National Guard

The term National Guard originally referred to a French citizen militia (see: National Guard (France)). The term is now used in many countries. According to the country, national guard may now refer to an organized militia, a military force, a paramilitary force, a gendarmerie, or a police force:

Forces

Americas

National Guard of the United States — a federally recognized militia organized by each of the 50 U.S. states and territories that serves both as a reserve military force of the U.S and a state militia. It consists of:
Army National Guard; and
Air National Guard.
National Guard (Nicaragua) (1925–1979)
National Guard (El Salvador) (1912–1992)
Venezuelan National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Venezuela) — officially the Armed Forces of Cooperation (esp: Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperación)

Europe

National guard unit of Bulgaria
National Guard of Georgia
Greek Cypriot National Guard
National Guard (France), active on and off from the French Revolution to the Paris Commune
Italian National Republican Guard—defunct
Latvian National Guard
Portuguese National Republican Guard

Asia

Sri Lanka National Guard
Saudi Arabian National Guard
Iraqi National Guard
Kuwaiti National Guard
National Guard of Georgia

Political organizations

National Guard, better known as the Blueshirts, a 1930s political movement in Ireland

Translation of "National Guard"

German: Nationalgarde, Spanish: Guardia Nacional, French: Garde nationale, Galician: Garda Nacional, Italian: Guardia Nazionale, Norwegian (Bokmål): Nasjonalgarde, Polish: Gwardia Narodowa, Russian: Национальная гвардия, Finnish: Kansalliskaarti, Vietnamese: Vệ binh quốc gia.