Iraqi Republican Guard (Earth-1905)

The Iraqi Republican Guard (حرس العراق الجمهوري) was a branch of the Iraqi military from 1964 to 2003, primarily during the presidency of Saddam Hussein. It later became the Republican Guard Corps, and then the Republican Guard Forces Command (RGFC) with its expansion into two corps. The Republican Guard was dismantled in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq led by an American international coalition.

Gulf War
On January 12, 1991, soldiers of Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard conducted a pre-emptive strike against a group of four United States Navy SEALs led by Sam Fisher, who were stationed on the Highway of Death, in Diwaniya, on Iraq, during the Liberation of Kuwait campaign. After a mine hidden in the road detonated, it immediatly killed one of the SEALs. The Republican Guard then ambushed the survivors - while Victor Coste was knocked uncounscious and struggled to regain it, an Iraqi soldier killed the other surviving SEAL and dragged Fisher away for interrogation.

After regaining his feet and taking an AK-47, Coste received a transmission from a nearby American base that informed him the squad leader was missed and presumably KIA, and that he should find cover, hold position, and await for evacuation. Defying orders, Coste set off to rescue Fisher on his own while evading and killing as many Republican Guard soldiers as he could.

He eventually reached a bombarded school where he found two soldiers of the Republican Guard soldiers interrogating and torturing Fisher, demaning him to tell his name, his unit's name, and his orders. Before they could extract the information, Coste killed both of them and fred Sam, and then contacted the nearby American forces to evacuate them. Before he could confirm their location, the school was hit by an RPG, forcing the SEALs to defend their position from a large contingent of Republican Guard infantry. Just as the two were overwhelmed by the infantry, an U.S. airstrike killed them and rescued both Coste and Fisher.