Khartoum, Sudan
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
1956 - Established diplomatic relations / Opens US Embassy in Khartoum
following its independence from joint administration by Egypt and the United Kingdom.
1967 - Sudan broke diplomatic relations US after the start of the Arab-Israeli War.
1972 - Relations were reestablished
1973 - March Assassination of US Ambassador Cleo Allen Noel Jr.
March: Attack on US Embassy in Khartoum
MEGA SHIPS STORE
Detachment Photos: KHARTOUM Photo Album
Detachment Alpha Roster: KHARTOUM Detachment
FACEBOOK: MCESG MSGDuty Group
FACEBOOK: MEGA Group
Together we Served: KARTOUM
msg-history.com: KARTOUM
COUNTRY INFORMATION
Diplomatic Relations:
Presidentual visits to SUDAN
List of Travels SECSTATE to SUDAN
List of US Ambasssadors to SUDAN
List of Natural Disasters to SUDAN
List of Terror Incidents in SUDAN
U.S. Embassy: SUDAN
Britannica: SUDAN
Google: SUDAN
CIA World Factbook: SUDAN
Wikipedia: SUDAN
DOS History: SUDAN
Travel: SUDAN
Time: SUDAN
Weather: SUDAN
Phrase Book: ARABIC
AlJazeera: SUDAN
Exchange Rate: US Dollar - Sudanese Pound
Google News: SUDAN
DETACHMENT HISTORY
2023 Detachment Commander: Staff Sgt. Ferrari
Watchstanders: Sgt. Komlan Akli
April 21: US Embassy / MSG Detachment Evacuated (Deactivated)
May 19 (MCESG HQ) SECNAV Awards MSG Detachment for Performance during evacuation
Staff Sgt. Ferrari, awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
each Watchstanders awarded Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
Detachment Photo with SECNAV Honorable Carlos Del Toro,
SSgt. Ferrari receives Navy MC Commendation Medal from SECNEV
2002 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
23 May: US Embassy Re-opens
1994 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Mark Lopez
1993 RSO: Gerald Hollenbeck (Former MSG "61-62")
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Mark Lopez
1992 RSO: Gerald Hollenbeck (Former MSG "61-62")
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Mark Lopez
1991 RSO: Gerald Hollenbeck (Former MSG "61-62")
Watchstanders:
1989 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Williams, Lester R, Donald P. Worrell
1988 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: David W Weihausen , Donald P. Worrell
1987 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: David W Weihausenm, LCpl Florid, J.A. from class 3-87,Sgt Williams L.R. from class 3-87
1986
Detachment Commander: SSGT Richard J. Perez
Watchstanders: David W Weihausen, SGT Douglas A. Wheeler, SGT Lawrence W. Evans, SGT Charles P. Harvey, SGT Johnny F. Josey, CPL Kyle W. Keller, CPL James N. Sparks III, CPL Ralph E. Drew, LCPL Joseph F. Statz, LCPL Shaun N. Costello
1984 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Mike Milius
1983 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Mike Milius
1982 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Mark Andrew Conroy , Scott Moore, Michael Neveu
1981 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Mark Andrew Conroy , Scott Moore
1980 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Mark Andrew Conroy
Mchael N ● sudan from 82-83● brasilia 83-84 ● tel aviv 84-85
1973 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
01 March : Assassination of US Ambassador Cleo Allen Noel Jr.
Attack on US Embassy in Khartoum
1962 Company Commander: Major Arthur Mooney (Region 2 / Beirut)
NCOIC: Gy/Sgt. John Stursa.*deceased A/NCOIC: Cpl. Gerald D. Hollenbeck*deceased
Watchstanders: Cpl. Mike Reilly and Cpl. Jim Peringer. *deceased
MCESG Region 7 (MSGBn Company G) (HQMC F Company)
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Alpha Roster
Aldretti, Joseph A* ● Nicosia, CY 65-66 ● Khartoum, SD 66-67
Chars, Robert J (MSgt Ret) ● Khartoum 68-69 ● Beirut 69 ● Abidjan 75-76 ● Niamey● Nicosia 76-77
Conroy, Mark Andrew ● Khartoum 80-81 Wellington 81
Ellsworth, Ron W. (SSgt) ● Khartoum, 65-66 ● Morocco 66-67
Hollenbeck, Gerald D* ● Khartoum 61-62 ● Ankara 62-63 ● Abidjan 63-64
Jefferson, John S* ● Khartoum, SD 76-77 ●Paris, FR 77-79 ●Helsinki, FI 79-80
Kinkade, Jacque D ● Khartoum SD 59 ● Rabat MA
Lopez, Mark ● Stuttgart 91-92 ● Khartoum 91-94● Algiers 98-99 ● Riga 99-01
Mackamul, Bruce A* (SgtMaj) ● Khartoum, SD 78-80 ● Mexico City, MX 83-85 ● Co B 90-92
Milius, Mike ● Khartoum 83-84; ● London 84-86
Moore, Scott (Sgt) ● Khartoum 81-82 ● London 82-84
Neveu, Michael ● Khartoum82-83● Brasilia 83-84 ● Tel Aviv 84-85
O'Connor, C. K. ● Kinshasa, Ankara 68-69, ● Khartoum 69-70
Peringer, Jim (Cpl) ● Khartoum 61 – 62
Peruscini, Richard A* ● Khartoum SD 62-64 (USAF 18 Yrs)
Raleigh, Henry L* ● Khartoum SD 73-74 Addis Ababa ET 74 ● Mogadishu SO 74-75
Ryon, Kevin L., (Ret. Capt) ● Athens71-72 ● Kuwait 72-73 ● Khartoum 73-74
Smith, Dan ● Jordan 83-84 ● Kenya 85
Statz, Joe (Cpl) ● Khartoum 86-87 ● Bonn 87-88 ● Nouakchott 88
Weihausen, David W. ● Paris 85-86 ● Khartoum 86-88
Wenrich, Barry L.● Niamey 77-78 ● Casablanca78-78 ● 02 (US Defense Liaison Office, Khartoum).
Williams, Lester R.* ● Khartoum87-88 ●Stockholm88-89 ●Havana90-91● Belgrade95-96 ● Rio 96-98
Worrell, Donald P. (Sgt) ● Khartoum 88/89 ● Paris 88/90
Together We Served Listing
Acree, Patrick (Croaker),
GySgt Bader, Gallus (John), Sgt
Brixius, Gerald (Jerry), Sgt
CHARS, Robert J. (Boo), MSgt
Coyle, Michael, Sgt
Florio, Joe (FLO), SgtMaj
Flowers, Michael T. (smallchange), MSgt
Gardner, Vincent, Sgt
Hollenbeck, Gerald D.., Sgt -Deceased
Hunter, Joe, Sgt
Lloyd, William (Bill ), Sgt
Lockett, Rodney, Sgt
Lopez, Mark, 1stSgt Meyer, Mathew M., Sgt
Perez, Richard, SSgt
Peringer, James N. (Jim), MSgt
Pyle, Michael Scott. (Tattoo), Sgt
Rodriguez, John A. (Hotrod), SSgt
Sadler, George, GySgt
Stockton, William, MSgt
Warren, Ward J., MSgt
Weihausen, David, GySgt
Williams, Lester, MSgt
Worrell, Don, Sgt
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