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Examples:

• Bodyguard
• Coast Guard
• National Guard
• Republican Guard
• Security guard
• Yeomen of the Guard

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

• Praetorian Guard
• Varangian Guard
• Swiss 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 Foot Guards Regiments of the Household Division of the British Army
• The Napoleon's Imperial GuardAlternate uses at Imperial guard The Imperial Guard was originally a small group of elite soldiers under the direct command of Napoleon I, but grew considerably over time. It acted as his bodyguard and commando element, and he rarely used it in battle.
• The Iraqi Republican GuardThe Iraqi Republican Guard RG was the core of the Iraqi military. There were between 80,000 and 100,000 troops in the Republican Guard itself, and an additional 15,000-20,000 troops in the Special Republican Guard SRG . Not counting troops of the SRG, the

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 GuardThe term may have the following meanings White Guard, Finnish Civil War White Army, Russian Civil War The White Guard a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov about the Russian White movement.

See also:

• VanguardA vanguard is the forward division in an army. Project Vanguard was an early U. satellite program. The Vanguard Group is a large American investment management company. Vanguard or the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party was a far-right Northern Irish spl (or advanced guard) and Rearguard or rear guard of an armyAn army comprises all of a nation's land-based military forces or a specific large military force. Military land forces An army is a military organization. The word army can refer to any armed force, or more specifically a force primarily designed for lan
• hiltSee also: Hilt (band The hilt of a sword is its handle, consisting of a guard grip and pommel . The guard may contain a crossguard or quillions . A tassel or sword knot may be attached to the guard or pommel. Pommel The pommel (The name is derived from th (of a sword)
• Guard (American football)