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This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word called ''Armed Elite Guards'': border guards, coast guards, civil guards, home guards, national guards, honour guards, republican guards, imperial guards and royal guards are listed under their own articles. See also Presidential Guard and Red Guards (disambiguation).
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== Active == [[File:Barack Obama reviews Australias Federation Guard.jpg|thumb|Australia's Federation Guard]]
=== Australia === * Federation Guard * Airfield Defence Guards
=== Austria === * Gardebataillon
=== Bahrain === * Royal Guard
=== Belarus === *38th Guards Air Assault Brigade *51st Guards Artillery Brigade *72nd Guards Joint Training Centre *120th Guards Mechanised Brigade *11th Guards Berlin-Carpathian Mechanized Brigade *19th Guards Mechanized Brigade
=== Bangladesh === * President Guard Regiment
=== Bhutan === * Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan
=== Bulgaria === [[File:National Guards on Army Day.jpg|thumb|The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria on parade]] * National Guards Unit of Bulgaria, elite military unit of the Bulgarian Land Forces used for ceremonial and special duties.
=== Canada === * Governor General's Foot Guards * The Governor General's Horse Guards * The Canadian Grenadier Guards
===China, People’s Republic of=== *PLA Beijing Garrison **1st Guard Division ***Central Guard Corps ***Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion **3rd Guard Division **17th Guard Regiment
===China, Republic of (Taiwan)=== [[File:01.23 總統出席「國防部106年新春餐會」前,接受軍禮致敬 (32324301202).jpg|thumb|Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen inspects a joint-services guard of honour, made up of personnel from the Republic of China army, air force, and navy, 2017]] * Honour Guard Company, Army HQ, Republic of China Army * Honour Guard Company, ROC Air Force Air Defense Artillery Command, Republic of China Air Force * Fleet Honour Guard, Republic of China Navy ** Honour Guard Company, Corps HQ Battalion, Republic of China Marine Corps * Republic of China Police Honour Guard (''中華民國警察儀隊'')
=== Denmark === * Royal Life Guards * Guard Hussar Regiment Mounted Squadron
=== Estonia === [[File:Estonian Guard Battalion on parade-902227.jpeg|thumb|Estonia's Military Police Guard Battalion during the ''Estonia 100'' parade in 2018]] * Military Police Guard Battalion
=== Finland === * Guard Jaeger Regiment
=== Germany === * Wachbataillon
=== India === * Brigade of the Guards * President's Bodyguard ===Iran=== *Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
=== Israel === * Knesset Guard (Hebrew: Mishmar HaKnesset) responsible for the security of the Knesset building and the protection of its members (MKs).
=== Jordan === * Royal Guard Brigade
=== Kazakhstan === *35th Guards Air Assault Brigade *210th Guards Training Center *390th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade
=== Korea, North (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) ===
====Guard units==== * Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea 6th Office (Guard Office) * State Affairs Commission Security Bureau * Central Committee of the WPK Security Department * KPA Guards Command * Guards Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105th Armored Division * Guards 1st Infantry Division * Guards Kang Kon 2nd Infantry Division * Guards Seoul 3rd Infantry Division * Guards Seoul Kim Chaek 4th Infantry Division * Guards 6th Infantry Division * Andong Choe Chun Guk 12th Infantry Division * Guards 10th Infantry Regiment * Guards 14th Infantry Regiment * Guards Ri Hun 18th Infantry Regiment * Guards 86th Infantry Regiment * Guards 19th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment * Guards 23rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment * Guards 26th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment * Guards 2nd Torpedo Boat Fleet * Guards 1st Air Division * Guards Hero Kim Ji Sang 56th Fighter Regiment * Guards 60th Fighter Regiment * Guards 1st Construction Brigade
====Units with the word ''guards''==== * Worker-Peasant Red Guards * Youth Red Guards * Supreme Guard Command - also known as KPA Unit 963
=== Korea, South (Republic of Korea)=== [[File:President of the Democratic Republic of Congo meets with President Lee (4476018940).jpg|thumb|right|Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila and South Korean president Lee Myung-bak walk through an honour guard cordon formed by South Korea's Traditional Guard of Honour Unit, 2010]] * Honor Guard Company, Republic of Korea Army ** Traditional Guard of Honour Unit, 3rd Infantry Division * Honor Guard Company, Republic of Korea Air Force * Honor Guard Company, Republic of Korea Navy ** Honor Guard Company, Republic of Korea Marine Corps
=== Montenegro === * Honour Guard Company
=== Morocco === * Moroccan Royal Guard
=== Netherlands === * Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene * Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment
=== Norway === * His Majesty the King's Guard
=== Oman === * Royal Guard of Oman
=== Philippines === Guard Battalion, Presidential Security Command
=== Romania === * 30th Honor Guard Brigade "Mihai Viteazul"
=== Russia === {{main article|List of guards units of Russia}} The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has a large number of Guards units.
