# Embassy Guards of Other Nations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guards-of-other-nations/472315>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 12, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guards-of-other-nations/472315 "2008-11-12T07:30:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guards-of-other-nations/472315/1 "2008-11-12T07:30:04Z")

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In United States embassies around the world, each embassy has a contingent of United States Marines as embassy guards.

What about the embassies of other nations? Do they also have small embassy guard detachments from their own armed forces?

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**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guards-of-other-nations/472315/2 "2008-11-12T08:38:31Z")

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Not all of them. At least I never saw a viking when I visited the Icelandic embassies in Sweden and Denmark.

And does each US Embassy have Marines? I’ve never seen them here?

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guards-of-other-nations/472315/3 "2008-11-12T08:43:48Z")

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The Marines secure the embassy from the inside - the outer perimeter is held by civilian security guards. In Tel Aviv, the guards are local contractors.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guards-of-other-nations/472315/4 "2008-11-12T10:41:47Z")

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Pakistanis have Frontier Corps personnel is SOME embassies.

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**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guards-of-other-nations/472315/5 "2008-11-12T11:57:32Z")

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Not all US Embassies have Marines.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guards-of-other-nations/472315/6 "2008-11-12T12:34:11Z")

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Canada has the RCMP, but in plain clothes.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guards-of-other-nations/472315/7 "2008-11-12T12:58:58Z")

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Israeli embassies have Foreign Ministry security personnel, but no military.