[gorush]

I was there in ‘77...it was all you could do to keep from getting beaten by laughing at the head wear of the LaGuardia Civil.

[rlmorel]

Hahahaha...well, I wouldn’t laugh at those guys because they looked meaner than hell with their little submachine guns and those knee high boots. When I was there around ‘77, the First Class Petty Officer in charge of our shop said: “You don’t want to be caught pissing behind a dumpster by those guys!”

[Former Fetus]

I grew up in Spain, and those hats always meant help and order. Yes, they could be harsh, but they were always there when you needed them. I still remember when I was a pre-teen and started climbing the face of a rock, then looking down and freaking out... I don't know how long I clinged to the rock before I saw two guardias civiles passing by! One of them climbed all the way to where I was, helped me down, and they took me home. I used to hate the ETA terrorists because they mainly attacked guardias civiles or their headquarters.