15th Infantry Regiment (Portugal)

15th Infantry Regiment
15th Infantry Regiment
Regimento de Infantaria N.º 15
	The GOLD stands for nobility and constancy, SILVER for wealth and eloquence, RED for the warlike ardor and strength, BLUE for care and loyalty and GREEN for hope and freedom.
Active	1641/1762–present
Country	Portugal
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry; Airborne Infantry (1st Parachute Battalion)
Part of	Rapid Reaction Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Tomar
Motto(s)	Strong and Constant (Firmes e Constantes)
Engagements	Napoleonic Wars; Peninsular War Battle of Buçaco; Battle of Redinha; Battle of Foz de Arouce; Battle of Sabugal; Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro; Blockade of Almeida; Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo; Siege of Badajoz; Battle of Salamanca; Siege of Burgos; Battle of Vitoria; Siege of San Sebastián; Battle of Nivelle; Battle of the Nive; Battle of Bayonne; Liberal Wars; World War I Western Front; Battle of the Lys; Hundred Days Offensive; Portuguese Colonial War; East Timor; KFOR; Bosnia and Herzegovina; ISAF; MINUSCA
Website	RI15 Official Website; RI15 and 1ºBIPara Website
Commanders
Present Commander	Álvaro Raposo Guerreiro da Silva
First Commander	António de Figueiredo e Vasconcelos
Notable; commanders	Luís do Rego Barreto
Insignia
Regiment Abbreviation	RI15
Paratroopers Abbreviation	1ºBIPara

The 15th Infantry Regiment (Portuguese: Regimento de Infantaria N.º 15, RI15) is a unit of the Base Structure of the Army, stationed in Tomar, currently with the operating charge of organizing, training and maintaining the 1st Parachute Battalion (1BIPara) Rapid Reaction Brigade.

The RI15 is one of the oldest military units from Portugal and is the most decorated of the Portuguese Army.