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The French Republican Guard.. A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name Republican) which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous with a presidential guard.
The Cavalry Squadron of Polish Armed Forces (Polish: Szwadron Kawalerii Wojska Polskiego) is a cavalry unit (dressed in the traditions of the uhlans) that is part of the Representative Honor Guard Regiment. [1] It serves as the travelling mounted escort of the President of Poland, who serves as the Supreme Commander of the Polish Armed Forces.
The Republican Guard Battalion of Albania is a structure of special status in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, whose mission is to provide physical security to the President; Prime Minister; Chairman of the Parliament and other high state personalities defined in the No. 8869, dated 22 May 2003 "For the Guard of the Republic of Albania".
The Life Guards and the Blues and Royals, locked in a rivalry stretching back to the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660, each put forward six challengers to compete for eight places at the ...
Unfavourable prices of agricultural products on the market further aggravated the situation - between 1990 and 1991, agricultural prices increased threefold while industrial prices increased tenfold, drastically diminishing the purchasing power of Polish agriculture. This was combined with a huge decrease in farmers' real income.
The company was restored on January 1, 1993 with direct subordination to the Commander of the Warsaw Garrison. It eventually became the 1st Honor Guard Company of the Representative Honor Guard Battalion of the Armed Forces in 2001, acting as an independent joint-service formation with personnel from service branches of the armed forces.
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In addition to the previous guard formations, the new unit included Bonaparte's corps of Guides, who had followed him since the Italian campaign of 1796-1797. [1] Within the Consular Guard, the Guard of the Legislature became the Foot Grenadiers (grenadiers à pied), while the Guides became the Mounted Chasseurs (chasseurs à cheval). [1]