Foot guards
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In some militaries, foot guards are senior infantry regiments. Foot guards are commonly responsible for guarding royal families or other state leaders, and they also often perform ceremonial duties accordingly, but at the same time are combat soldiers.
Harald V, the King of Norway, inspects Hans Majestet Kongens Garde with Dmitry Medvedev. The unit acts as foot guards for the Norwegian Army.
The Governor General's Foot Guards is one of two active foot guards regiments in Canada.
The Guard Jaeger Regiment is a Finnish Army unit that provides a guard of honour for the President of Finland.
The Wachbataillon performs ceremonial guard duty for the German Armed Forces.
Royal Life Guards (Denmark)
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The Royal Life Guards is a mechanized infantry regiment of the Danish Army, founded in 1658 by King Frederik III. The primary task is to provide a number of soldiers from the Guard Company to serve as a guard/ceremonial unit to the Danish monarchy, while training the Royal Guards for various functions in the mobilisation force. Until its disbandment, the Royal Horse Guards, served the role as the mounted guard/ceremonial unit, afterwards the role was taken over by Guard Hussar Regiment Mounted Squadron. During the time period 1684–1867, the Royal Life Guards were called The Royal Foot Guard, in order to distinguish between the regiment and the Royal Horse Guards.
Life Guard in old combat uniform
Life Guard in combat uniform (m/84) staff company/1st battalion.
Soldier of 1st Company, 2nd Battalion during Combined Resolve III, Germany, 2014.