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-* Another camouflage pattern adopted by the ''Guarda Nacional'' is a [[tiger stripe]] design, in service since around 2023. It is uncertain whether the issue of this camouflage coincided with the administrative change putting the GN under control of the FARP, but it is certain the uniform is primarily worn by operational units of the Guard.
+* Another camouflage pattern adopted by the ''Guarda Nacional'' is a [[tiger stripe]] design, in service since around 2023. It is uncertain whether the issue of this camouflage coincided with the administrative change putting the GN under control of the FARP, but it is certain the uniform is primarily worn by operational units of the Guard such as the ''Brigada de Intervenção e Reserva''.
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-* Beginning in the year 2000, the ''Guarda Nacional'' began issuing a brightly colored [[digital patterns|pixelated camouflage design]] having a light blue/blue colorway. This pattern continues to be issued to a number of units in the GN.
+* Beginning in the year 2000, the ''Guarda Nacional'' began issuing a brightly colored [[digital patterns|pixelated camouflage design]] having a light blue/blue colorway. This pattern is certainly worn by the ''Brigada de Intervenção e Reserva'' (BIR) but may also be issued to a number of units in the GN.
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		+	* Beginning in the year 2000, the ''Guarda Nacional'' began issuing a brightly colored [[digital patterns\|pixelated camouflage design]] having a light blue/blue colorway. This pattern continues to be issued to a number of units in the GN.
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		+	* Another camouflage pattern adopted by the ''Guarda Nacional'' is a [[tiger stripe]] design, in service since around 2023. It is uncertain whether the issue of this camouflage coincided with the administrative change putting the GN under control of the FARP, but it is certain the uniform is primarily worn by operational units of the Guard.
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	== Uncomfirmed Camouflage ==		== Uncomfirmed Camouflage ==

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 The nation was controlled by a revolutionary council until 1984. The first multi-party elections were held in 1994, but an army uprising in 1998 led to the president's ousting and sparked the a civil war pitting government forces against guerilla elements from June 1998 to May 1999. Elections were held again in 2000 and Kumba Ialá was elected president; he was removed from office and arrested in 2003, leaving the country again in military hands until new elections were held in 2005. João Bernardo Vieira succeeded to office, under protest from his opponent who claimed election tampering had occurred. In 2009, Vieira was assassinated by members of the military, and his previous opponent Malam Bacai Sanhá won the new presidential election in June of that year. However, the nation was again faced with military unrest in April of 2010 when Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior was placed under house arrest and his PAIGC supporters protested in the capital. Later that year the European Union sent a mission to reform the armed forces, which ended in August.
-The armed forces of this nation are officially known as ''Forças Armadas Revolucionárias do Povo'' (FARP), or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People. FARP consists of a standing Army, a very small Navy and a barely functioning Air Force whose inventory of functional aircraft may be reduced to zero in the present era. There are approximately 4,000 personnel in the FARP.
+The armed forces of this nation are officially known as ''Forças Armadas Revolucionárias do Povo'' (FARP), or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People. FARP consists of a standing Army, a very small Navy and a barely functioning Air Force whose inventory of functional aircraft may be reduced to zero in the present era. There are approximately 4,000 personnel in the FARP. Additionally, the country inherited the tradition of a National Guard ''(Guarda Nacional)'' from Portugal, and for many years this entity existed as a separate, paramilitary entity. However, after clashes with the Presidential Guard that resulted in several deaths, an order was issued in December 2023 to bring the National Guard under the full control of the FARP.
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 * Some elements of the National Police wear blue-dominant camouflage uniforms, including both [[woodland]] and [[DPM]] variants. Photographs suggest both types are worn interchangeably.

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-* A [[digital patterns|pixelated camouflage design]] based on the US Marine Corps MARPAT was adopted by the FARP circa 2017-2018, although it appears to be restricted to certain units.
+* A [[digital patterns|pixelated camouflage design]] based on the US Marine Corps MARPAT was adopted by the FARP circa 2017-2018, although it appears to be restricted to certain units. The color palette, although similar to the USMC version, has a slightly different tone to the green elements.
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-* Another [[digital patterns|pixelated camouflage pattern]] adopted by this country has a much greener tone, and is also restricted to specific units of the FARP.
+* A second [[digital patterns|pixelated camouflage pattern]] was adopted by this country during the same era and has a much greener tone overall, and appears to be much more universally adopted within the FARP.
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 * Some elements of the National Police wear blue-dominant camouflage uniforms, including both [[woodland]] and [[DPM]] variants. Photographs suggest both types are worn interchangeably.

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 * Another version of the [[USA|American]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern was first observed in 2012 at a state funeral, although it may have been adopted earlier.
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-* Some units are also wearing copies of the US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern.
+* Another version of the [[USA|American]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern was first observed in 2012 at a state funeral, although it may have been adopted earlier.
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 * A [[digital patterns|pixelated camouflage design]] based on the US Marine Corps MARPAT was adopted by the FARP circa 2017-2018, although it appears to be restricted to certain units.

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 * The tradition of wearing Portuguese-style "vertical [[lizard]]" camouflage continued into the present era, with exact copies of the [[Brazil|Brazilian Army]] lizard pattern first being observed with armed forces of Guinea-Bissau right around the 2008 period.

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-* Another commonly encountered pattern in recent years has been the Chinese copy of French [[lizard]] pattern seen throughout much of West Africa.
+* Another commonly encountered pattern in recent years has been the Asian-produced copy of French [[lizard]] pattern seen throughout much of West Africa, which also appears to have been adopted circa 2008-2009.
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 * Some units are also wearing copies of the US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern.