MarineCorpsEmbassySecurityCommand

Marine Security Guard Battalion
Battalion Commander: Colonel David J. Head
Battalion Sgt Major: SERGEANT MAJOR PAUL J. NUGENT

Region 1 - Company A	Region 2 - Company B	Region 3 - Company C	Region 4 - Company D
Region 5 - Company E	Region 6 - Company F	Region 7 - Company G	Region 8 - Company H
Region 9 - Company I
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1970 Class 01 Class 02 Class 03 Class 04 Class 05 Class 06	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978 Class 04	1979
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2000 Class 01 Class 02 Class 03 Class 04 Class 05	2001 Class 01 Class 02 Class 03 Class 04 Class 05	2002 Class 01 Class 02 Class 03 Class 04 Class 05	2003 Class 01 Class 02 Class 03 Class 04 Class 05	2004

MARINE CORPS EMBASSY SECURITY COMMAND - MARINE SECURITY GUARD BATTALION

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Battalion Commander: Colonel David J. Head
Battalion Executive Officer: Lt. Colonel Franklin D. Baker
Battalion Sgt Major: SERGEANT MAJOR PAUL J. NUGENT

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CO: Col H. M. Koppenhaver

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CO: LtCol Tom D Parsons

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CO: LtCol Nate. L. Adams

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Memorandum signed
22 US State Code 4802

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CO: LtCol Forest J. Hunt

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CO: LtCol Michael J. Dunbar

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CO: LtCol Robert C. Carlock

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CO: LtCol Eugene H. Haffey

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6 RMO/742 MSG
*MSG count reduced .

1956

CO: LtCol R. E. Roach
6 RMO 850 MSG's

84th Congress repealed Section 562 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 and adopted Public Law 1028 (70-A Statutes-at-Large 374).
Legal basis for the Marine security Guard Program.:Title 10 USC 5983,

“Handbook for Marine Security Guards” published

1955

USMC to DOS: New Draft Agreement in 1953 which was not acceptable to the Department of Defense,
returned, revised but unsigned.

,“1955 Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense and Department of State”,
Signed: SecDEFCharles E. Wilson,
SecDOS John Foster Dulles

1954

4 Week Marine Security Guard course, training 40-50 MSG's/month

1953

Commanding Officer: WO E.P. Clarke
Commanding Officer: Maj. Frank P. Tatum
Commanding Officer: Col John K. Hogan
57 Added to cover Attaches with offices located in buildings separate from the chancery buildings proper.
6 RMO and 676 MSG's

1952

Regional Marine Officers authorized to serve at DOS Regional Security Offices: Paris, Cairo, and Manila.

125 MSG's added a

1951

ommanding Officer: Capt. Lois J. Sartor
MSG Strength increased to 675
Married Non-commissioned Officer-in-Charge approved

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Commanding Officer: Capt. Gene M. Hoover

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