I've been in the Infantry the last three and a half years and just re-enlisted to go to MSG. Im really looking forward to it and welcome the boredom from time to time. Ive had my fill of 'excitement' for a bit. But I expect you have to be on your toes at all times regardless of the boredom.

@2004MSG i dont know if i have ever been more motivated than i ever have been thanks to you and all your super duper intelligent comments! i commend you 2004MSG, for all you have done and all you will do, running from the fleet staying on this program for the rest of your enlistment!!!!!! HOOAH go army beat navy!

I was a MSG and I thought the video was cheesy. The job is cool for what it exposes you to, but the work is almost always boring. I don't regret doing it though. The TS clearance and having the experience on my resume has helped me out a lot in the civilian world.

Check out the Bourne Identity. Where Matt Damon takes out some MSGs. However you should watch how MSGs operate when there is trouble at any US Embassy. Hoorah!

Take it easy turbo. Nothing has really changed except the technology and the names and faces. It is the same mission and the same eagle globe and anchor.

because the video is depicting Marine Security Guards at dinner. MSG's guard American Embassies meaning they are overseas and abroad

I went through MSG School in 1984 and succesfully finished the duty at embassies in Prague, Czechoslovakia ('84-'86) and Montevideo, Uruguay ('86-'87). We had good training, but it looks like the present training was more intense. One thing to note: we couldn't own or even drive any car when I was on that duty, nor could we have any weapons in the Marine House or on us on liberty. I could never understand that, especially about the right to defend ourselves in our own home.

@WESTJET101 I did. Funny thing is there are no Outback's in Canada. If they were coming out of The Keg that would be more believeable.

@4threconmarine Just to add a little to your comment here. I was on MSG duty during this time frame, and split-tales only went to the cushy posts, and the ones with large detachments. Obviously the attempt was to minimize the chance of a female getting into any kind of coup or evacuation scenario. From what I witnessed, nearly all of the "participants" either became pregnant or married State Department personnel as soon as their tour was over. Females came back in 1989. "Easy" posts only

Bwahaha! Best video EVAR!!! You really can't make a 'real' MSG video. No one wants to watch a guy in a box pushing a button for numerous hours. Glamour? No glamour with four collateral duties, baby! YEAH!!

You first talk to the career planner. Then you submit a package for screening and if you pass screening you attend school. Then if you pass screening and testing you graduate and go to your first embassy or consulate

@GateGuard100 the whole contract embassy security guard thing are not for the embassy itself. They're civilian companies that get contracted by the department of state to guard new embassies that are in the process of being built. Once built, the Marines move in and takes guard. The Cleared American Guards (CAG) make bank when they do they're job..

marines corps are the best

@11Bwifey The Army was originally placed in charge of embassy secority in the 1940's, but later lost the duty because the soldiers were not disciplined enough to handle the isolation or the stress. The Marines took over in the 1950's and have been performing the mission ever since. Due to the arduous duty stations, and extra long unaccompanied tours, no other branch of the service has had the guts to try to take it away from the USMC.

Things are still the same if not more strict then what you had. Marines have a shorter curfew then you had. Plus we still can't operate or own a motor vehicle. Even if you go stateside for leave/liberty you are required to have permission from the CO to drive or rent a vehicle to drive.

lovin it at 0:38 Get some OC in your Life... Det Mexico City What embassy is that supposed to be at the end of the video? Gunny Mejia is in this video...hes teachin at the school house now...

El Salvador

@dunitlol because they are depicting being in a foreign country. and they probably filmed this in Canada since there is a detachment there.

Actually, I think that's the Outback from near Potomac Mills. Hell, half the drill scenes were filmed in the school house.

3 years is a long time to be away from home

If you go to London. Say hi to Lt Col Lyon.

yes it is

I know the DetComdr. I was in his first det. Oh Canada....

Guys and Gals, Diplomat Brats, Locals, FSO's, FSN's... we all love to party with the MSG's!

Again I will answer this to best of my ability probaly to be corrected again. Im pretty sure there is someone on guard at all times of the day. I dont know exactly why they have to go back though. Maybe to get ready and go help the guards. I am really not sure on that one.

are the security guards part of marine security forces? because i choose that MOS two weeks ago. =] seems like a badass job.

No you cannot have embassy duty right after boot camp.First you have to be signed up for Security Forces. Then boot camp then you have to go to SOI(School of Infantry) and then complete the Security Forces Training. Then after that you will be deployed to your destination. I have answered your question to the best of my ability. If I am wrong someone please correct me and make sure you are right.

