MSG Battalion

2008		Battalion Commander: Colonel Vinc Cruz       Battalion Sgt Major:  SERGEANT MAJOR PAUL J. NUGENT
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2005		Battalion Commander: Colonel David J. Head       Battalion Sgt Major:  SERGEANT MAJOR PAUL J. NUGENT
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2003		Battalion Commander: Colonel W.E. Rizzio     Battalion Executive Officer: Lieutenant Colonel R.M. Strauss Battalion Sgt Major: Sergeant Major Jimmy Brown
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1976		CO: Col H. M. Koppenhaver
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1969		CO:  LtCol Tom D Parsons
1968		CO: LtCol Nate. L. Adams
1967		Memorandum signed 22 US State Code 4802
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1965		CO: LtCol Forest J. Hunt
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1963		CO: LtCol Michael J. Dunbar
1962		CO:  LtCol Robert C. Carlock
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1959		CO: LtCol Eugene H. Haffey
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1957		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1956		CO: LtCol R. E.  Roach 6 RMO 850 MSG's 84th Congress repealed Section 562 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 and adopted Public Law 1028 (70-A Statutes-at-Large 374).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		CO: WO E.P. Clarke CO: Maj. Frank P. Tatum CO: 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		CO: 1st Lt. Gene M. Hoover /Capt. Lois J. Sartor MSG Strength increased to 675 Married Non-commissioned Officer-in-Charge approved
1950		CO: 1st Lt. Gene M. Hoover
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Region #1

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1958		Colonel Gilbert R. Hershey Commanding Officer
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Region #2

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Region 4

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Region 5

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Company A

2003		LtCol. David Wogaman, commanding officer, Co. A., MSG Bn., 4th MEB (AT).
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