Spahi
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Spahis were light-cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the Arab and Berber populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. The modern French Army retains one regiment of Spahis a
1st Spahis colour guard in the 2008 Bastille Day Military Parade
Spahi officer (c. 1880)
Spahis in traditional fantasia riding display, 1886
Algerian Spahi trooper (c.1900)
Red Guard of Senegal
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The Red Guard of Senegal, officially known as the Presidential Guard Legion is a unit of the Senegalese Gendarmerie that is responsible for presidential security. It also has ceremonial duties and ass
Red Guard at Macky Sall Inauguration (2012).
A group of Spahis in the early 1900s
Barack Obama inspecting the Red Guard in 2013.
A member of the mounted band.