Is anyone from State, specifically in the RSO community? I have a question that I need to ask offline.

Can’t help you but I will say that RSO’s are usually the only people besides the Marines worth talking to at an embassy. Lots of bad experiences with foggy bottom careerists in my decade or so OCONUS. Hope someone comes along that can help you.

That really depends. Some DS new hires over the past decade or so are very "special." It seems every new class has a few people that really have no business being LEOs

Source: buddies that contracted at Summit Point.

There was one I use to work with who was known to break down and cry if put under stress.

Range Safety Officer?

Regional Security Officer, its an old term for when DSS had an RSO for a Region, post the rise of terrorism they added a security office to almost all Diplomatic Facilities, with multiple DSS agents the senior one being the RSO.

It’s been about 20-30 years now, at their HQ in Roslyn I dealt with many in leadership who should not have been LEO

Ive known a couple of real weak-dicks. I was trying to be generous because Ive met some I respect. Generally I have a very low opinion of DoS and the OGA weasels you meet inside the walls.

Are you looking for an actual RSO or just someone from DoS high threat security?

+1 ... They are like the "fun police" at a mission and can quickly turn it into not so fun... Marines thought it was paradise compared to where they had been. :)

Fridays -- DS vs. Marines in regular basketball games followed by pool parties (civilian invites encouraged, especially if you had +2/3 co-eds...). One game got too rough and someone ran into a poll -- concussion and stitches. Court got closed for like six months after a Deputy Head of Mission made a safety report and it was deemed not up to safety regs.

Now, it's probably the nicest "PT" facility in that part of the world. I'm typically against unnecessary spending, but they could have my tax dollars for that!

ETA: Pole, not poll. But there might have been some "poll play" elsewhere! I kid, don't cancel me!

(An Arfcommer has reached out to my initial query regarding RSOs... Mod feel free to delete if this subforum is only for .mil and I've tainted it as a civilian.)