MSG
Detachment
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

For Latest Updates
on this site!

What's New
                   
Welcome, if you are a visiting MSG from this post, please review the infomation
and send along any updated information you'd like to see displayed including:
  • Detachment Members
  •  NCOIC / ANCOIC,
  •  Ambassador,
  • Important Incidents, 
  • or any advice you'd like to pass on to new MSG's going out on post.
0

PageMaster:
Jack McGarry
Visit CafePress 
to purchase Rio MSG Detachment Products
Contact: history@embassymarine.org

   
(Send photos & memories  to history@embassymarine.org)
0
MEGA History Home Page MEGA DEBRIEFING
Rio de Janeiro
MSG Detachments

Detachment Messages
PageMaster: Volunteer Needed
Contact: history@embassymarine.org
Rio de Janeiro Guestbook

view guestbook | sign guestbook




MSG Battalion / Company  D
Detachments Within
Brazil:


CIA Factbook: Brazil
Library of Congress: Brazil
Military.com: Brazil
Info Please: Brazil
Britanica: Brazil
World Atlas: Brazil

Lonely Planet: Brazil
DOS Post Report: Brasilia
DOS Consular Information: Brazil
Altapedia Online: Brazil
Country Watch: Brazil
Study Abroad: Brazil
Political Graveyard: Brazil
Yahoo Country Info: Brazil

A Lovely World: Country Info
US Dept of Agriculture FAS: Country Info
Nations Online: Country Info
Dept of State: 
Country & Region Information
US Embassies: World-wide
Embassy World: Information 
Embassy World: US Embassies
Embassy World: Foreign Embassies
Aneki World Almanac: Country Info
NationMaster: Brazil
INFO: AIESEC - Brazil
INFO: Brazil Start4All
INFO: Time - Brazil
INFO: Weather - Brazil
INFO: Languages - Brazil
INFO: Language Resources
INFO: Brazil Portuguese / English Translation
Travel: Travel Guide - Brasilia
Travel: Travel Guide - Rio de Janeiro
Travel:  Travel Notes - Brazil
Travel: City Notes - Sao Paulo
Travel: iTravel - Sao Paulo  - Brasilia  - Rio de Janeiro
Travel - Safety: Worldworx - Brazil




News:



MEGA Debriefiing


 Local  Liberty Locations

Cautions

Post Rating
1-10 (1 Worst / 10 Best)
Liberty: 
Leave:
Detachment - DOS Relationships:
Detachment - Locals Relationships:
Comments: 

 
2003


2002

Ambassador: Donna J. Hrinak (2002 -

2001


2000


1999

    
Ambassador: Anthony Stephen Harrington (Ambassador 1999)
1998


1997


1996


1995


1994

 
Ambassador:  Melvyn Levitsky (Ambassador 1994-)
Brazil President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a former finance minister responsible for much of Brazil's economic recovery,
1993


1992


Brazil President:  Itamar Franco
Shortly after Brazil hosted the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Earth Summit, President  Collor was impeached. He resigned his post to Vice President Itamar Franco.
1991


1990


1989


Ambassador: Richard Huntington Melton (Ambassador 1989-93)
1988


1987


1986

 
Ambassador:  Harry W. Shlaudeman (Ambassador 1986-89)
Brazil President: Fernando Collor de Mello
His term was marked by an anti-inflationary recession and by allegations of financial corruption.
1985

 
1st  Brazilian President elected: Tancredo de Almeida Neves  Died before taking office
Succeeded by Jose Sarney, a well connected and powerful politician from the North of Brazil.
Brazil Military Dictatorship - 1964 - 1985
1984


1983

 
Ambassador: Diego C. Asencio (Ambassador 1983-86)
1982


1981


Ambassador: Langhorne A. Motley (Ambassador 1981-83)
1980


1979


1978


Ambassador:  Robert M. Sayre (Ambassador 1978-81)
1977


1976


1975

RMO: Major Philip Ray   / XO: Capt Germain

Brazil Military President: Ernesto Geisel
- Bicentenial Celibration

- Henry Kissinger Visit to South America. Company D MSGs augment Secret Service Security Detail
1974


1973


Ambassador: John Hugh Crimmins (Ambassador 1973-78)
1972


1971


1970

  
Ambassador: William M. Rountree (Ambassador 1970-73)
1969

  
Ambassador: C. Burke Elbrick (Ambassador 1969-70)
October: President Costa e Silva died unexpectedly,
Officer corps of the three services consulted among themselves to pick General Garrastazú Médici for the presidency.
Severe political repression and censorship accompany record annual economic growth of nearly 12 percent led by state-owned enterprises.
A program of economic expansion includes vast projects such as the Trans-Amazonian highway and the world's largest dam at Itaipú
1968


1967


1966


Ambassador:John Wills Tuthill (Ambassador 1966-69)
1965


1964


military coup:  President Joao Goulart removed
1963


1962


1961

 
Ambassador: Lincoln Gordon (Ambassador 1961-66)
Brazil President Joao Goulart
1960

 
Capital moves from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia
1959


Ambassador: John M. Cabot (Ambassador 1959-61)
1958


1957


1956


Ambassador: Ellis O. Briggs (Ambassador 1956-59)
Brazil President: Juscelino Kubitschek
1955


Ambassador: James Clement Dunn (Ambassador 1955-56)
1954

 
Brazilian President Vargas resigns (expecting a coup), then commits suicide.
1953


Ambassador: James S. Kemper (Ambassador 1953-55)
1952


1951


1950


1949


Ambassador: Herschel Vespasian Johnson II (Ambassador 1948-53)



Detachment Message Area
To display a message, click on the "Send Comment" button, and email your message to the Historical Committee. We'll ensure that your message is promptly displayed.  Note: Please include the Detachment Pages you would like your message displayed in.
 
12/10/2003 (history@embassymarine.org):  Your messages will be displayed in this format.
12/30/2003 (jackmcgarry@yahoo.com) Brasilia Marines, check in, in order to lets hook up all the detachments with contact info. Brisilia 75-76 Dave, Jaime, Ed, Charlie, Mike and Judy, Ron, Mike, Vern, Leroy... Where is everyone!!!

Also available from this page:




Back to Top


Back to Top


Marine Embassy Guard Association
Historical Archives  -  Brasilia  V1.0