Canadian Airborne Regiment

Canadian Airborne Regiment
Régiment aéroporté canadien (French)
Cap badge
Active8 April 1968 – 1 September 1995
CountryCanada
BranchForce Mobile Command
TypeAirborne forces
Role
SizeApprox. 600 members
Part ofRoyal Canadian Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQ
Motto(s)Ex cœlis (Latin for 'from the sky')
ColorsMaroon beret
March"The Longest Day"
Battle honours
  • Normandy Landing
  • Dives Crossing
  • The Rhine
  • Monte Camino
  • Monte La Difensa–Monte Remetanea
  • Monte Majo
  • Advance to the Tiber
  • Anzio
  • Rome
  • Southern France
  • Ardennes
  • North-West Europe, 1944-45

The Canadian Airborne Regiment (French: Régiment aéroporté canadien) was a Canadian Forces formation created on April 8, 1968. It was not an administrative regiment in the commonly accepted British Commonwealth sense, but rather a tactical formation manned from other regiments and branches. It was disbanded in 1995 after the Somalia affair.[1]

  1. ^ "www.canadiansoldiers.com". www.canadiansoldiers.com. Retrieved 2022-01-19.