According to the Guardians, it was former President Chiang Kai-shek himself, Chiang Ching-kuo's father, who asked him to take on security personnel. At the outset, the structure of the Guardiansunit and the training of its personnel were under the guidance of President Chiang Kai-shek's bodyguards. It was only later that the Guardians were made a more formal arrangement.
在侍警衛人員的口中，要求蔣經國先生配備安全人員，是故總統蔣中正的意思，七海侍警衛分遣組的組織架構、人員的培訓與教育，一開始也是從蔣中正總統的侍警衛室「分遣」而來，之後才有正式編制。