Representative Regiment of the Polish Armed Forces

during a full honors ceremony in June 2009. The first honor guard unit of independent Poland was formed in 1954. In 1969, it was divided into the Representative Honor Guard Company of the Polish People's Army and the newly created State Honors Company. On 31 March 2018, the battalion became the 1st Guards Battalion, Representative Regiment of the Armed Forces, following yet another Armed Forces-wide reorganization of its ceremonial units. The regiment received its colors a year later at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw by President Andrzej Duda. == Composition ==

• Regimental HQ and HQ Company • 1st Guards Battalion • No.1 Representative Company of the Polish Armed Forces () • No.2 Representative Company of the Polish Armed Forces () • No.3 Representative Company of the Polish Armed Forces () • State Gun Salute Platoon (, 4 field guns) • Representative Band of the Polish Armed Forces () • Band HQ • Ceremonial Band A • Ceremonial Band B • Cavalry Squadron of the Polish Armed Forces () The personnel that make up this battalion come from the represents the three main service branches of the Armed Forces (Polish Army, Navy and Air Force). Until recently, the Polish Special Forces were also represented in the regiment at all state functions and were even present with the entire battalion on Red Square during the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade. == List of commanders ==

• Lt. Col. Adam Wronecki (January 1, 2001 - May 16, 2002) • Lt. Col. Roman Januszewski (May 17, 2002 - November 19, 2006) • Lt. Col. Tomasz Dominikowski (November 20, 2006 - January 31, 2010) • Lt. Col. Wojciech Erbel (February 1, 2010 - December 31, 2013) • Col. Leszek Szczesniak (January 1, 2014 – November 18, 2016, March 31, 2018-present) • Lt. Col. Włodzimierz Grochowiec (November 19, 2016 – December 5, 2016) • Lt. Col. Sebastian Cichosz (December 6, 2016 - March 31, 2018) == Gallery ==

File:2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade-7.jpeg|The Representative Land Force Company File:Warsaw KRWP 4.JPG|The Representative Navy Company File:Kompania Reprezentacyjna Sił Powietrznych.JPG|The Representative Air Force Company File:Orkiestra reprezentacyjna WP.jpg|The regimental military band File:Uroczystości 11 listopada 2012 4.jpg|An officer of the regiment exercising the command of present arms. File:Warsaw Swieto Niepodleglosci (2007)2.jpg|A fanfare trumpeter of the Presidential Mounted Squadron File:Uroczystości 11 listopada 2012 23.jpg|Members of the battalion representing the three service branches on National Independence Day in 2012. File:MON warta.jpg|An honour guard representing the Polish Armed Forces in front of the Ministry of National Defence. File:MPOTY 2012 Polish and U.S. Air Force honor guards Lask Air Base, Poland.jpg|Polish and American Air Force honor guards at Lask Air Base in central Poland. File:POL Warsaw legia BRWP.jpg|The regimental headquarters on Franciszka Hynka Street in Warsaw. File:Gnz.ogv|The changing of the guard performed by soldiers of the regiment at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, September 2008. == See also ==