United States Marine Corps Security Guard
The United States Marine Corps Security Guard (also Marine Embassy Guard , MSG for short ) is one of the four operational forces of the US Marine Corps and ensures the security of the properties of American missions abroad . The unit was set up in 1948.
The MSG works closely with the Diplomatic Security Service , which is the federal agency of the State Department responsible for the global security of citizens, diplomats and buildings in the United States. The MSG soldiers are administratively part of the Marine Corps, but are deployed under civilian command.
Web links
Commons : United States Marine Corps Security Guard - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Information at about.com (New York Times Company)
Individual evidence
- ^ Marine Corps Embassy Security Group . In: Unit Profile: Marines Magazine . United States Marine Corps. March 23, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
- ^ The mission of the Marine Corps Embassy Security Command . In: Marine Corps Embassy Security Group . United States Marine Corps. Archived from the original on December 23, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
