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MARINE CORPS EMBASSY SECURITY GROUP - 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 Michael J. Dunbar
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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84th Congress repealed Section 562 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 and adopted Public Law 1028 (70-A Statutes-at-Large 374).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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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
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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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Commanding Officer: 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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Commanding Officer: 1st Lt. Gene M. Hoover
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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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LtCol. Donald Wogaman, commanding officer, Co. A., MSG Bn., 4th MEB (AT). 
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