• The Nicaraguan National Guard (Spanish: Guardia Nacional, otherwise known as la Guardia) was a militia and a gendarmerie created in 1925 during the occupation...
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  • 1954, the CIA, working through the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua, planted a cache of Soviet-made arms on the Nicaraguan coast near the fishing village of...
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    the Republic of Nicaragua. Citation: First Lieutenant Lewis B. Puller, United States Marine Corps (Captain, Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua) performed exceptionally...
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    1929 at Shanghai, China. Carlson was ordered to Nicaragua in 1930 as an officer in the Guardia Nacional. A first lieutenant at the time, he earned his...
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    Spanish Civil Guard Civil Guard (disambiguation) Guardia de Asalto Policía Armada Policía Nacional Republican National Guard (Portugal) Civil Guard (Philippines)...
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    fighting in the Korean War under United Nations command.  Nicaragua: The Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua used the BAR, first supplied by the US Marines and later...
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    Richard. Guardians of the dynasty: a history of the U.S. created Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua and the Somoza Family. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 1977. Political...
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    NH90 and as a heavy sustained fire machine gun.  Nicaragua: Adopted by the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua in the 1970s as standard MG.  Niger  Nigeria  Norway...
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    Sandinista air units. Before 1979 the Nicaraguan National Guard had some air units (Fuerza Aérea de la Guardia Nacional). In 1920, the National Guard received...
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    M1s.  Netherlands: Used Ulbrichts-made M1 helmets.  Nicaragua: The Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua used M1 helmets supplied by the United States 1954-1979...
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