Embassy Guards

[rcaf_777]

Canada uses MP's for guards at certian Embassies

[jester]

You will have alot of military personel at freindly embassies some will work as liasons with the host nation for joint whatever. And of course support staff for that mission. I can see a detatchment of about a platoon of military on site if you combine military guards, liason and support personel and others.

[Abbott Shaull]

Never thought about Embassy gaurds...wow...

[TiggerCCW UK]

Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull

Never thought about Embassy gaurds...wow...

Paul Mulcahy has the USMC Embassy Guard as a career in the professions section of his website.

Next question - in the Twilight War (V1 or V2 timeline) would USMC guards have been kept in embassies or would they have been recalled to the fleet? And as a follow on, would they still have been there to be stranded and become an interesting and useful PC or NPC?

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

Next question - in the Twilight War (V1 or V2 timeline) would USMC guards have been kept in embassies or would they have been recalled to the fleet? And as a follow on, would they still have been there to be stranded and become an interesting and useful PC or NPC?

Even today, in several countries, US Marine Guards have been supplemented heavily by contractors, so the Marines can be put on the line in Iraq or Afghanistan.

[jester]

Not all embassys rate Marines. Some of the smaller ones don't get them.

I would think it would be similiar to WWII. Marines who had spent time at the front and say were wounded would get time at an "easy" gig as they recovered. Or similiar assignments as it would be a perk and path to promotion so some folks would end up pulling the duty. Also, a surplus of personel in some units and MOSes could be assigned to the duty.

I mean, per the timeline you can have Marines who are on sea duty. But, they got rid of them in the 90s. And the security forces unit also took a hit as well in the 90s, with places like Adak and Mare Island closing to name a few where they were stationed and trained. But, in the original game history in theory if you did good research on your background it would fit nicely.

[pmulcahy11b]

It's possible that in a T2K context, regular Marine Guards might be quietly replaced or supplemented by MEU(SOC)-type units, and their agendas might be different than the regular guards. Perhaps on the order of Special Forces A-Teams in Cold War Berlin -- fomenting dissent and causing general headaches for countries they are in.