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Trinidad and Tobago Regiment
Cap badge of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment
Active	1962-present
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Branch	Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Type	Infantry Engineers Service Support
Role	Light role (two battalions) Engineers (one battalion) Logistic Support (one battalion)
Size	Four battalions ~ 4000
Part of	Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Garrison/HQ	'Regiment HQ' -Port of Spain '1st Infantry Battalion' -St. James '2nd Infantry Battalion' -La Romaine 'Engineer Battalion' - Cumuto 'Support & Service Battalion' - Chaguaramas
Nickname	The Regiment or "Army"
Mottos	To Guard and Defend
Colors	Green and Yellow
Anniversaries	July 23rd
Commanders
Commanding officer of Regiment	Colonel Dwayne Edwards
Chief of Defence Staff	Commodore Don Polo
Notable commanders	Lt Col P Pierce Gould (First Commanding Officer: 1962-1964) Maj Gen Ralph Brown (1988 - 1991) Maj Gen Edmund Dillon' former CDS, Min of National Security and Current Ambassador

TheTrinidad and Tobago Regiment is the main ground force element of theTrinidad and Tobago Defence Force. It has approximately 4,000 men and women organized into a Regiment Headquarters (located inPort of Spain) and four battalions. There is also a Volunteer Defence Force that has been renamed the Defence Force Reserves. The regiment has two primary roles: maintaining the internal security ofTrinidad and Tobago, and the assistance of local law enforcement.

As one of the largest military forces in the region, the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment is also one of the main units used inpeacekeeping and humanitarian situations from theCaribbean region, most recently inGrenada afterHurricane Ivan.

The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment also provides the bulk of the musicians assigned to theTrinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra, the world's only militarysteel band. The current commanding officer of the regiment is Colonel Dwayne Edwards,^[1] with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) being Commodore Dan Polo.^[2][1]

The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment has its origins the late 19th century, though it was directly spawned from the break-up of theFederation of the West Indies in 1962. At that time, the two battalions of theWest India Regiment were split and came under the control of the main nations formed by the split. The 1st Battalion became the 1st Battalion,Jamaica Regiment, while the 2nd Battalion was transferred to Trinidad and Tobago to become the 1st Battalion, Trinidad and Tobago Regiment. A second battalion was raised in 1965, but was disbanded in 1972.

The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment has been involved in two major conflicts.

• On April 21, 1970, 750 members of the regiment mutinied, under the leadership ofRaffique Shah andRex Lassalle. After a five-day stand-off, the mutineers surrendered. The leadership was court-martialed and Shah, Lasalle and others were jailed (seeBlack Power Revolution).
• On July 27, 1990, theJamaat al Muslimeen, anislamist group with ties toLibya, attempted acoup d'état. They seized control of theRed House (the seat of theParliament of Trinidad and Tobago) and held the Prime Minister and much of his Cabinet hostage. The Regiment surrounded the insurgents and were able to force them to surrender on August 1.

See:Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt

• 1983 to 1984 - Trinidad and Tobago contributed troops to the peacekeeping mission after theUnited States' invasion ofGrenada (Operation Urgent Fury). The Trinidad and Tobago Government opposed the military intervention by the United States and did not participate in the invasion. However T&T deployed troops to assist in peacekeeping after the combat mission was completed.^[3]
• 1993 to 1996 - The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment contributed troops to theUnited Nations Peacekeeping Mission inHaiti (UNMIH) as part of aCARICOM contingent.^[4]
• 2004 to 2005 - After the mass destruction dealt to Grenada byHurricane Ivan, the Regiment was sent immediately after to help assist the Grenadian government in security, aid distribution and rebuilding of the country.

• On 26 April 1988 - A bush fire near Camp Omega, a military compound in Chaguaramas which was used for ammunition storage and infantry training, killed two soldiers and four firefighters when the fire spread to one of the buildings housing the ammunition.^[5]

Although it is called the Trinidad & TobagoRegiment, the unit is in fact structured more like a light infantry brigade, with a pair of infantry battalions, plus engineering and logistic support units as well as a Headquarter and Special Forces Detachments:

• 1st Battalion: This is a regular infantry battalion. It is located at Camp Ogden, Long Circular Road,St James.
• 2nd Battalion: This a regular infantry battalion. Formerly located at Camp Mausica, since then it has been relocated to the Chaguaramas Heliport and was subsequently relocated to a new camp inLa Romaine, Trinidad and Tobago.
• 1st Engineer Battalion: This provides engineering support. It is located at Cumuto Barracks,Wallerfield.
• Support and Services Battalion: This provides logistic and administrative support to the Regiment. It is located at Teteron Barracks, Teteron Bay,Chaguaramas.

The Regiment maintains a base at Camp Omega, also at Chaguaramas, used primarily for specialised training.

• Browning Hi-Power
• Heckler and Koch USP 9mm handgun (75x)
• Heckler & Koch HK417
• Heckler & Koch HK416
• Heckler & Koch G36
• Heckler & Koch UMP
• Smith & Wesson M&P (1,500x)
• Smith & Wesson Model 36
• IMIUzi
• FN P90
• H&KMP5
• Sterling L2A3 (178x)
• M16 (100x)
• IMIGalil AR (1500x)
• IWIGalil ACE
• FN FAL 50.00
• L1A1 SLR
• IMI Negev
• IMI Tavor TAR-21
• /FN MAG 60.20/L7A1
• Bren
• SacoM60 machine gun
• Browning M2HB
• IMIB-300 82mm anti-tank rocket launchers (13x)
• Carl Gustav M2 84mm recoilless rifles (24x)
• L16A1 81mm medium mortar (6x)
• Brandt 60 mm LR Gun-mortar

• Land Rover Defender
• Land Rover Defender with Armoured-Kit
• M35A1 trucks

• Patrol craft (6x)
• Fast Patrol boats (3x)
• Interceptor boats (6x)

• Fairchild C-26 Metroliner (2x)

• AgustaWestland AW139 (4x)
• Sikorsky S-76A Spirit (4x)
• MBB Bo 105CBS (4x)
• Eurocopter AS355 (1x)

The ranks employed by the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment:^[6]

Officers

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[7] v t e
							Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant

Enlisted

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[8] v t e																													No insignia
	Warrant officer class 1						Warrant officer class 2		Staff sergeant		Sergeant												Corporal				Lance corporal		Private

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