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    The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most...
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    is designated Coast Guard Two. As of 2022[update], there has never been a Coast Guard One flight. Coast Guard Two was activated on September 25, 2009,...
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    Horse Guards, known as the King's Life Guard (called the Queen's Life Guard when the monarch is female). An infantry contingent, typically one of the...
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    In military organizations, a colour guard (or color guard) is a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colours and the national...
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    The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard, is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting...
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    of the guards and forwards came to be differentiated, and today each of the five positions is known by a unique name and number: point guard (PG) or...
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    The Praetorian Guard (Latin: cohortes praetoriae) was an elite unit of the Imperial Roman army that served as personal bodyguards and intelligence agents...
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    States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's...
    152 KB (14,308 words) - 19:24, 15 May 2024
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    fighter on top cannot pass the guard and the fighter on the bottom cannot successfully perform a sweep. In order to overcome the primary defense of one's opponent...
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    being prisoners or prison guards. Critics have questioned the validity of these methods. Those volunteers selected to be "guards" were given uniforms specifically...
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    surfer while paddling out to the break, or legs while sitting atop one's board. Rash guards also offer some protection from the sun (measured by its Ultraviolet...
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  • A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf, first published in September 1929. The work is based on two lectures Woolf delivered in October...
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    been placed on the Guard's non-ceremonial roles and has seen enhanced training in unarmed combat and small arms. Recruits to the guards must be unmarried...
    47 KB (5,160 words) - 21:37, 12 May 2024
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    manifesto of the Red Guards be broadcast on national radio and published in the People's Daily newspaper. This action gave the Red Guards political legitimacy...
    45 KB (5,506 words) - 22:06, 20 May 2024
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    The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the U.S. military's reserve components of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force...
    85 KB (9,666 words) - 06:34, 11 May 2024
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    Tawi-Tawi. The Philippine Coast Guard is the oldest and only humanitarian armed service in the Philippines. Its beginnings could be traced back to the early...
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    Rubber guard is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu technique, which involves the practitioner ‘breaking down’ the posture of the opponent to enter into rubber guard, while...
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    The quarter guard is a small detachment of troops that can be used as a ceremonial guard which may be mounted at the entrance of a military unit to pay...
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  • second television series to be based on The Lion King, the first being The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa (1995–1999). The Lion Guard is a sequel and spin-off...
    53 KB (6,078 words) - 11:23, 25 May 2024
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    A royal guard is a group of military bodyguards, soldiers or armed retainers responsible for the protection of a royal family member, such as a king or...
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