Lebanese Commando Regiment

Commando Regiment
Lebanese Army Commando Flag
Active	1966; 58 years ago (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)[1] 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[2]
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.^[3] 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".)