Presidential Security Forces Myths or Truth

[Bull777]

Presidential Security Forces
This job lacks detail. Many of us are just signing a blind contract because we can’t find anything about this job. Hell, you can find a lot more about HMX-1, enough to get a pretty good idea about what their doing. I’ve included links on HMX at the bottom. I don’t really understand that, because they both require TS clearances and I know HMX-1 requires YW clearance, so there being so little information on PRP Security Forces is beyond me. I don’t need a completely laid out description of day to day duties but an overall general description a little more detailed then what my recruiter told me.

What I’ve Been Told (Italics are My Thoughts)
Recruiter: Presidential security forces you are pretty much a body guard for the president. I believe yes you are, but from a gate or the edges of a perimeter along a fence. Not at all what I read most people thinking they are. I’m not expecting to be 5 feet away from the president like the secret service. I of course am pretty sure that you aren’t going to be or doing anything with the motor cad transportation.
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My Question: Now I’m wondering since presidential support specialist are Crew Chiefs on Marine One and the other transport helicopters that follow Marine One, there has to be extra security that follows them around so do PRP SF become involved and provide extra security for the HMX Fleet. When they go overseas I’m assuming the Marines are going to want some extra armed men to watch those 8-9 HMX helicopters.

[Bull777]

Recruiter: I’m not sure if he’s mixing up Presidential Security Forces with Presidential Support Specialist. Where ever the President goes, Marine One goes, even if the President isn’t flying on it. So does Presidential Security Forces go to those locations and set up security ahead of time to prepare for the safe arrival of the President.
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My Question: Is this true? If so, I can expect there would be a lot of travel involved, which is something I would really look forward too.

[Bull777]

Recruiter: He said he had a buddy do Presidential Security Forces several years ago and he mostly spent most of his time wearing black suits. That’s right! You’re supposed to get an allowance for black suits. I do believe that is correct. Most of the guys you see standing around the president in suits is actually in fact Marines. Now this could be true and also why I believe you get an allowance for black suits. I was researching this back several months ago and if I can find all the links I’ll post them but I believe it was CNN reporting that there are actually Marines who will set up security alongside the secret service out in public locations. In the video they were all wearing black suits and some or even just wearing regular civilian clothes to imitate “rioters.” I saw it posted on YouTube but for the life of me I can’t find it anymore. I spent damn near an hour, it must have been removed but it would have certainly raised some eyebrows and they were clearly saying they were U.S. Marines not Secret Service.
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My Question: Do you get a black suits allowance? Do you go out to public locations to protect the exterior? Do you travel overseas when the HMX fleet goes? (I read on another forum site about a mother reporting that her son who was on Presidential Security Forces went to Spain and Italy.)

[Bull777]

My Question: Are there different roles you achieve in Presidential Security Forces? Like low level would be guarding Camp David perimeter to a high level of you going as extra security to where HMX goes? Not meaning that you fly on Marine One I know that’s Presidential Support Specialist Crew Chiefs. Are you likely guarding the HMX fleet? That’s my guess; the closest you get to the President is when you’re guarding the HMX hanger. The only reason I can determine that they add Presidential to Security Forces is that you’ll be near the most important birds in the sky or a retreat. Unless of course what I saw in that YouTube video from an official News Network showing and telling you that those guys were Marines and they were dressed to imitate and play the role of the Secret Service.

[Bull777]

Links:
This is HMX-1 Presidential Support Specialist and Pilots IN DEPTH LOOK from National Geographic
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htw_ysrEUts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htw_ysrEUts)
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clP9Y60MB0E&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clP9Y60MB0E&feature=related)
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evQYuHDlp3Y&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evQYuHDlp3Y&feature=related)
Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVheCheeWmQ&feature=fvw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVheCheeWmQ&feature=fvw)
Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI9luLgTaNo&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI9luLgTaNo&feature=related)
(God forbid he steps in the hole!)

Sorry For the Multiple Posts but it keeps saying I've got to many images when I have none. Tried to figure out what it was that was triggering it but gave up.

--Damnit, wrong section

[Rough Hands]

Did this really require more than one post? I'm pretty sure you could have fit it all in one... Anyhow, nobody here is going to be able to give you an answer, seeing as we are not Marines and have no experience. You'll have better luck in the 'Ask A Marine' forum.