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The East German regime's distrust of its own citizens extended to its border guards, who were in a better position to defect than almost anyone else in the country. Many did in fact flee across the border; between 1961 and 1989, around 7,000 border guards tried to escape. 2,500 succeeded but 5,500 were caught and imprisoned for up to five years ...
The United States Border Patrol ( USBP) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and is responsible for securing the borders of the United States. According to its web site in 2022, its mission is to "Protect the American people, safeguard our borders, and enhance the nation’s economic ...
The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic ( German: Grenztruppen der DDR) was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946 to 1990. The Grenztruppen were the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the Inner German border, the GDR's international borders between West Berlin and West Germany respectively.
The Karpov frontier post, Soviet-Afghan border Former Soviet Border Guard observation post in Estonia. The Soviet Border Troops (Russian: Пограничные войска СССР, romanized: Pogranichnyye voyska SSSR) were the border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to the Soviet state security agency: first to the Cheka/OGPU, then to NKVD/MGB and, finally, to the KGB.
Border guards of the FSB Border Directorate in Kaliningrad Oblast, 2011. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Federal Border Service of Russia (Russian: Федеральная пограничная служба, romanized: Federal'naya pogranichnaya sluzhba, a.k.a. FPS) was created on December 30, 1993, as a separate government agency.
The service may be called "police", "guard", "troops" or "sentinel" and the name would refer to the nation's official term for the state border - whether it is "frontier" or "border". Most border guards of the world use dark green-colored elements on their uniform, insignia or flags.
South African Border War. Angolan Civil War. Yugoslav Wars. Production history. Produced. 1965–1990. Strichtarn (English: "Line Camouflage") [ 1] was a military camouflage pattern developed in East Germany and used from 1965 to 1990. [ 2] The pattern was also used by several other militaries and non-state forces, notably in Africa.
The Border Police was founded in 1949 as the Frontier Corps ( חיל הספר , Heil HaSfar ), a gendarmerie under the IDF with the task of providing security in rural areas and along the borders. Over the following years, it was gradually transferred to the command of the Police and became the Border Police. During these years, it secured ...