=== Saudi Arabia === * Saudi Royal Guard Regiment
=== Serbia === * Guard, unit of the Serbian Armed Forces used for ceremonial duties.
=== Singapore === * Guards, light infantry units of the Singapore Army used for Air assault and Amphibious operations.
=== Slovenia === * Slovenian Guards Unit
=== Spain === * Guardia Real * Guardia Mora * "Old Guard of Castille" Honor Guard Battalion and Regimental Band, Infantry Regiment "Inmemorial del Rey" No. 1
=== Sweden === * Life Guards
=== Switzerland === * Swiss Guard, Swiss mercenary soldiers who served as guards at foreign European courts.
=== Thailand === * King's Guard (ceremonial designation given to units from the three branches of service)
=== Ukraine === {{main article|List of guards units of Ukraine}}
=== United Kingdom === * Household Division ** Foot Guards *** Grenadier Guards *** Coldstream Guards *** Scots Guards *** Irish Guards *** Welsh Guards ** Household Cavalry *** Life Guards *** Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) * Royal Armoured Corps ** 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards ** Royal Dragoon Guards ** Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
=== United States === * Marine Embassy Guards * National Guard (United States) ** Royal Guards of Hawaii, a ceremonial guard unit of the Hawaii Air National Guard
=== Vietnam === * Vietnam People's Army: ** Vietnam Border Guard: border protection ** Vietnam Coast Guard: coast protection * General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army: ** 144th Guarding Brigade: protective guards of Ministry of Defense headquarter, General Staff headquarter as well as national and international conferences <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soha.vn/quan-su/xong-dat-linh-dac-nhiem-lu-doan-144-20140205114721819.htm|title = Xông đất lính đặc nhiệm Lữ đoàn 144}}</ref> ** Military Honor Guard Unit: honor guard during visits of foreign leaders, National Day parade, Military Memory days...<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baotintuc.vn/dau-an-su-kien/doan-nghi-le-quan-doi-nghe-si-chien-si-lam-nhiem-vu-dac-biet-20140818221201828.htm|title=Đoàn nghi lễ Quân đội: Nghệ sĩ - chiến sĩ làm nhiệm vụ đặc biệt|date=20 August 2014}}</ref> * Ministry of Defense: ** Command of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Guard: protection of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bqllang.gov.vn/ |title=Home |website=bqllang.gov.vn}}</ref>
== Historical ==
===Bavaria=== * Royal Bavarian Life Guards
=== Byzantine === * Varangian Guard, a unit of the Byzantine emperor chiefly made up of troops of Scandinavian and North West European origin.
=== Canada === * 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards * Canadian Guards
===China=== * Imperial Guards (Qing dynasty) * Imperial Guards (Tang dynasty) * Manchukuo Imperial Guards *3rd Interior Guard Division *4th Guard Division
===East Germany=== [[File:0489 1989 BERLIN Neue Wache (april) (14285449596).jpg|thumb|Friedrich Engels Guard Regiment]] * Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment * Friedrich Engels Guard Regiment * Guard Regiment Hugo Eberlein
===Ethiopia=== * Mehal Sefari ("Center Campers") * Kebur Zabagna ("Honorable Guard")
===Finland=== For Guards units before 1918, see Russian Empire.
===France=== *Maison militaire du roi de France ** Garde du Corps *** Garde Écossaise **Mousquetaires de la Garde * Imperial Guard (Napoleon I) ** 1st Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard ** 2e régiment de chevau-légers lanciers de la Garde Impériale ** Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale ** Dragons de la Garde Impériale ** Éclaireurs of the Guard ** Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde Impériale ** Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale ** Lithuanian Tartars of the Imperial Guard ** Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard * Imperial Guard (Napoleon III) ** Cent-gardes Squadron
===German Empire=== * Guards Corps ** Guards Cavalry Division ** 1st Guards Infantry Division ** 2nd Guards Infantry Division * Guards Reserve Corps ** 3rd Guards Infantry Division ** 1st Guards Reserve Division * 4th Guards Infantry Division ** 5th Guards Infantry Brigade ** Guards Reserve Uhlans ** 2nd Guards Field Artillery * 5th Guards Infantry Division * 2nd Guards Reserve Division * Guard Ersatz Division * SS Guards (Third Reich)
===Iran=== * Imperial Guard
===Imperial Japan=== * Konoe Shidan (近衛師団) of the Imperial Japanese Army, 1867–1945.
