Marine Corps Security Force Regiment

Naval Weapons Station Yorktown

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Who we are

Marine Corps Security Force Regiment (MCSFR) organizes, trains, equips, and provides anti-terrorism security forces in support of combatant commanders and Naval commanders in order to conduct expeditionary security operations and provide security for strategic weapons and vital national assets. Conduct other limited duration missions as directed.
Mission Essential Tasks

1. Provide security forces for strategic weapons.
2. Provide rapid response and forward-deployed expeditionary anti-terrorism security forces.

Command Leadership

Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Security Force Regiment

Colonel John A. Moder

Colonel John Moder grew up in North Kingstown, RI. He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1993. Col Moder was commissioned a Second Lieutenant upon graduation from the Virginia Military Institute in 1998 and was designated an Infantry Officer in May 1999.Colonel Moder’s first active-duty...

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Executive Officer

Lieutenant Colonel Josef Wiese

Lieutenant Colonel Wiese was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Washington and was commissioned as a distinguished Marine graduate in December of 2004 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Program. He is a graduate of The Basic...

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Command Sergeant Major

Sergeant Major Enrique Gato

A native of Miami, Florida, Sergeant Major Gato attended recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot ParisIsland in September of 1999. Upon graduation he attended Marine Combat Training and subsequently, GroundSupply School earning the MOS of 3043, Supply Administration Marine.His services in the...

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Unit Address

2122 Longfellow Rd, Yorktown, VA 23691

Quarterdeck
757-637-9355

Regimental Duty Officer
757-618-1730