Contents 1 Military forces 1.1 Americas 1.2 Europe 1.3 Asia 2 Political organizations 3 See also

The term National Guard or Guardia Nacional may refer to an organized militia, a military force, a paramilitary force, a gendarmerie, or a constabulary:

Military forces

Americas

• National Guard of a State - militia forces organized by each of the 50 U.S. states and U.S. territories
• National Guard of the United States - a federally recognized reserve military force of the U.S.
• National Guard (Nicaragua), (1925–1979)
• National Guard (El Salvador)
• Venezuelan National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Venezuela)—Officially the Armed Forces of Cooperation (esp: Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperación)
• National Guard (Brazil)
• Puerto Rico National Guard

Europe

• National guard unit of Bulgaria
• Greek Cypriot National Guard
• National Guard (France), active on and off from the French Revolution to the Paris Commune
• Portuguese National Republican Guard
• Italian National Republican Guard—defunct

Asia

• Sri Lanka National Guard
• Saudi Arabian National Guard
• Iraqi National Guard

Political organizations

• National Guard, better known as the Blueshirts, a 1930s political movement in Ireland

See also

• List of protective service agencies
• Republican National Guard, disambiguation
• Republican Guard, disambiguation
• Home Guard, disambiguation
• Civil Guard, disambiguation
• Gendarmerie

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