Trinidad and Tobago Regiment

The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment is the main ground force element of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. It has approximately 4,000 men and women organized into a Regiment Headquarters (located in Port 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 of Trinidad 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 in peacekeeping and humanitarian situations from the Caribbean region, most recently in Grenada after Hurricane Ivan.

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

1993 to 1996 - The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment contributed troops to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) as part of a CARICOM contingent.
2004 to 2005 - After the mass destruction dealt to Grenada by Hurricane Ivan, the Regiment was sent immediately after to help assist the Grenadian government in security, aid distribution and rebuilding of the country.

Other incidents

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.

Organisation

175px|right|thumb|President's Colour of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment

175px|right|thumb|Regimental Colour of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment

Although it is called the Trinidad & Tobago Regiment, 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 in La 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.

Equipment

Infantry weapons

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
IMI Uzi
FN P90
H&K MP5
Sterling L2A3 (178x)
M16 (100x)
IMI Galil AR (1500x)
IWI Galil ACE
FN FAL 50.00
L1A1 SLR
IMI Negev
IMI Tavor TAR-21
/ FN MAG 60.20/L7A1
Bren
Saco M60 machine gun
Browning M2HB
IMI B-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

Ground vehicles

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

Navy

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

Aircraft

Fixed wing aircraft

Fairchild C-26 Metroliner (2x)

Helicopters

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

Ranks

The ranks employed by the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment:

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