 As of 2005, its commander was Hasan al-Kabir al-Gaddafi, a cousin of the former Libyan leader.The Revolutionary Guard developed from the Revolutionary Committees, even if the latter had at first been introduced only into workplaces and communities, and not extended to the Armed Forces.After the early 1980s, however, the Revolutionary Guard, as a paramilitary wing of the Revolutionary Committees, became entrenched within the military.