Commandos (Portugal)

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Commando Regiment
Regimento de Comandos
The badge of the Commando Regiment.
Active	1962–1994; 2002–present
Country	Portugal
Allegiance	Portugal
Branch	Portuguese Army
Type	Commando
Size	One battalion
Part of	Rapid Reaction Brigade
Barracks	Carregueira
Nickname(s)	Red Berets (Boinas Vermelhas)
Motto(s)	Audaces Fortuna Juvat (Fortune Favors the Bold)
March	Mama Sumae
Anniversaries	29 June
Engagements	Portuguese Colonial War Coup of 25 November 1975 War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present) (part of MINUSCA) Insurgency in Cabo Delgado (training support)
Decorations	Most decorated troop in the Portuguese Armed Forces
Website	https://www.exercito.pt/pt/recrutamento/tropas-especiais/comandos
Commanders
Commander	Colonel Pombo
Notable commanders	Jaime Neves
Insignia
Abbreviation	RCmds

The Commandos (Portuguese: Comandos) are a special forces unit in the Portuguese Army. Presently, their parent unit is the Commando Regiment (Regimento de Comandos).

Their motto is Audaces Fortuna Juvat (Latin for "Fortune Favors the Bold") and their war cry is Mama Sumae (it can be translated as "here we are, ready for the sacrifice" – taken from a Bantu tribe of southern Angola).

They were created in Angola during 1962, in the scope of the Portuguese Overseas War, as counter-guerrilla forces, thus responding to the need of the Portuguese Army to have special units specially adapted to the type of war. Initially operating in the Angolan theatre, later units of Commandos also operated in the Portuguese Guinea and Mozambique theatres

The Portuguese Commandos are analogous to the 75th Ranger Regiment of the US Army.