Guard

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For other uses, see Guard (disambiguation).

A guard may be a person or an organisation. It may be a person who looks after the safety of people or property, and/or make sure prisoners do not escape. It may also be a part of the military.

Organizations

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• Border Guard
• Coast Guard
• National Guard
• Republican Guard
• Security guard
• Yeomen of the Guard
• Imperial Guard
• Royal Guard
• Russian Guards

They may also be elite military forces which guards a head of state:

• Praetorian Guard
• Varangian Guard
• Swiss Guard
• Imperial Guard of Japan
• Russian Imperial Guard

Because the head of state often wishes to be protected by the best soldiers available, their numbers and organisation may be expanded to carry out additional tasks:

• Persian Immortals
• The Royal Horse Guards and Foot Guards Regiments of the Household Division of the Commonwealth armies
• The Napoleon's Imperial Guard
• The Iraqi Republican Guard

Some times the term has been used for the complete military organisation of a state, because it guards the state from its enemies:

• Red Guard
• White Guard
• National Guard
• Home Guard

• Vanguard (or advanced guard) and Rearguard or rear guard of an army

Sports

It can also be a term used in sports such as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo or Submission Wrestling

• guard (American football)
• guard (basketball)
• guard (grappling)
• a defensive position in historical fencing, see ward (fencing)

Person

A guard is also a railway employee who (normally) travels in the last vehicle of a train and is responsible for the safety of the train itself.

• security guard
• bodyguard

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