Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Janairun 1978 yawan sojojin tsaron kasa ya kai kimanin jami'ai 25,000 da sojoji a karkashin umarnin kai tsaye na Babban Daraktan su kuma Shugaban Nicaragua Manjo Janar Anastasio Somoza Debayle (aka. "Tachito" (a cikin harshen Turanci). Sau da yawa ana bayyana shi a matsayin wani abu da ya fi kusa da ƙungiyar masu riƙe da mulkin mallaka (ko rundunar mamayewa) fiye da rundunar sojan ƙasa ta zamani, an shirya GN da farko don tsaro na ciki da ayyukan Counter-insurgency (COIN) maimakon tsaron ƙasa, tare da yawancin rukunin sojoji da aka ba da aikin garkuwar gari, kuma sakamakon haka ƙimar sojan ta na yau da kullun ba ta da yawa. Daga cikin wannan jimillar kimanin 10,000-12,500 sun yi aiki a cikin dakarun ƙasa daidai (gami da mata a cikin sojoji da PNGN), amma kusan 7,500 ne kawai sojoji masu yaƙi, waɗanda aka tsara a cikin rundunar sojan shugaban ƙasa guda ɗaya, rundunar sojan soja guda ɗaya, rundunar sojan sama guda ɗaya, rundunar sojan sama guda ɗaya, rundunar injiniya guda ɗaya, rundunar 'yan sanda ta soja guda ɗaya, batirin bindigogi guda ɗaya da batirin anti-aircraft guda ɗaya, da kamfanonin tsaro goma sha shida. Dukkanin rukunin da aka ambata a baya an tura su a cikin al'adun gargajiya na mulkin mallaka na Mutanen Espanya a cikin "cuarteles" (Quarters; barracks-cum-garrisons) a cikin manyan biranen, gami da babban birnin kasar Managua. An sanya Babban Ofishin Janar na GN a tsakiyar yankin gwamnati na Tiscapa Hill kusa da tsakiyar garin Managua, wanda aka sanya a cikin wani tsari na karkashin kasa wanda aka gina bayan girgizar kasa ta Nicaragua ta 1972.
; Ginin da ke kusa da unguwar kuma ya ƙunshi manyan ofisoshin 'gidan Gidan Gidan Gida, sigina, injiniya, likita, kayan aiki da kuma ayyukan tallafawa shari'ar soja, da manyan makarantun soja.