US Marines assist in Sudan embassy evacuation amidst gunfire and unrest.
Although U.S. special operations forces led the evacuation of nearly 100 Americans from the embassy in Sudan, the 13 Marine security guards stationed there contributed to the effort by maintaining security and ensuring swift coordination with the Department of State. The Marines returned to the United States via Ramstein Air Base, Germany, after the successful evacuation. Marine security guards have been assigned to protect embassies and consulates since 1948 and have also helped in evacuations of the embassies in Kabul in 2021 and Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2022.