard Program
2015 January 29 (Guatemala City, Guatemala) MSG of the Year
2015 August 15 (Erbil, Iraq) MSAU Deployment
2014 New Posts for Marine Security Guards
2007 (MSGBn / MCESG) Marine Security Guard Battalion becomes Marine Corps Security Command
2001 Is the United States Marine Corps the Best Organization to be Tasked with Providing Security to U.S. Diplomatic Missions? An Examination of the Marine Security Guard Program and its Partnership with the U.S. Department of State
1998 August, (Hanoi, Vietnam) : Marine Security Guard - Hanoi (Author: Ron Keene)
1998 (Nairobi, Kenya & - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) : Remembering the Embassy Bombings
1983 (Beirut, Lebanon) - Former MSG remembers the
1983 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut
1975 (Saigon, Vietnam) : Patti Morton - RSO First Woman RSO
1975 September (Saigon, Vietnam) : Fall of Saigon = Last to Leave
2022 - T(okyo, Japan) MSGs climb Mt. Fuji in Japan
Volunteers Needed
2021 (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) MSGs Sent to Haiti after Haitian President Assasination
2021 - Kingston, Jamaica 3 Marine security guards nominated for meritorious honor award after Jamaica embassy bomb threat
2022 (Buenas Aires, Argentina) MARFORSOUTH Commander visits MSGs in Argentina
2022 - (Port Moresby) (1) MSG Detachment for US Embassy Port Moresby activated (2) MSG Det Activation
2022 August 25 (Belmopan, Belize) MSGs visit waterfalls in Belize
2022 - Bratislava, Slovakia MSGs host command visit in Slovakia
2022 (Dublin, Ireland) MSGs visit Irish castle
2022 (Oslo, Norway) MSGs play basketball with U.S. Ambassador in Norway
2022 - (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) MSGs bid farewell to US Ambassador in Uzbekistan
2022 November 16 (Bamako, Mali - Belgrade, Serbia - Istanbul, Turkey) MSG Promotions
(U) NSA's "Own" Marine Guards 15 November 1953-29 September 1978
DSS - Special Program for Augmentation Response (SPEAR)
Dept of State - KIA MSGS
Dept of State - MSG Training
12 FAM 430 MARINE SECURITY GUARD (MSG) PROGRAM
DSS - Reports and Publications
Here’s why State Department agents joined on with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Security Programs for Embassies and Consulates
2017 July 12 MCESG Detachment Commander Honorary Dinner
2011 State Magazine Liberated Libya DSS-MSG
MARINE SECURITY GUARD LINEAGE
MAGAZINE / WEB ARTICLES
UNIFORMS, WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT
DRESS BLUES - The real history of the Marine Dress Blue Uniform
DETEX CLOCK - DETEX Watchman's Clock (DETEX WATCHCLOCK)
Made in the USA, the Detex Newman Watch clock was first introduced in 1927.
MSGs made their rounds every hour and had to turn the key attached to the station so that the hour was recorded on a piece of paper that later could be printed out.
PHOTO: DETEX Watchclock
PHOTO: Station Key
M1911A - M1911A1 Automatic Pistol Caliber .45- PHOTO: M1911A1
Smith and Wesson M10 .38 & Smith and Wesson M10 .38 snub nose
- M1911A1 Automatic Pistol Caliber .45 - PHOTO: M1911A1
Smith and Wesson Model 19 .357 magnum - Smith and Wesson Model 19 Revolver
PHOTO: Smith and Wesson M19
Ruger P89 9mm - Ruger P89
* Need confirmation of MSG acquiring these for the program.
PHOTO: Ruger P89
Beretta M9 ( Beretta 92FS)
Beretta M9 Semi-automatic Pistol
PHOTO: Beretta M9
1985: The M9 was adopted by the United States military as their service pistol
M1 Garand - M1 Garand Semiautomatic Rifle
PHOTO: M1 Garand
The M1 replaced the bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the U.S.' service rifle in 1936,
PHOTO: Design Details
M14 - M14 Assault Rifle
PHOTO: M14
M1 Garand replaced by the selective-fire M14 rifle on March 26, 1958
M16A1 / M16A2 / M16A3 / M16A4 - M16A2 Assault Rifle
PHOTO: M234 Riot Control Launcher - The M234 Riot Control Launcher (M16-series rifle attachment firing an M755 blank round). It fires either the M734 64 mm Kinetic Riot Control or the M742 64 mm CSI Riot Control Ring Airfoil Projectiles. The latter produces a 4 to 5-foot tear gas cloud on impact. The main advantage to using Ring Airfoil Projectiles is that their design does not allow them be thrown back by rioters with any real effect. The M234 is no longer used by U.S. forces. It has been replaced by the M203 grenade launcher and nonlethal ammunition.
M203 - M203 Grenade Launcher
PHOTO: M16/M203
PHOTO: M4/M203
PHOTO: M203
M4 - M4 Carbine October 2015: USMC Switches Over from M16 to M4M9,
Remington 870p (with/without folding stock)
MK18,
G19,
M27
Uzi Submachine Gun
M67 Fragmentation Grenades