Editing Guard (section)

==Governmental and military==
{{see also|List of army units called Guards|List of protective service agencies}}
* [[Border guard]], a state security agency
* [[Coast guard]], responsible for coastal defence and offshore rescue
* [[Colour guard]], a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colors
* [[Commander-in-Chief's Guard]], a unit of the Continental Army that protected General George Washington
* [[Foot guards]], a senior infantry unit in some armies, often with ceremonial duties
* [[Guard (military)]], a military guard responsible for protection and ceremonial duties.
* [[Garda Síochána]], Irish police force informally known as Guards
* [[Guard of honour]], primarily ceremonial
* [[Guards (Russia)]], elite military in pre-revolutionary Russia
* [[Guards unit]], a title earned by distinguished units in the former Soviet Union and in some contemporary ex-Soviet states
* [[Police]] in medieval contexts
* [[Royal Guard]], military bodyguards, soldiers or armed retainers responsible for the protection of a royal person, often an elite unit of the regular armed forces.