Para-Commando Brigade

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Paracommando Regiment (1952-1991) Paracommando Brigade (1991-2003) Light Brigade (2003-2018) Special Operations Regiment (2018-present)
Belgian SOR Logo
Active	1952-present
Country	Belgium
Branch	Land Component
Type	Special operations forces
Role	Primary missions Air assault Airborne forces Clandestine operation Close-quarters combat Cold-weather warfare Counter-proliferation Counter-insurgency Counter-terrorism Desert warfare Direct action Forward observer HUMINT Jungle warfare Long-range penetration Mountain warfare Raiding Reconnaissance Special operations Special reconnaissance Unconventional warfare Urban warfare Other roles Asymmetric warfare Combat search and rescue Forward air control Peacekeeping
Part of	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Heverlee
Colors
Engagements	Congo Crisis 1960 Operation Red Dragon/Black Dragon Battle of Kolwezi UNOSOM I UNITAF UNOSOM II UNAMIR KFOR ISAF
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Tom Bilo

The Para-Commando Brigade was an elite force in the Belgian Land Component, consisting of two paracommando battalions, the Special Forces Group and a support unit of the Communication & Information Systems Group (CIS). In 2003, its name was changed to the Light Brigade. On 3 July 2018, the Light Brigade was renamed and transformed into the Special Operations Regiment.