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The Home Guard remained in existence manning guard posts and performing other duties to free up regular troops for duties overseas, especially taking over the operation of coastal artillery batteries and anti-aircraft batteries (especially rocket batteries for the protection of key industrial sites).
The police home guard consists of 47 companies, each led by professional police officers. The volunteers are mainly used for traffic control at festivals , searches for victims and guarding community installations and are never used where there are risks of direct confrontation with civilians ( riot control or planned arrests ).
The Home Service Force (HSF [1]) was a Home Guard type force established in the United Kingdom in 1982. Each HSF unit was placed with either a Regular Army or Territorial Army regiment or battalion for administrative purposes and given that formation's title, cap badge and recruited from volunteers aged 18–60 with previous British forces (TA or regular) experience.
A Zemessardze (Latvian National Guardswoman) guards the battalion tactical operations center during the Strong Guard 2016 (Zobens 2016) distinguished visitor's day.. Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or reserve force raised for local defense.
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It is a joint command, including an army staff and army and Home Guard units. In 2024, it was announced that the Finnmark Land Command organisation would be reinforced as part of the Norwegian government's long-term plan, with the ultimate aim to have it formed as a full brigade.
The Home Guard is a unit and constitutes the basis for the protection of Sweden. It has the task of operating over the entire conflict scale, from societal support during great strains in peacetime to armed combat in times of war. The units of the Home Guard have a response capability that is measured in hours, as opposed to days or weeks.