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 10,000 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.
Trinidad and Tobago Regiment
1962-present
- Infantry
- Engineers
- Service
- Support
Light role (two battalions)
Engineers (one battalion)
Logistic Support (one battalion)
Four battalions ~ 4000
RHQ - Chaguaramas
1st Battalion - St. James
2nd Battalion - Chaguaramas
3rd Battalion - Wallerfield
4th Battalion - Chaguaramas
To Guard and Defend
Lt Col P Pierce Gould (First Commanding Officer: 1962-1964)
Maj Gen Ralph Brown (1988 - 1991)
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.
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:
The Regiment maintains a base at Camp Omega, also at Chaguaramas, used primarily for specialised training.
