The Marine Corps Embassy Security Group protects U.S. diplomatic facilities If you visit a U.S. embassy anywhere around the world, chances are that one of the first people you would see is a U.S.

Staff Sgt. Derek Ferrari was heading out the door on his way to work at the U.S. embassy in Sudan on April 15 when he heard armed conflict break out. The sounds of bombs, anti-aircraft fire and ...

A contingent of Marines assigned to protect the U.S. Embassy in Sudan were awarded for their role in the evacuation of American citizens as violence gripped the capital city of Khartoum amid the ...

The Marine security guards stationed at the American embassy in Niger will remain there as the United States evacuates all but essential staff because of a coup in the country. The State Department on ...

A total of six Marine Security Guards — the elite corps that stand watch at every U.S. embassy around the world — have died while stationed overseas within two years, including two Marines assigned to ...

And as the unit matures, other Marine elements are starting to take greater notice of its work. (Sgt. Mackenzie Gibson/Marine Corps) The Marine Security Guard Augmentation Unit is on track to execute ...

The United States has sent a specialized Marine unit to help secure the U.S. Embassy in Haiti as the country struggles through a political transition amid rising gang violence, authorities said ...

A Marine from Lafayette died on duty stationed in the capital of the Republic of Congo, according to a report by the Marine Corps Times. Lance Cpl. Nicholas Maurice Dural, 20, had been serving as a ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A U.S. Marine whose disappearance in Iraq sparked contradictory claims that he was kidnapped and beheaded turned up alive Thursday, and was at the U.S. Embassy in his native Lebanon ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Thursday, one ...

Marine security guards assigned U.S. embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, exit the plane after arriving at Dulles International Airport, Virginia., on April 24. (Marine Corps) Staff Sgt. Derek Ferrari was ...