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Line 16: \|parentagency = }} The '''National Guard''' ({{lang-es\|Guardia Nacional}}) was the national [[gendarmerie]] of [[El Salvador]]. Line 67 ⟶ 68: ===100 Hour War=== The [[Football War\|"Football" War]] (La guerra del fútbol, in Spanish), also known as the 100-hours War, was a five-day war fought by El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. During this conflict, the National Guard, commanded by General ~~Jose~~[[José Alberto Medrano]], participated in the Northern Theater of Operations (TON), and covered the flanks of the advance carried out by the 1st and 8th Infantry Battalions. The National Guard advanced successfully in Morral, El Portillo, Llano Largo, San Marcos Ocotepeque, La Labor, and Plan of Rancho Santa Lucia, and also was charged with defending the "Presa 5 November ".{{Citation needed\|date=June 2021}} In May 1971, the National Guard replaced its old khaki uniform with an olive-green uniform.{{Citation needed\|date=June 2021}} Line 150 ⟶ 151: {{Military of North America}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Military history of El Salvador]] ~~[[Category:History of El Salvador]]~~ [[Category:Salvadoran Civil War]] [[Category:1912 establishments in El Salvador]] [[Category:1992 disestablishments in El Salvador]] [[Category:Defunct law enforcement agencies of El Salvador]] [[Category:Defunct gendarmeries]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1912]] [[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1992]]