National Guard (Kyrgyzstan)

The National Guard of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Кыpгыз Pecпyбликacынын Улуттук гвардия; Russian: Национальной гвардии Киргизии) is the National Guard of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. The national guard was founded on December 6, 1991 by order of President Askar Akayev. The troops took their first oath July 20, 1992. It carries out functions of a representative and protocol nature, protection and protection of strategic facilities of the country, liquidation of the consequences of natural disasters and emergency situations.

Composition

 * Headquarters Command
 * Scorpion 25th Special Force Brigade
 * Ilbirs brigade
 * Bars Unit
 * Edelweiss Unit
 * Panther Airborne Battalion
 * Special Forces of the National Guard
 * Special regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Shumkar"
 * Special Forces of the State Service for Control of Drug Trafficking
 * Special Forces of the Border Guard Service
 * Honor Guard Battalion (Military Unit No. 701)
 * 1st company (subordinated to the President)
 * 2nd company
 * 3rd company
 * Military Band
 * Salute Battery

Guard of honor
The guard of honor is formed from the 701st Military Unit of the National Guard. The soldiers of the guard of honor of the National Guard stand at attention at the National Flagpole on Ala-Too Square in Bishkek, performing a changing of the guard ceremony every hour since August 16, 1998. The commander of the guard of honor is Mirlan Temirov. The unit is similar in structure and organization to Russia's 154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment and Kazakhstan's Aibyn Regiment.

List of leaders

 * Sultan Kurmanov - September 2005 – May 25, 2006
 * Asanbek Alymkozhoev - May 25, 2006 – 2009
 * Melis Satybaldiev - February 22, 2014 – May 12, 2016
 * Mirbek Kasymkulov - June 16, 2016 – February 11, 2017
 * Almazbek Karasartov - February 11, 2017 – Present