National Guard

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National Guard may refer to:

Military forces

• Cypriot National Guard
• Georgian National Guard as part of the military of Georgia (country)
• United States National Guard
• National Guard (France), active during the French Revolution
• Sri Lanka National Guard
• Pakistani National Guard
• Saudi Arabian National Guard
• Iraqi National Guard
• A part of the Military of Kuwait
• A part of the Military of Venezuela
• Chechen National Guard

Paramilitary organizations, which have both military and law enforcement missions

• Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) (Russian: Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел, Vnutrenniye Voiska Ministerstva Vnutrennikh Del; abbreviated ВВ, VV)
• Portuguese National Republican Guard
• Italian National Republican Guard

Political organizations

• Blueshirts, a 1930s political movement in Ireland
• Italian Blackshirts and Black Brigades

Guardia Nacional refers to:

• El Salvador National Guard (Guardia Nacional de El Salvador)
• Nicaraguan National Guard(Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua) (1925-1979)
• Panamanian National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Panamá)
• Venezuelan National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Venezuela) - Officially the Armed Forces of Cooperation (esp:Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperación)

[edit] See also List of protective service agencies

• Republican National Guard
• Republican Guard
• Home Guard
• Civil Guard
• gendarmerie

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