People's Revolutionary Army (Grenada)

People's Revolutionary Army (Grenada)
Active1979–1983
Country Grenada
AllegiancePeople's Revolutionary Government
BranchPeople's Revolutionary Armed Forces
TypeNational security
Size1,200 soldiers
Garrison/HQFort George
Nickname(s)PRA
ColorsRed and White[1]
EngagementsUnited States invasion of Grenada
Commanders
Chairman of the Revolutionary Military CouncilHudson Austin (last)
Vice Minister of Defense and Chief of StaffMajor Einstein Louison[2][3]
Insignia
Symbol[1]

The People’s Revolutionary Army (PRA) was the military of Grenada between 1979 and 1983. The People's Revolutionary Militia served as its reserve force. The two, alongside the Grenada Police and the Coast Guard, were collectively termed as the People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (PRAF) from 1981.

  1. ^ a b Pool, Gail R. (1994). "Culture, Language and Revolution in Grenada". Anthropologica. 36 (1): 87, 89. doi:10.2307/25605753. JSTOR 25605753. -shirts featuring a flower with a red circle in the middle. The circle was the symbol of the People's Revolutionary Army (see Anonymous 1982a)... ...At some meetings the flag of the People's Revolutionary Army (PRA), consisting of a single red circle on a white background, was displayed, but most often streamers of triangular flags were hung
  2. ^ "Grenada 9797".
  3. ^ "Einstein Louison | Caribbean Glossary by the Grenada Revo".