presidential guard
Leader's security detail
A presidential guard is a military or paramilitary unit responsible for protecting a nation's president or head of state.
Such units often serve ceremonial functions alongside security duties, appearing at state events in distinctive uniforms: The presidential guard lined the steps of the palace.
In some countries, the presidential guard functions as an elite force with political significance beyond mere protection.
- bodyguardPaid personal security agent
- close protectionSecurity for specific individuals
- security detailProtective personnel assignment
- bulletproof vestProjectile-resistant chest protection
- armored vehiclePlated combat transport
threat assessment · drill · duty · uniform · perimeter defense · march · salute · standing at attention · discipline · precision · alert · sniper rifle · honor · badge · tactical gear · metal detector · rifle · watch
- guardsbodyguard, protector, sentinel, sentry, watchman
- ceremonial guardsBeefeater
- elite guardsbodyguards, Beefeaters, Immortals, Mamluks
- honor guardssentinel, sentinels, sentry, Beefeater, Beefeaters
- Palestinian AuthorityRamallah, Fatah, ministries, officials, security forces
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
presidential guardline infantry
Soldiers in ranked formations
conscript army · foot soldiers · regular army · rank and file · militia
presidential guardrebel forces
Armed anti-government combatants
revolutionary army · coup plotters · insurgents · resistance fighters · mutineers
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