In the 1980s, Marine Security Guard Mike DiBello stood post at the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. At both, he raised the same alarm: the buildings sat too close to the road to survive a…
In December 1981, Marine Security Guard Chuck Mellette was serving at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw when Poland declared martial law. He takes us inside that night — the failed communications, the…
Gunnery Sergeant Nic Poon went to MSG school as a detachment commander in 2020 and got dropped at the board — told by the program director he needed more time to mature. He returned to the fleet for…
Retired Master Sergeant Lance Brown was a Marine Security Guard in Damascus in 1982 — a busy way station for envoys headed into war-torn Beirut fifty miles away. In this episode, he describes standing…
In 1980, Joe Johns was a Marine Security Guard at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut — an old hotel on the Corniche, protected by little more than sandbags, a blast wall, and thirty Americans' worth of…
On September 11, 2001, Marine Security Guard Mark McCabe was standing post at the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia. In this episode, he takes us inside that day from behind post one — the local guard chief…
In this episode, the microphone turns around. Prior guest Matthew Kearse takes over as host to interview James Curry — Marine veteran, former Marine Security Guard, and creator of the Post One Podcast…
In February 1997, Marine Security Guard Kevin Chavez was serving in Belgrade during the mass protests against Slobodan Milošević. One night, while showing a friend around the city, he was trapped…
In 1985, four Marine Security Guards were killed in a targeted attack at a café in the Zona Rosa district of San Salvador — the deadliest strike on MSG Marines in the program's history. Author Chito…
Marine Security Guard Ken Hayles served three U.S. Embassy posts — Liberia, China, and Estonia — each a completely different world. In this episode, he describes arriving in Monrovia as a first-post…
