National Guard
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| Founded | 1789 |
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| Active | 1789–1827; 1831–1872; 2016–present |
| Motto | Honneur et Patrie; "Honour and Fatherland" |
| Secretary General for the National Guard | Gaëtan Poncelin de Raucourt |
| Minister of the Armed Forces | Florence Parly |
| Engagements | Franco-Prussian War |
| Crimean War | |
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| ID | 2614372 |
About National Guard
The National Guard is a French military, gendarmerie, and police reserve force, active in its current form since 2016 but originally founded in 1789 during the French Revolution. For most of its history the National Guard, particularly its officers, has been widely viewed as loyal to middle-class interests.
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... They are being helped by police, border guards and National Guard members...
Gunmen and sexism: On the road with Mexico's women truckers
... In theory all this should be prevented by the National Guard, created by the Mexican government in 2019...
Gun shop turned Maine suspect away months before mass shooting
... Later in September, the Maine National Guard had issued a state-wide warning about Card, saying that they feared he would " snap and commit a mass shooting" according to The warning came after Card allegedly made threats against his US army base in Saco, Maine...
New York City: State of emergency declared over flash flooding
... The New York Police Department also announced multiple road closures and said the National Guard had been deployed...
Hawaii wildfires: Six deaths confirmed as blazes engulf Maui
... On Tuesday night, Ms Luke issued an emergency declaration and activated the state s National Guard...
The Texas town caught in the middle of America's border battle
... The Venezuelan family had come face-to-face with the realities of Texas Governor Greg Abbott s aggressive and unilateral border enforcement strategy: floating barriers in the Rio Grande and a fortified riverbank manned by state troopers, local police officers and the Texas National Guard...
Pentagon to tighten controls after classified documents leak
... Mr Teixeira, a former member of the Air National Guard 102nd Intelligence Wing based in Massachusetts, faces up to 15 years in prison over charges of unauthorised transmission of defence information...
Kyiv court explosion: Ihor Humeniuk dies after detonating explosive device
... The 2015 blast left three members of the National Guard dead and more than 140 people injured...
