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Behind the Cover: The crisis-response plus-up

By Gina Harkins on June 3, 2013 Behind the Cover, Crisis-response force, Embassy security, Marine Security Guards

As the Corps solidifies its role as the nation’s go-to crisis-response force, new opportunities to serve in unique units are opening up to Marines. The Marine Corps is standing up specialized units that focus on missions relating to crisis response. This includes the new type of special purpose Marine air-ground task force, like that which recently deployed to U.S. Africa Command, which is made up of hundreds of Marines including a reinforced rifle company. With aircraft and logistical support, the special purpose MAGTF-Crisis Response Force, is capable of responding to various emergencies in the region, including embassy reinforcement. Similar forces…

In the spotlight: Marine embassy security guards

By Andrew deGrandpre on February 1, 2013 Embassy security

If you scroll through the list of categories on the right-hand side of the page, you’ll see that since launching this blog in early 2010, we have written hundreds of posts about a variety of subjects relevant to the Corps and the lives of Marines. Leadership. MEU operations. Fitness. Afghanistan. … Yes, even the popular web comic Terminal Lance. Missing from the list, until now, was a category dedicated to one of the Corps’ most iconic and enduring missions: embassy security. An oversight? Most definitely. And there’s no time like the present to make amends. Unfortunately, we don’t yet have…

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