A Guard may be a person or an organisation. It may be a person who looks after the safety of people or property, and/or make sure prisoners do not escape. It may also be a part of the military. It can also be an object, a fireguard for example. In computer programming, a guard directs program execution. In computer programming, a guard is a boolean expression that must evaluate to true if the program execution is to continue in the branch in question. ...

Organizations

see also List of protective service agencies This is a list of government Security police and Bodyguard organizations. ...

• Bodyguard
• Coast Guard
• National Guard
• Republican Guard
• Security guard
• Yeomen of the Guard
• Imperial Guard
• Royal Guard
• Russian Guards

They may also be elite military forces which guards a head of state: A bodyguard is a person who protects someone (known as their principal) from personal assault, kidnapping, assassination, loss of confidential information, or other threats. ... Canadian Coast Guard ship and helicopter A coast guard is an organization devoted to saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners or people in danger at sea. ... The United States National Guard is a significant component of the United States armed forces military reserve. ... Republican Guard is the organization of a republic which serves to protect the President and the government. ... A security guard is a private person who is employed to protect property and people. ... The Queens Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard are a bodyguard of the British Monarch. ... An imperial guard describes any group of military bodyguard or retainers responsible for the protection of an imperial person, be they an Emperor, Empress or Imperial Prince or Princess. ... A Royal Guard describes any group of military bodyguard or retainer responsible for the protection of a royal person, such as a King or Queen. ... Guards (Russian (language): гвардия) or Guards units (Russian (language): гвардейские части) were and are elite military units in Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and Russian Federation. ...

• Praetorian Guard
• Varangian Guard
• Swiss Guard
• Imperial Guard of Japan

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: The Praetorian Guard of Augustus - 1st century A.D. Depicted in a marble bas-relief. ... The Varangians or Variags were Vikings who travelled eastwards from Sweden and Norway. ... Swiss Guards have been Swiss who fought for various European powers from the 15th century until the 19th century, called up from the separate Swiss cantons and placed at the disposal of various foreign powers by treaties (the capitulations), in return for money payments. ... The Imperial Guard (近衛師団 このえしだん Konoe Shidan) protects the Emperor, the Empress and Imperial Family, the Imperial Palaces and other imperial properties. ...

• Persian Immortals
• The Royal Horse Guards and Foot Guards Regiments of the Household Division of the Commonwealth armies
• The Napoleon's Imperial Guard
• The Iraqi Republican Guard

Some times the term has been used for the complete military organisation of a state, because it guards the state from its enemies: Persian Immortals were a Persian elite Royal Guard regiment during the Greek-Persian Wars. ... The Royal Horse Guards (RHG) was a Household Cavalry regiment of the British Army. ... Foot guards is a term used to describe elite infantry regiments. ... A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ... Household Division is term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings, or those military groupings that provide functions associated directly with the Sovereign. ... The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... An imperial guard describes any group of military bodyguard or retainers responsible for the protection of an imperial person, be they an Emperor, Empress or Imperial Prince or Princess. ... Two United States Air Force explosive ordnance technicians search for weapons and ordnance through a former Republican Guard facility near Kirkuk. ...

• Red Guard
• White Guard
• National Guard
• Home Guard

• Vanguard (or advanced guard) and Rearguard or rear guard of an army

Red Guards referred to socialist or communist militia formed to instigate, support or defend revolutions. ... The 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. ... The United States National Guard is a significant component of the United States armed forces military reserve. ... A Home Guard is a part-time civilian reserve military force similar to a militia. ... Vanguard can mean: A vanguard is the forward division in an army. ... Army (from French armée) can, in some countries, refer to any armed force (for example, the Peoples Liberation Army of China consists of ground force, navy and air force branches). ...

Sports

It can also be a term used in sports such as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo or Submission Wrestling Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), also known as Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (GJJ), is a martial art that was developed in Brazil by the Gracie family during the mid-20th century. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō; literally gentle way) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ... Submission wrestling (also called submission grappling or submission fighting) is a general term describing martial arts that focus on grappling to effect a submission (admission of loss) usually by means of chokes, joint locks, and other manipulations of the opponents body. ...

• Brazilian Jiu Jitsu guard
• a defensive position in historical fencing, see ward (fencing)
• Guard (American football)
• Guard (basketball)

In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, and Submission Wrestling, the guard is a position when you are on your back with your opponent standing or kneeling in front or over you, but has not passed your legs (ie, he still needs to get past your legs to advance). ... Historical martial arts reconstructions are attempts at reviving martial arts with no living tradition. ... A ward or guard (translating German Hut protection) is a defensive position in the German school of swordsmanship. ... The offensive team or offense in American football or Canadian football, is the team that begins a play from scrimmage in possession of the ball. ... Basketball is very popular in U.S. colleges. ...

Person

A guard is also a railway employee who (normally) travels in the last vehicle of a train and is responsible for the safety of the train itself. There are various types of trains designed for particular purposes, see rail transport operations. ...

• security guard
• bodyguard

A security guard is a private person who is employed to protect property and people. ... A bodyguard is a person who protects someone (known as their principal) from personal assault, kidnapping, assassination, loss of confidential information, or other threats. ...

See also

• hilt (of a sword)
• GUARD is a name for 121.5mhz, an emergency frequency used by aircraft, see International Air Distress.