When I was at at the consulate in Calcutta, we had to meet the inspecting office “WCB”, with cold beer. A lot has changed since then.

@2004MSG hooah devil frog!

@pum84 they are in canadia.......duh

Never good to put all of your eggs in one basket. My daughter became MSG after 2 years in the corp. Definitely career boosting. I may be worng but what I heard was that at least a third wash out before graduation.

Marine Security Guards guard Embassies and Consulates. Marine Security Forces guard nukes and submarines. They also comprise the 3 FAST companies the Marine Corps has. 2 different MOS's

No it is not the same MOS. Like the comment below it is a special duty assignment and it is something extra you apply for once already in.

Bachelors is the minimum requirement, in order to be competitive for any GS-1811 (Criminal Investigator or "Special Agent") position, you're going to want to have either a masters, juris doctorate, or bachelors + maybe a few years local law enforcement experience

Because their threat spectrum is similar to an urban policeman who would almost never need a high caliber rifle. Shotguns and small caliber rifles/pistols are sufficient for their interior CQB scenarios. An M4 would shoot through the wall and kill the secretary in the next room.

There are places though were females are not able to stand post at.

@agreeableviews816 waaaaaaaade in the water children... waaaaaaade in the waaaater.......

the simply answer is 'ask you recruiter'.

@Gazet666 and spell check!

@xstreetbreedx 6-7 weeks.

@MrThatunknowndude no

it is a video depicting Marines on Embassy duty so foriegn money would be correct to have in the video.

yes we can operate our suburbans, that has been changed. theres no permission needed to drive when ur home

But we use buckshot and hollow points

@luket411 YOU have no idea

I always watch the doors close before I do my about face

lol... that makes sense. nice.

you don't need a law degree for that. You just need to pass the exams to get in. Bachelors and some work or a masters should help. As a GS 13 overseas you will not make over 100,000 a year. Maybe they do on TV but not in real life, even with locality pay!

I was on MSG duty from 98-01. I had a little laugh at this video. This is not a drill.... yet there's a clip of them stacked up and the point man comes out with a red dummy pistol... then they correct it and show them coming out of a door way with actual weapon... who edited this video...

@2004MSG you obviously never went to baghdad.

Givin' out call signs on youtube

are you kidding they're marines. Meaning they have some crazy good hand to hand fighting skills. Any Marine is essentially a fully trained and deadly MMA fighter. But this video looks to be mostly done for fun thus a lack of flashiness.

So cool...Why do they use pistols and shotguns and not M4 carbines?

if i got to bootcamp, then graduate from bootcamp, then got to my MOS school (any mos) like Diesel mechanic or something like that.. Then go and VOLUNTEER for this. is that how it would go if i wanted this. oh and is this a good job???

Actually , that is not correct unless that is a more recent change. My daughter was MSG. She actually received her first Navy Achievement medal for MSG duty. You are always on duty.

or you can think you're enlisting as an MP and get corrections instead

I can't run anything close to that fast when I leave Outback Steakhouse....my friends and I call it the "Fosters Waddle" lol

its 8156. It used to be 8151

These are not MPs, Their MSGs

first off its oorah. Second off, that movie like all others who attempt to describe MSG's did a poor job of it. What looked like a lobby of a bank was supposed to be the Consular section of the Embassy. It was just so way off from what things are it is hard to even pick a starting point

@xstreetbreedx I saw people get dropped the first week.

and how often do you see action in your whole entire time at the embassy? never

I hope your right because they are going on your answer now. And thanks for correcting me. Although I dont know why you put a thumbs down. I said if I was wrong to correct me and I put what I thought was right from what little bit I know about it. Anyway you in the Marines.

Its not an MOS at all! its a B billet. A special duty. you have to already be in the fleet with whatever your MOS is then request to join. Then you must be able to get a TS clearance and pass the school. there is no different jobs within the MSG program everyone does the same shit. Its a good program but it has its downs like everything else.

Where was the footage of them standing post in their chucks for hours and hours..

If only I had seen this before I became an MSG.

@Thunderchicken14 Ottawa, Canada

and is it a dangerous job?

