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EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 1H

Midnight in Minsk: Standing Post When the World Might End

from Post One: True stories from Marine Embassy Guards · host James Curry

In this episode of the Post One Podcast, retired Marine Bill Gwaltney takes us back to the late 1990s and life as an MSG in Cold War Belarus. Bill shares what it was like standing post in Minsk during the Y2K scare with embassy vehicles gassed up and a plan to run for the Lithuanian border, navigating constant counterintelligence threats, and accidentally CS gassing the Russian embassy next door.

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