===Joseon Korea=== *Wanggung Sumunjang ({{korean|왕궁수문장|王宮守門將}})
===Morocco=== * Black Guard
=== Philippines === * AFP Presidential Guards Battalion * Malacanang Guards * Presidential Guard Corps
=== Prussia === * Guards Corps
==== Cavalry ==== * Gardes du Corps, also known as the "Prussian Guard" a Prussian formation until 1918 * Guards Cuirassier Regiment * 1st (Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland) Guards Dragoons * 2nd (Empress Alexandra of Russia) Guards Dragoons * 1st Guards Uhlans * 2nd Guards Uhlans * 3rd Guards Uhlans * Life Guards Hussars
==== Infantry ==== Each of the foot guards and four of the guards grenadiers would form reserve (''Landwehr'') units upon mobilization in August 1914.
* 1st Foot Guards * 2nd Foot Guards * 3rd Foot Guards * 4th Foot Guards * 5th Foot Guards * 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers * 2nd (Emperor Francis) Guards Grenadiers * 3rd (Queen Elizabeth) Guards Grenadiers * 4th (Queen Augusta) Guards Grenadiers * 5th Guards Grenadiers * Guards Fusiliers * Guards Jäger Battalion * Palace Guards Company * 1st Guards Machine Gun Detachment * 2nd Guards Machine Gun Detachment
==== Artillery ====
* 1st Guards Field Artillery * 2nd Guards Field Artillery * 3rd Guards Field Artillery * 4th Guards Field Artillery * Guards Foot Artillery
==== Support units ==== * Guards Engineers * Guards Trains
===Papal States=== * Corsican Guard * Noble Guard * Palatine Guard
===Poland=== * Royal Guards
=== Portugal === * Royal Guard of the Archers
=== Roman Empire === * Praetorian Guard
=== Romania === * 2nd Vânători Guard Regiment "Queen Elisabeta" * 2nd Guard Aviation Flotilla * 4th Roșiori Guard Regiment "Queen Maria" * 6th Dorobanți Guard Regiment * Royal Guard Battalion
=== Russian Empire === * Imperial Guard ** 1st Guard Cavalry Division ** 1st Guards Infantry Division ** 2nd Guard Cavalry division ** 3rd Guard Infantry Division ** Chevalier Guard Regiment ** Egersky Guards Regiment ** Finland Guard Regiment ** Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion ** Moscow Guard Regiment
=== Saxony === * 1st Royal Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry
=== Soviet Union === * Guards unit, a type of military unit of the former Soviet Union
=== Spanish Netherlands === * Walloon Guards
=== Sri Lanka === Army * President's Guard Army reserve * Sri Lanka National Guard
=== Sweden === * Life Guards of Horse (K 1) * Life Guards Squadron (K 1) * Life Guard Dragoons (K 1) * Svea Life Guards (I 1) * Göta Life Guards (I 2), an infantry regiment 1742–1939 * Göta Life Guards (P 1), an armoured regiment 1943–1980 * Finnish Guards
=== United Kingdom === * 1st Regiment of Life Guards * 2nd Regiment of Life Guards * Royal Horse Guards - predecessor unit to the Blues and Royals * 1st King's Dragoon Guards -1959 * 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) -1922 * 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) 1746-1922 * 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards -1922 * 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 1788-1922 * Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) 1788-1922 * 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards -1922 * 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 1959- * 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) 1922-1971 (also known as "3rd/6th Dragoon Guards") * 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 1922-1992 * 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 192- * Horse Grenadier Guards 1687 - 1788 * Horse Guards Regiment - a number of temporary regiments carried this name. ** 1st Troop of Horse Guards * Guards Machine Gun Regiment * Royal Guards Reserve Regiment
;Organizational units * Brigade of Guards * Guards Division * Guards Armoured Division * 1st Guards Brigade * 2nd Guards Brigade * 3rd Guards Brigade * 4th Guards Brigade * 5th Guards Armoured Brigade 1941-1945 (later ''5th Guards Brigade'') * 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) 1941-1945 (later ''6th Guards Brigade'') * 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards) * 22nd Guards Brigade * 32nd Guards Infantry Brigade 1941-1945
=== Vatican === * Noble Guard
=== Vietnam === * Red Guards (Tự vệ Đỏ) is the precursor force of Vietnam's today police. The Red Guards were formed by Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 - 1931, during Nghệ-Tĩnh uprising against French rule.
== See also == * List of Jäger units
== Notes == {{reflist}}
== References == * Philip Mansel, ''Pillars of Monarchy: An Outline of the Political and Social History of Royal Guards 1400–1984'', {{ISBN|0-7043-2424-5}}
Guards, army units called