The brutal strong-arm, the terrorist army, of the Somoza dictatorship.
A civic militia or police force created in Paris in July 1793, made up of richer citizens. After the Royalist uprising of Vendémiaire, (1795) it was suppressed.
The National Guard serves in both a state and federal capacity. Governors may call upon Soldiers and Airmen to assist in community support, disaster relief and other local emergencies. During national emergencies, these same units are called upon to support their active counterparts in the Army and Air Force.
The National Guard was the name given at the time of the French Revolution to the militias formed in each city, in imitation of the National Guard created in Paris. It was a military force separate from the regular army. Initially under the command of the Marquis de la Fayette, then briefly under the Marquis de Mandat, it was strongly identified until the summer of 1792 with the middle class and its support for constitutional monarchy.
In Nicaragua, the National Guard (, otherwise known as ) was a militia created during the occupation of that country by the United States. It became notorious for human rights abuses and corruption under the regime of the Somoza family.