@Khopits crosstraining in Krav & MCMAP, there very similar...about 70% with MCMAP being geared towards use of military weapons......I liked MCMAP more b/c the krav demonstrations seemed to be staged

lol true that

@nietorm Don't forget having to explain to the Det Cmdr repeatedly why he cannot eat for free at the Marine House every day after PT and guard school. At most Dets, the MSGs have to give up all of their B.A.S. to pay for food, the cook, and the maids. Then, the freeloaders want to come and eat the Watch Standers out of house and home. Some of the really chinchy ones will even bring their families.

To any prospective Marines out there looking to do this. Unless you are a SSgt, it will not not count as your B-Billet, also 3am curfew and a fuckton of rules. Talk to a prior MSG before doing it. Greatway to get a (online) degree since you do have more spare time. But oh my god it can be gay.

@JCPKSK8 dude..... dude, dude, dude...... i would say VOLUNTEER is the opposite of what this is called. if you want to read up on this program there is fascinating articles on this. look up the Holocaust, and if you HATE sleep, oh and dont mind a 7day work week with a possible nap in there somewhere, aaaaaaand you dont mind NOT driving for 3 years this is right up your alley! ive lived the last two years in an alcoholic haze so some of this may be a bit blurry for facts...

@fierysoul365 yes, this vid is a joke, and so is 2004MSG

all DOD? this is Marine specific

why are they paying with canadian money?

what is?

A couple of my buddies also met wives on embassy duty as Marines--a smokin hot Brazilian and a blonde Czech chick. They ought to put that in the recruiting video--serve your country, do cool stuff and meet foreign babes!

1:14 Canadian $20 dollar bill

@Khopits How so? I've trained with both U.S. Army,Marines & IDF...U.S. Marines support fields were far more knowledgeable in combat skills then there Army counterparts...IDF isn't what it's said to be , i don't know who brainwashed you into thinking they were great...Another question, how would you know 'how they act in host countries' if you were in the Army on a different outpost & so you were trained enough to get your ass handed to you also?

Really hmmm well my daughter did not get those . She had one where it has the highest per cap rate of murder in the year. She earned her tittle, it was not given to her. Neither was her honor grad from marine survial instructor school.

see... if that was true, they woulda sent the army to guard all the american embassies

IN THE MARINES, WE LEARN NOT TO PISS IN OUR HANDS!! SEMPER FI!!

@jlbjjlbj gooooooOOOOOOOOOO COMM! dur dur duuuuuur!

may I ask what ammo this is? In the vid, you also see Marines shooting SMGs. Won't they use that too?

@momfromtx im fairly certain that your daughter was one of those lovely young ladies that had many gentlemen callers from several of her lasts posts. we have quite a few of those all over the program. they LOVE to make it hard for the male marines on this program. i especially like how those wonderful Sierra's (our little code name for them) bring up their menstrual cycle to avoid any unwanted training EVERY week. i commend your daughters work at making harder for us! THANKS and FML!

OoH RaH!

Dude at the end needs to learn how to match his clothes!!

Ha!! Great Idea! I'll run it by Gunny

ummm ok if this is an intruder drill wtf are they searching for bombs?

Why did they pay their dinner with a Canadian $20.00 bill lol? Is the embassy in Canada under threat?

theres no different jobs, ur an embassy guard, thats IT, u do it all.

@JM081779 or you do it RIGHT before you get out, get a bad ass hook up with some people on the DOS side of things, contribute to the attrition rate from the program by getting out and making 5 to 8 times as much money doing the same thing or something with less responsibility! this is a gateway job. trust me you will be bored as SH1T!!!!

@Louie92801 learn to spoke rite 0121 ADMAN BABEEEEE!!!!

@11Bwifey what? lose bases so we....THE MARINE CORPS can come regain control to give it back to them? say hi to your air force boy toy on the side for me! hahahahahahaha LOL thats in capitol cuz im laughing really loud! FML!

01:13 - Marines might do a great job at defending America's interests, but they come to Canada to eat apparently :) (relax, I'm just crack'n jokes :)

kill kill kill i'm a marine

hahahahaah, don't hate because you have to be in the top 6% intelligence in all dod to be in this mos, lolz dur dur duuuuuuuur to u! =P

@momfromtx like OMG, seriously, you must love your daughter dont you?! oh and im my last posting, i missed a key word on that last sentence, i meant to say that she makes work harder for us. just wanted to clarify. and seeing you lOOOOOve posting idiotic posts about your TEXAN daughter, i want to you to know........ we have another name for texans in the militay.... GAYS! calm down, im just playing. its called a joke holy cow dont succeed!

Na bro Marines does it better