Intelligence Unit Ares Special Purpose unit Odesa Protection of Public Order and Security 11th Hrushevsky Brigade 16th Radievsky Brigade 19th Public Protection Regiment 21st Kalnyshevsky Brigade 23rd Khortytsia Brigade 25th Prince Askold Brigade Brigade HQ and HQ Company Special Honor Guard Battalion 1st-4th Patrol Battalions 22nd Diplomatic Missions & Consular Posts of Foreign States Protection Brigade Mixed Units 2nd Galician Brigade 5th Slobozhansk Brigade 11th Separate Battalion 12th Separate Battalion 13th Separate Battalion 15th Slovyansk Regiment 16th Separate Battalion 18th Separate Battalion 22nd Separate Battalion 25th Separate Battalion 26th Separate Battalion 32nd Separate Battalion 40th Nechay Regiment 50th Vysochan Regiment 75th Separate Battalion Transport Protection 14th Separate Battalion 15th Separate Battalion 19th Separate Battalion 27th Pechersk Brigade 34th Separate Battalion Aviation Air National Guard of Ukraine Commanders 1991–1995 Lieutenant General Volodymyr Kukharets 1995–1996 Lieutenant General Oleksandr Kuzmuk 1996–1998 Lieutenant General Ihor Valkiv 1998–2000 Lieutenant General Oleksandr Chapovsky 2000–2014 transferred to the Commander of Internal Troops 2014 Lieutenant General Stepan Poltorak 2014–2015 Lieutenant General Mykola Balan (acting) 2015–2019 Colonel General Yurii Allerov 2019–2022 Lieutenant General Mykola Balan 2022– General Yuriy Lebid (acting) Training New recruits (those not transferring in from the Internal Troops, Ground Forces or military academies) will undergo an initial two-week compressed training course, covering a range of areas from firearms and unarmed combat, to map reading and communications. Those signing up to be full-time members of the Guard will receive at least an additional four weeks of training. For those part-time members who complete their two-week training and return to their communities to await call-up, the authorities appear to be planning to implement a variation of the March battalion system; based where possible around existing civilian militias and armed groupings. Most of those use the sotnya as their basic unit, as does the National Guard itself. In March 2015, the National Guard of Ukraine received training from the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. The training took place at the Yavoriv training center near the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. The 173rd Airborne paratroopers trained the Ukrainians on how to better defend themselves against "Russian and rebel artillery and rockets." Training also included securing roads, bridges, and other infrastructure and treating and evacuating casualties. Officers and NCOs of the NGU are trained under the aegis of the National Guard Military Academy of Ukraine. Ranks and insignia Officers Other Ranks and NCOs Long Service Medal Equipment Gallery See also