National Guard

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National Guard may refer to:

A military force:

• Cypriot National Guard
• United States National Guard
• National Guard (France), active during the French Revolution
• Saudi Arabian National Guard
• A part of the Military of Kuwait
• Iraqi National Guard
• A part of the Military of Venezuela
• Portuguese Republican National Guard
• National Guard (Prussian)
• National Guard (Monaco)
• National Guard of Austrian, see The Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas

A paramilitary organization:

• Guardia Nacional (Nicaragua)
• National Guard of Panama, see History of Panama

A political organization:

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

See also List of protective service agencies.