List of army units called Guards
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Past and present army and paramilitary units whose names include the word guard in various languages include:-
- Australian New Guard paramilitary political organisation
- Bulgarian National Guards Unit, a company-sized unit which provides escort to the President.
- Finnish Guard of Finland
- Foot Guards, which see for a list
- Garde du Corps, a Prussian formation until 1918
- Grand Ducal Guard a military of Luxembourg company from 1945 to 1966
- Home Guard, which see for a list
- Horse Guards, which see for a list
- Iron Guard a Rumanian paramilitary political organisation
- Knesset Guard (Hebrew: Mishmar HaKnesset) responsible for the security of the Knesset building and the protection of its members (MKs).
- National Guard, which see for a list
- Notrim, a Jewish police force set up in the British Mandate of Palestine.
- Royal Guard, which see for a list
- Republican Guard, which see for a list
- Presidential Regiment of the Russian Federation, the current term for the Kremlin guards
- Red Guards, socialist or communist militia formed to instigate, support, or defend Communist revolutions
- Serbian Army Guard, elite military unit of Serbian Army used for special duties.
- Singapore Guards, elite Singapore infantry unit used for special operations
- Swiss Guard, Swiss mercenary soldiers who served as guards at foreign European courts
- United States National Guard, the reserve component of the United States Army
- Varangian Guard, Vikings who served under the Byzantine emperor
- "White Guard" was a name used by others for some of the forces of the White movement in the Russian civil war.
- White Guard, part of the White Army of the 1918 Finnish Civil War.
