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Marine Security Guard Battalion
Battalion Commander: Colonel Vinc Cruz      
Battalion Sgt Major:  
SERGEANT MAJOR PAUL J. NUGENT





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Company D - South America
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Battalion Commander: Colonel Vinc Cruz      
Battalion Sgt Major:  
SERGEANT MAJOR PAUL J. NUGENT
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Battalion Commander: Colonel David J. Head      
Battalion Sgt Major:  
SERGEANT MAJOR PAUL J. NUGENT
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Battalion Commander: Colonel W.E. Rizzio    
Battalion Executive Officer:
Lieutenant Colonel R.M. Strauss
Battalion Sgt Major:
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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 R. E.  Roach
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84th Congress repealed Section 562 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 and adopted Public Law 1028 (70-A Statutes-at-Large 374).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

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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

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

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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
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Regional Marine Officers authorized to serve at DOS Regional Security Offices: Paris, Cairo, and Manila.
 
125 MSG's added a
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CO: 1st Lt. Gene M. Hoover /Capt. Lois J. Sartor
MSG Strength increased to 675
Married Non-commissioned Officer-in-Charge approved
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CO: 1st Lt. Gene M. Hoover
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Colonel Gilbert R. Hershey
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2004 LtCol. Donald Wogaman, commanding officer, Co. A., MSG Bn., 4th MEB (AT).
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LtCol. Donald Wogaman, commanding officer, Co. A., MSG Bn., 4th MEB (AT).  
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