Lebanese Commando Regiment

Commando Regiment
Commando Regiment
	Lebanese Army Commando Flag
Active	1966
Country	Lebanon
Type	Special operations forces
Part of	Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanese Special Operations Command
Garrison/HQ	Ghassan Ramman military base, Roumieh
Nickname(s)	The Men's Department Guardians of the Cedar
Engagements	The War over Water; Six-Day War; Lebanese Civil War Battle of the Hotels; Hundred Days' War; Multinational Force in Lebanon 1982–1984; Mountain War; War of the Camps; ; Operation Dinnieh; United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (1978–present) January 2015 Shebaa farms incident; Operation Benin; 2006 Lebanon War; Operation Nahr el Bared; 2008 conflict in Lebanon; 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash; 2013 Sidon clash; Hanikra border clash; Battle of Arsal; North Lebanon Clashes (2014); Islamic State Attacks On Lebanese Army on Ras Baalbak; ;
Decorations	Military awards and decorations
Commanders
Current; commander	General Jean El Atrach
Notable; commanders	General Youssef Tahan Major General François al-Hajj ; General Chamel Roukoz; General Mahmoud Tay Abou-dargham; General Maroun Al qobayati; Colonel Saleh Kays
Insignia
Shoulder badge
Commando Course Badge

The Commando Regiment (Arabic: فوج المغاوير, romanized: Fawj al-Maghaweer) is an elite light infantry and is considered the first special forces regiment in the Lebanese Armed Forces. The regiment, which was founded in 1966, is also a member of the Lebanese Special Operations Command and is the largest of the Lebanese special units. An individual member of the regiment is a maghwār (Levantine Arabic: مَغْوَار, or commando, derived from غَارَ ghāra = "he raided".)

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