The main honour guard to the President of Portugal is the Security and State Honour Unit ("Unidade de Segurança e Honras de Estado", USHE), which is a part of the National Republican Guard. This formation, of regimental size, includes the Presidential Squadron ("Esquadrão Presidencial"), the Horse Band, the Guard Marching Band, and the State Honors and Security Group, which is mostly an infantry unit. It carries out its ceremonial duties through armed detachments of guards of honour, normally dismounted. It is a directly reporting unit of the Operations Command of the NRG.