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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 term is derived from the original French Gendarmerie unit.
The Republican Guard were the elite troops of the Iraqi army directly reporting to Hussein, unlike the paramilitary force Fedayeen Saddam, and the ordinary Iraqi Army. They were better trained, disciplined, equipped, and paid than ordinary Iraqi soldiers, receiving bonuses, new cars, and subsidized housing.
The Syrian Republican Guard (SRG; Arabic: الحرس الجمهوري السوري, romanized: al-Ḥaras as-Sūrīyah al-Jumhūrīy), also known as the Presidential Guard, is an elite 25,000 man praetorian guard unit in the Syrian Army, and is reportedly at a corps size with around 60,000 guardsmen.
The Republican Guard (French: Garde républicaine, [ɡaʁd ʁepyblikɛn]) is part of the French National Gendarmerie. It is responsible for special security duties in the Paris area and for providing guards of honour at official ceremonies of the French Republic. Its missions include guarding important public buildings in Paris, such as the ...
The Egyptian Republican Guard (Arabic: قوات الحرس الجمهوري, romanized: El-Haras el-Gomhoury) is a Division level command within the Egyptian Army, designed to be an armored division with the main responsibilities of defending the President of the Republic as well as the major presidential and strategic institutions, including ...
The Iraqi Special Republican Guard (SRG) (Arabic: الحرس الجمهوري الخاص, romanized: al-Ḥaras al-ʿIrāq al-Jamhūrīy al-Khas), also known as the Special Forces Brigade of the Presidential Palace, [1] Republican Guard Special Protection Forces, [2] or the Golden Division, [1] was an elite praetorian guard unit founded in either early 1992 or March 1995 in Ba'athist-era Iraq.
The Ethiopian Republican Guard (Amharic: የሪፐብሊካን ጠባቂ, romanized: lit, lit. 'yerīpebilīkani t’ebak’ī') is an elite praetorian guard unit and the special forces branch of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). It is tasked with providing protection to the Prime Minister and top government officials in Ethiopia and ...
The Battle of Medina Ridge was a tank battle fought on the 27 February 1991, during the Gulf War, between the U.S. 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Brigade of the Iraqi Republican Guard Medina Luminous Division outside Basra, Iraq. [14] The U.S. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, was also a major contributor, by leading the attack. [3]