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Guard of the Serbian Armed Forces

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of the People's Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia was formed on the basis of the royalist formation. It was bigger than the old formation, and was a motorized force at first. In May 1945, the Guards Brigade's band was raised, then composed of 77 musicians. The first military
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Although the ceremonial duties attract more public attention, majority of the missions assigned to the Guard are security missions. These include guarding and protection of buildings and residences of chief military authorities: the
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unit of the Guard and the Serbian capital. It comprises the motorcycle unit which provides escort riding, personal escort, regulation and control of military traffic.
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and only the best conscripts were chosen to serve in its ranks. In 1914 the Royal Guard numbered a few thousand men and took part in all major battles of the
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The close physical protection of the President of the Republic, Minister of Defence and the Chief of the General Staff is entrusted to the
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Ceremonial duties include performing military honours to the highest foreign, domestic, and military officials, such as
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and the General Staff as well as the official residences of the President of the Republic, Minister of Defence and the
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Honor Guard Battalion is tasked with performing ceremonial functions. The ceremonial standard rifle of the unit is
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uniforms, worn by the Guardsmen since 1954, a recognizable symbol of the unit among general public in Serbia.
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The anniversary of the unit is celebrated on May 6, in memory of the day when the Guard was formed in 1830.
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The Guard in its current form was formed on November 30, 2006 when the Serbian Armed Forces was created.
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The unit is composed of four battalions, all of which are based in the capital of
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The Guard provide logistics for the General Staff and the Ministry of Defence.
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Royal blue and black with red trim are the colors used in the
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in 1991, the 1st Guards Mechanised Brigade took part in the
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at official ceremonies and for special security duties in
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of the unit and the Serbian Armed Forces in general.
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Kingdom of Serbia
Yugoslavia
Serbia

Serbian General Staff
Honor Guard
Security

Serbian Armed Forces
Topčider
Belgrade
World War I
Croatian War of Independence
Battle of Vukovar
Brigadier General

Serbian
romanized
honour guard
Serbian Armed Forces
General Staff
Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia
Miloš Obrenović
Royal Serbian Army
Balkans theatre
World War I
liberation in 1918
Lieutenant Colonel
Nikola Kalabić

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