Saudi Arabia's National Guard

This paper reviews the history of the Saudi Arabia National Guard SANG emphasizing the role it played in the unification of the Kingdom. Current SANG organization and assigned national taskings are fully developed as the background for a discussion of the extensive SANG ongoing Modernization Plan. The Iraq war with Iran and the recent Iraq invasion of Kuwait have influenced the revision of SANG national taskings, force sizing, and the overall SANG employment operational concept. The paper concludes overall SANG employment operational concept. The paper concludes with a vision of SANG at the completion of the Modernization Plan.