Guard and Squad

Guard

Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.

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Squad and guard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Squad" instead a noun "Guard".

Squad noun - A group of people working together on a task.

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Guard and squad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guard" instead a noun "Squad".

old	old guard	old squad
female	female guard	female squad
full	full guard	full squad
special	special guard	special squad
Other adjectives: alien, original, dead, single, corrupt, small, entire, large, big, main, personal, secret, new, former, military, last, local, previous, armed.

At one point in Dawn of War 2 they don't tell you they're going to take a squad out from your control for "guard" duty before it happens, leaving all your best kit stuck on that squad.

Source: So Long, and Thanks for All the Gear aka: Wutai Theft
When a squad's morale breaks, an Imperial Guard player can choose to have the nearest Commissar execute the ranking officer and rally the squad themselves, taking personal command of that unit.

Source: Characters / Warhammer 40000 Imperial Guard
So Sergeant Jackrum makes sure to put the squad's most inept member on guard duty, and sure enough the soldier tries to escape, giving them an excuse to kill him.

Source: Tricked Into Escaping

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