Guard - Governmental and Military

Governmental and Military

See also: List of army units called Guards and List of protective service agencies
  • Police in medieval contexts
  • Border guard, a state security agency.
  • Coast guard, responsible for coastal defence and offshore rescue
  • Honor Guard, primarily ceremonial.
  • National Guard (disambiguation), primarily domestic defense units which have military or law enforcement missions
  • Guards unit, a title earned by distinguished units in the former Soviet Union and in some contemporary ex-Soviet states

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